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 Co. Dems Host Food Drive for West Alabama Food Bank
The Tuscaloosa County Democratic Party (TCDP) is hosting a food drive for the West Alabama Food Bank.
“We want to help people here in our community in these extraordinary times,” the TCDP posted on its Facebook page Friday.
Donation drop-off is available at the party’s headquarters, located at 3311 Loop Road in Tuscaloosa, every Monday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and noon to 5 p.m. on Fridays until Feb. 26. Both physical and financial donations will be accepted.
Some of the food items requested are:
Cereal
Canned fruit
West Alabama Food Bank Needs Post-Holiday Help
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As the coronavirus continues to spread throughout the community, the West Alabama Food Bank needs the public s help trekking through the post-holiday lull in food donations.
During November and December, food pantries like WAFB experience increased levels of volunteering and food donations due to an eagerness in do-gooders to give back to their communities. This year, however, January seems longer and harder for more people in West Alabama than ever before.
WAFB Volunteer Coordinator Tucker Brown explained that the University of Alabama’s two-week moratorium added to the absence of volunteers, as many are UA students and university-affiliated clubs and organizations.