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title: "Come Celebrate with Us!"
date: 2024-08-27
author: "Laurie Stroud"
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# Come Celebrate with Us!

**Publisher’s Note**

As we begin our 25th year of publishing, we invite you to come and celebrate with us at our [5th Annual Celebrate the Family Expo! Saturday September 14, 2024](http://www.birminghamchristian.com/Expo2024) at the Hoover Met Complex Finley Center. Enjoy fun, free activities from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. while browsing 40 plus exhibits where you will learn about resources right here in our community designed to help meet the spiritual, emotional and physical needs of the family. [Click here for a rundown of all the activities](https://birminghamchristian.com/a-sneak-peek-at-the-fun-in-store-5th-annual-celebrate-the-family-expo/) including our back by popular demand [Sweet Grown Alabama Celebrity Chef Stage](https://birminghamchristian.com/4-hours-of-culinary-classics-sweet-grown-alabama-chef-stage-at-the-celebrate-the-family-expo/) featuring a different celebrated Alabama chef every thirty minutes. You can also view [www.birminghamchristian.com/Expo2024](http://www.birminghamchristian.com/Expo2024) for the most up to date and detailed schedule.

[![Benton Nissan Logo](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Benton-Nissan-Logo-1-300x102.png "Benton Nissan Logo")](http://www.bentonnissanofhoover.com)[![Sweet Grown Alabama logo](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Sweet-Grown-Alabama-logo-300x148.jpg "Sweet Grown Alabama logo")](https://www.sweetgrownalabama.org/)**Special thanks** to our Title Sponsor [Benton Nissan of Hoover](http://www.bentonnissanofhoover.com), Celebrity Chef Stage Sponsor [Sweet Grown Alabama](http://www.sweetgrownalabama.org), Major Sponsors [Avadian Credit Union](http://www.avadiancu.com), [Children’s of Alabama](http://www.childrensal.org) and [Jimmie Hale Mission](http://www.jimmiehalemission.com) as well as our Event Sponsors [Alabama Credit Union](http://www.alabamacu.com), [Jefferson Credit Union](https://jeffersoncreditunion.org/), [Renewal by Andersen](https://jeffersoncreditunion.org/), [Strickland Counseling](https://stricklandcounseling.com/), [Verizon](http://www.verizon.com) and [Vulcan Termite & Pest Control](http://www.vulcantermite.com).

**GIVEAWAYS.** You don’t want to miss out on our Expo Giveaways! The first 200 families attending will receive an Expo Swag Bag full of novelty items, gift cards and coupons. And all attendees will have the opportunity to play Birthday Bingo- where we will give away prizes throughout the event including a $100 Walmart Gift card from Way-FM, cases of Bud’s Best Cookies, and so much more.

We look forward to seeing you and your family as we Celebrate the Family & 25 Years of Free Good News!

*[![Laurie Stroud Franklin](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Laurie-Stroud-Franklin-150x150.jpg "Laurie Stroud Franklin")](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Laurie-Stroud-Franklin.jpg)-Laurie Franklin*

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*Celebrating 25 Years of Good News!*

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