By Sarah Kuper By her own admission, Joy O’Neal had no horse sense. “I never rode a horse growing up. I never even touched a horse until one of my kids wanted to take riding lessons,” she said. But now, the Birmingham native is the founder and executive director of The Red Barn, a therapeutic equine riding center in Leeds.A self-proclaimed “barn mom,” O’Neal is using … [Read more...]
Survival Through Support: Taste of Teal Gala Honoree Uses Experience to Encourage Others
By Sarah Kuper Just because Cheryl Bourn beat ovarian cancer 11 years ago, that doesn’t mean she stopped fighting. Only now, she is advocating on behalf of others battling gynecological cancers. Bourn’s work with the Laura Crandall Brown Foundation and the CanSurvive support group is what made organizers of this year’s Taste of Teal Gala choose her as their Legacy of Laura … [Read more...]
Star Light, Star Bright: Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center Chooses Goodrich Family as Gala Chairs
By Sarah Kuper Organizers for the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center at UAB have selected a family to chair this year’s VIVA Health Starlight Gala, rather than one individual or couple. The seven co-chairs are the children and children-in-law of Mike and Gillian Goodrich. Elizabeth and Mike, Mary and Braxton, Ali and Charles, and Gracie have received the honor because of … [Read more...]
A Focus on Prevention: Mountain Brook Couple Promote Heart Health as 30th Anniversary Heart Ball Honorees
By Sarah Kuper When Dr. Derrill Crowe was approached to be the 2017 Heart Ball honoree, he said he would do it, but only if his wife was an honoree as well. For the 30th anniversary of the event, which benefits the American Heart Association, organizers thought it was fitting to have Derrill and his wife, Cameron, as hosts and honorees. “So many people have poured into this … [Read more...]
40 Years Later: Head of the The Altamont School to Retire in 2018
By Sarah Kuper A lot can change in 40 years. But at The Altamont School, there has been one constant: Sarah Whiteside. Whiteside has served as head of the private school for 10 years, but she was first hired in 1978 as a part-time Latin teacher. She then taught Latin full-time for more than 20 years. Whiteside announced her plans to retire after the 2018 school year. The … [Read more...]