Youth/Kids
Name the New Attraction at Alabama Splash Adventure for a Chance to Receive Season Passes
Are We There Yet? After recently being named one of the five friendliest parks in the world, Alabama Splash Adventure is adding a new kids slide complex and interactive play structure which will debut in May 2018 and feature 5 colorful slides. Some slides will offer gentle, yet exciting hills, while others will offer twists …
Mission Makers: Alabama Teen Challenge
A Thanksgiving Message from Alabama Teen Challenge, The Proven Cure for the Drug Epidemic As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, we want to embrace the words of the Apostle Paul that he spoke to the Philippian Christians. He said, “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident …
The Proven Cure for the Drug Epidemic
Special Feature Presented by Alabama Teen Challenge Adult Men’s and Women’s Centers 1977 Alabama Teen Challenge graduate, Phil Cook, came to Alabama Teen Challenge as a teenager and now 40 years later he is sharing the life-saving message that saved him. A supporter of Teen Challenge and senior pastor of Rich Valley Church, Valrico, Fla., …
5 Tips to Preventing Childhood Obesity
Healthy Living September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, and as a leading community-based organization dedicated to improving health, The YMCA of Greater Birmingham offers the following tips to help families in Birmingham incorporate healthy eating and regular physical activity into their lives. These tips will not only help families live healthier together but also …
Bringing Comfort to Area Families: Baby Steps Memorial Run
Healthy Living Tragedy struck the Nicholas family in 2008 when they miscarried their twin sons. Grief-stricken, mom Abby Nicholas went to the Amelia Center at Children’s of Alabama for help. The center provides free professional counseling for parents and grandparents who have suffered the loss of a child of any age ranging from pregnancy loss …
Using a Trust to Protect Your Children from Divorce & Creditors
Legal Matters presented by: Bradford & Holliman, Estate Planning Parents frequently ask us how they can leave their assets to their children when they die without those assets being vulnerable to a child later divorcing or having problems with debt. The sentiments expressed by the parents are almost always the same: “We want our child …
“Traveling the World in Your Own Backyard”
Photo Fun 7th grader Max McGwin shares his knowledge about United Arab Emirates with other students during the International Fair at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School in Homewood. Students enjoy learning about Kazakhstan as 7th grader Zach Wedlund explains its culture at the International Fair held at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School.
Shades Mountain Christian Becomes Heritage Christian Academy
Education Extra As classes start this fall, Shades Mountain Christian School staff and faculty will welcome students back under the school’s new name, Heritage Christian Academy (HCA). In addition to the name change, a location change was also anticipated but instead students will remain at the school’s original home, Shades Mountain Community Church (formerly Shades …
OLS Inventors!
Education Extra Some fourth-grade students at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School (OLS) can now call themselves inventors! During their final month of school in May, the students created original inventions and displayed them at their own Invention Convention in the OLS Parish Hall. The fun event was a major part of their science curriculum. …