Upcoming Committee Meetings!

Communications: If you are interested in joining the Communications Committee, please join us Monday, April 18, 6 p.m. at Starbucks in Five Points. Please RSVP to: jenniferdome@gmail.com or 908-670- 2282.

Membership Development: The Membership & Community Development committee will meet, Tuesday, April 19 @ 5:30 p.m. @ Dram in Mountain Brook. Please RSVP to Kimberly Jackson at KIJACKSO@southernco.com.

Service: The Service Committee will hold its next meeting while assembling Easter baskets for Bunny Aid! Please join us on Tuesday, April 12, from 6pm- 8pm at Sweet Bones at the Summit. Email arlene.brown09@yahoo.com to RSVP.

April Agency Tour: Camp Fire USA

Camp Fire USA Central Alabama Council serves approximately 16,000 children, youth and families through leadership programs offered in schools, enrichment activities offered during out-of-school time, and outdoor education programs offered at camp. The majority population served is primarily low-middle income, under-served, families the majority of which cannot afford extra-curricular activities, enrichment opportunities, or a week of residential camp. Current program fees are discounted well below costs, made possible only by significant United Way funds as well as corporate sponsorships, grants, foundation gifts and fundraising. Come check out what Camp Fire is doing in Central AL!!!

Tuesday, April 19

11:30am – 12:15pm

Camp Fire USA

3600 8^th Ave. S., Ste. 502

Birmingham, AL 35222

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

Last Chance!! Sign up for Project Homeless Connect

Donate just a few hours of your time this Saturday, April 9, with approximately 1,500 volunteers at Boutwell Auditorium to help people who are homeless in our community through Project Homeless Connect. This one-day event focuses on 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 today at arlene.brown09@yahoo.com if you want to volunteer.

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

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.