By Emily Williams The highest achievement a Girl Scout can tackle is the Gold Award, and Mountain Brook’s Katelyn McInerney is working toward hers with a particularly special project. Inspired by a variety of factors in her life, McInerney has created a support group for fellow siblings of children with special needs, dubbed Special Siblings, which will host its first … [Read more...]
Back in the Saddle: Mountain Brook Woman Finds Her Calling After Carpool
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...]
Batter Up for Autism
The organizations Autism Society of Alabama, Milestones Behavior Group, Civitan Sparks Clinic, Arc of Jefferson County, Glenwood Autism, University of Alabama’s Autism Spectrum Disabilities Clinic, Mitchell’s Place, The Learning Tree, Ady’s Army, The Red Barn and Triumph Services will host an Autism-friendly baseball game at 3 p.m. Free tickets will be given to Autism families … [Read more...]
