Help Project Corporate Leadership With This Survey!

Hey Fellow Young Leaders of the United Way Members,

I'm in the 2010-2011 class of Project Corporate Leadership and my team's major project is focusing on community involvement.

Our idea is to challenge everyone in the Greater Birmingham metropolitan area to complete 24 hours of volunteer service in a given year. One week with Habitat for Humanity, 2 hours per month helping someone learn to read, coaching a little league team, teaching Sunday School, fund-raising for your favorite organization, anywhere you feel lead to give back. Can you imaging what kind of impact our collective effort would have?!

We're putting together a proposal for how a project like this can be rolled out—by companies, communities, churches, etc.—and we need some feedback from people in the community on their experiences with volunteering and where they see opportunities for improvement. This is where I need your help. Please take a few minutes to look over the attached flyer that summarizes our project idea. Then fill out a short survey (4 questions) at the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/K8HGLV5

The survey is anonymous—we’re not tracking who is responding, just what the responses are. I promise it will only take a minute and you will be helping me out tremendously! Also, feel free to pass this along to your friends and family. The more responses the better!

Let me know if you have any questions about it.

Thanks so much!

Nick Maroules

Birmingham Twestival 2011
Benefitting United Way of Central Alabama!

When: Thursday, March 24, from 4-7 p.m.
Where: Parkside Cafe, 4036 5th Avenue South,
What: A great opportunity to relax, have a drink and chat with Twitter users from across the Birmingham area, all while helping a great cause.

Why: To help UWCA support the Imagination Library, a fantastic program that provides free monthly books to children across the region.

How you can help: Spread the word! Tell your friends, coworkers and fellow Twitterers to come out and help make a difference in our community.

For More about Twestival 2011, visit the site sponsored by Luckie & Co.

Help Design Our T-shirts!

United Way Young Leaders Society would like to design a T-shirt that we can aware to service projects and other events around the city.

If you can help design a white T-shirt for UWYLS, please send all design suggestions by April 1 to Lisa: ljones1@onealsteel.com.

April Service Project: Project Homeless Connect

On Saturday, April 9, approximately 1,500 volunteers, public servants, non-profit agencies, faith-based organizations, and citizens will assemble under one roof to help people who are homeless in our community through Project Homeless Connect. This innovative, one-day event is about breaking the cycle of homelessness, increasing access to services and ending chronic

homelessness in Central Alabama. For one day, Project Homeless Connect will give people experiencing homelessness the opportunity to access an array of services in a system that is often difficult to understand and navigate. Project Homeless Connect links homeless individuals, veterans, and families to housing, medical services, identification services, veterans' services, employment services, pet care and haircuts.

Be a part of Birmingham's solution to homelessness.

Shifts:
6:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
7:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.

Please email Arlene at arlene.brown09@yahoo.com if you want to volunteer. We need your
name, email address, and shift preference by March 18.

For more information, see Hands On Birmingham's Project Homeless Connect webpage.

March Service Project: Bunny Aid

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The United Way Young Leaders Society and Hands on Birmingham are partnering again this year for Bunny Aid. Easter baskets will be delivered to children at Pathways, YWCA, BAO, Children's Aid Society, the Salvation Army, AIDS Alabama, Jesse's Place...just to name a few!

All donations can be dropped off at O’Neal Steel (744 41st North, Birmingham, AL 35222 / Lisa @ 205-283-7463 or ljones1@onealsteel.com) or United Way (bboylan@handsonbirmingham.com) by March 25. You can also bring your items to our social event on March 25 from 6-8p.m at Rogue Tavern, 2312 2nd Ave. N.

Items needed: Candy, ribbon, small wrapped toys, plastic eggs, stickers, coloring books, jump ropes, sidewalk chalk, bottles of bubbles, grassy filling, ribbon, tissue paper, colorful bows, cellophane wrap or bags, Easter baskets, or monetary donations to buy the items.

Goal: to fill 30 baskets, so 30 pieces of all items are needed!

Email ljones1@onealsteel.com to let us know what you will bring and how much.

Join Our Next Agency Tour!

March’s Agency Tour Tuesday will be at Big Brothers Big Sisters on March 15 from 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

According to the BBBS website, for more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. As the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 6-18, in communities across the country.

Come with us to learn more about this United Way agency!

Tuesday, March 15

11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Big Brothers Big Sisters

1901 14th Avenue South

Birmingham, AL 35205

To reserve your spot and for more information, email Kate Watson at: youngleaders@uwca.org.

Smiles and Sundaes at Ronald McDonald House

On Saturday, February 26, a group of volunteers from the Young Leaders Society gathered at Ronald McDonald House in downtown Birmingham for movie night.

The group provided make-your-own sundaes and popcorn to families while showing “Toy Story 3.”

These families are staying at Ronald McDonald House while their child receives medical care in the area. With chocolate ice cream, sprinkles, Buzz and Woody on hand, a great time was had by all!