Tuscaloosa County Alternative Sentencing helps non-profits hurt financially by COVID19
West Alabama charities get financial help By Kelvin Reynolds | March 4, 2021 at 5:37 PM CST - Updated March 4 at 5:37 PM
TUSCALOOSA CO., Ala. (WBRC) - Tuscaloosa County Alternative Sentencing awarded more than $150,000 in grants to more than a dozen non-profits. The leader of one of those groups explained how badly the financial help was needed.
“We had two fundraisers that had been cancelled and then one of our fundraisers we were able to hold, but it was not a normal format and basically we raised half of what we normally do,” said Ellen Potts, Executive Director of Habitat of Humanity for Tuscaloosa.
Tuscaloosa County Alternative Sentencing Program starts non-profit resiliency fund
Relief fund for non profits in Tuscaloosa Co. By Kelvin Reynolds | December 11, 2020 at 6:55 PM CST - Updated December 11 at 6:56 PM
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - In a year where coronavirus forced the cancellation of Habitat For Humanity Tuscaloosa fundraisers and thieves have resorted to stealing from the non-profit, things could be looking up for Habitat and other local charities.
âI think everyone was really aware of the impact COVID had on small businesses. But I think maybe the non-profits were forgotten just a bit. And this was an opportunity to bridge the gap as we get through this,â said Jay Stuck, chairman of the Board for Tuscaloosa County Alternative Sentencing. The agency recently announced itâs agreed to support a relief fund for non-profits in Tuscaloosa County.