Send Us Your Recipes by 10/31

We will still collect recipes for our finger-foods, party-themed cookbook through Oct. 31.

Submit your recipes to Arlene at: arlene.brown09@yahoo.com.

Thanks for your contributions!

A Look Back: 2011 UWYLS Kickoff Luncheon

The United Way Young Leaders Campaign Kickoff Luncheon was a huge success! Thank you to Kimberly Jackson and the Membership & Community Development Committee for putting on such a wonderful lunch.

Thank you to Alabama Power for sponsoring the event and to Robert Aland, the 2011 United Way Campaign Chair, for speaking to the group. The purpose of the lunch was to ensure that all Young Leaders are engaged in the United Way campaign and in giving back to the community. We want to be part of the change and want to encourage all Young Leaders to give to the campaign and to give their time through volunteerism. Robert Aland spoke of his own personal experience in supporting the community and why we as young professionals should step up and give back to those in need.

Matt Chapman, UWYLS president

April Helms and Bob Ashburner, UWYLS Steering Committee

Help Us Collect Recipes For the UWYLS Cookbook!

The Service Committee is collecting party food recipes for the cookbook fundraiser. Submission deadline is October 17. Please contact Arlene Brown for more details or to submit a recipe at arlene.brown09@yahoo.com.

October’s Committee Meetings

Service Committee: October 13, 6 p.m. @ Taziki's (301 18th Street S.)

Communications Committee: Oct. 13^, 5:30 p.m. @ O'Henry's at Brookwood
RSVP: jenniferdome@gmail.com

Join Us Oct. 21 For Our Monthly Agency Tour!

The Crisis Center, a United Way of Central Alabama agency, has been providing 24-hour, 365 day per year support, crisis and suicide intervention, community information and referrals through telephone counseling since 1970. An integral part of that mission is to correlate our services to the diverse and changing needs of the community. For more information, please join us on the tour and visit www.crisiscenterbham.com.

Friday, October 21

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

3600 8th Avenue South

(United Way Building)
Suite 501

Lunch will be provided!! There is limited space so please sign up ASAP! You can reserve a spot by emailing youngleaders@uwca.org or calling 458-2033.

YLS Campaign Kickoff Luncheon

Join us on Sept. 19 at 11:30 a.m. at the Alabama Power Co. Auditorium (600 18th Street North) for an exciting luncheon to kickoff our 2011 campaign! Our featured speaker will be 2011 United Way Campaign Chairman Robert Aland of National Bank of Commerce.

Please RSVP to youngleaders@uwca.org today!

September Service Project: Read and Romp Birmingham

Read and Romp Birmingham will take place at Railroad Park on Sept. 17 from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. for families to bring their children ages 3-5. There will be 11 activity tables set up for kids to participate in activities related to books. Each family will have a passport they will take to the tables to be stamped after participating in the activity. When leaving they will show the passport to the check out table and will receive a bag of 7 brand new books to take home with them. There will also be face painting and some APT characters there. We need volunteers to help out at the tables with the activities. The organizations at the tables include groups such as McWane Science Center, the Zoo, Birmingham Museum of Art, Childcare Resources, etc. There will also be a hike
through the park with Fresh Air Family and will need some volunteers to go on that with the kiddos and their parents.

When: Saturday, September 17, 2011
Where: Railroad Park
Time: 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (you can stay the entire time or work a 2-hour shift: 8 a.m.-10 and 10-12:30 p.m.)
RSVP: arlene.brown09@yahoo.com as soon as possible.