Birmingham Chapter

The Links, Incorporated

Programs and Community Service Activities

Umbrella Project

Services to Youth

International Trends

National Trends

The Arts

Community Service

Fundraising

Umbrella Project

Birmingham Urban League Programs and Scholarship

Coordinated HIV/AIDS Awareness workshop for Ensley High School, in partnership with the UAB Center for Aids Research SHAPE (Sexual Health Awareness through Peer Education) program

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Services to Youth

Bare Hands Gallery

College and Career Fair – Birmingham Urban League and Girls Incorporated

Special Olympics

Birmingham Board of Education – Uniform Program

Black History Essay Contest - Birmingham Urban League

Book Donation to Grace House Ministries and Girls Inc.

Provided Scholarships for High School Seniors

Linkestowne Camp for Girls (In partnership with the Southwestern Athletic Conference)

Partnered with Birmingham Urban League in promoting program called Youth Doing the Right Thing- Honoring students who perform outstanding community service and exhibit leadership abilities.

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International Trends and Services

Nazareth House, South Africa HIV/AIDS Fundraiser

Contribution, Heart to Heart Foundation, Inc.

Eddie Gibson International Ministries, Inc. Fundraiser

Visit to Nazareth House HIV/AIDS Orphanage, South Africa

Donated Shoes to the African Children’s Choir

The Links and United Nations’ World Health Organization (WHO) Maama Kit Project to fight postpartum infection among African mothers. Funds were provided to purchase basic materials to facilitate clean and safe delivery and reduce the risk of deadly infection to the mother and her newborn baby.

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National Trends and Services

NCCJ Walk as One – Donation and Volunteer work

Contribution, Minority Research Health Center, UAB

National Linkages to Life – Organ Donation Pilot Program

Contribution, UNCF

Sickle Cell Foundation Gala Sponsor

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The Arts

Contribution, Jothan Callins Foundation

Magic City Boys and Girls Choir Winter Concert Co-Sponsor

Co-sponsored a tea at the historical A.M. Brown House, which was built in 1906 for a prominent, African-American physician, Arthur McKimmon Brown, and designed by famed African American Architect Wallace Rayfield.

Sponsored breakfast at the Birmingham Museum of Art for Carver High School Art students and Kerry James Marshall, a famous African American artist and Birmingham native.

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Community Service

AIDS Alabama – My Sister’s Keeper Summit Sponsor

Balm of Gilead

Grace House Ministries Contribution

Girls Incorporated of Central Alabama SnapShot Project

Contribution, Hayes and Ramsay High School - Multicultural Art Festival

Contribution, Heart Gallery

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Fundraising

New Year’s Eve Charity Gala

White Rose Cotillion

50^th Anniversary Gala

Book Signing – Black Titan: The Making of a Black Millionaire

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