MONTGOMERY— The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs will be administering $66,000 in grants made available by the U.S. Department of Justice and awarded by Gov. Kay Ivey in support […]

HUNTSVILLE — Girls Inc. of Huntsville is receiving more than 500 Childhood Hunger Initiative Power Packs from the southeastern region of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Together, Girls Inc. and […]

MADISON — The Kids to Love Foundation broke ground Monday on the Smith Family Wellness Center in honor of Mark C. Smith. Through a donation from his widow, Linda Smith, […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville highlighted the important work and world-class counseling services led by the National Children’s Advocacy Center (NCAC) in Huntsville. “The National Children’s Advocacy Center in Huntsville is […]

ATHENS — The bowls may be empty, but they will be filled with soup this week for the annual Empty Bowls Lunch benefit. The event, where local restaurants provide the […]

MOORESVILLE – This spring when you begin attending Trash Pandas’ baseball games, notice those extra wide sidewalk sections just past right field at Toyota Field. You will be walking on […]

HUNTSVILLE — Emmy Award-winning sports broadcaster Lauren Sisler joins Wellstone’s CEO Jeremy Blair as the keynote speaker at the annual Beacon of Hope celebration. The event is May 18 from […]

HUNTSVILLE – The City of Huntsville and Arts Huntsville, with support from the Pei Ling Charitable Trust, awarded $280,000 in grants to 21 regional arts organizations last night. The “State […]

MADISON – A new year brings new opportunities as Madison Visionary Partners’ is accepting applications for its community impact mini-grant cycle. Designed for nonprofits and organizations that are doing work […]

MADISON — A new year calls for new community recognitions! Madison Visionary Partners is celebrating the Madison community’s Most Valuable People at the inaugural Madison Visionary Awards. The deadline for […]

HUNTSVILLE – Erin Koshut, executive director of Huntsville’s Cummings Research Park, has been named president of the Board of Directors for the Association of University Research Parks. AURP is a […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Employee Peaks Fund at IronMountain Solutions awarded $54,500 to 10 local nonprofit organizations in December. The recipient organizations are the Community Free Dental Clinic, Jamal’s Helping Hands, National Children’s […]

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In the modern world of instant gratification, obsession with appearances, and the “look at me!” attitude, there are few young people who do good solely for the sake of doing […]

HUNTSVILLE – Huntsville Hospital Foundation and the Huntsville Hospital Health System are expanding their “Canines for Coping” facility dog program to Madison Hospital. The donor-funded program operates at Huntsville Hospital […]

HUNTSVILLE — CFD Research broke fundraising records this year at its annual CFD Research-Liz Hurley Golf Classic, the company announced. Some $35,000 was raised to benefit Huntsville Hospital’s Breast Center, […]

HUNTSVILLE — Everyone in America should have access to healthy food and, during the holidays, the need is greater than ever, as the lack seems more profound. Huntsville’s Advanced Manufacturing […]

HUNTSVILLE — The Schools Foundation is amping up a holiday-giving initiative to support area teachers with a holiday “recharge”. With a vision of being a driving force for excellence in […]

HUNTSVILLE — The Salvation Army’s famous red kettles date to 1891, a throwback on the iron kettles used in ports of call to collect coins to help feed the poor. […]

MADISON — Wanna do something very few other people have ever done? How about pulling a firetruck with a rope to bring attention to substance abuse? And, at the same […]

HUNTSVILLE — Avion Solutions’ employee-led giving fund, Avion Takes Action, has awarded $20,000 in grants to four nonprofit organizations, the company announced. The grants are distributed in communities where Avion […]

HUNTSVILLE – Huntsville Utilities business and residential customers will see an increase in their natural gas next month, the utility said in a news release. The increase will affect about […]

HUNTSVILLE – It is the less flashy but crucial behind-the-scenes part of show business – sound engineering and design, lighting design, color theory, rigging, set, and costume design. It is […]

HUNTSVILLE – It’s been three years and two virtual races since the annual Liz Hurley 5K Ribbon Run and Survivors’ Walk made its trek through downtown Huntsville. But the fundraiser […]