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Feb 1
2012How you can help share love with the homeless children of Jessie's Place this Valentine's Day...
Valentine's Day encourages us to focus our attention on our loved ones and provides us with an opportunity to communicate our love and how much they mean to us.
The kids of Jessie's Place need to know that they are loved too. They have been through so much - more than a child (or anyone for that matter) should ever have to experience.
Click link below for full-size card to print outJoin us in making them feel loved - no candy or flowers necessary. Click here to for your Valentine's Day card. Sign the card and return it to us at PO Box 10472, Birmingham, AL, 35202. The boys and girls of Jessie's Place will be so excited to see how many people care enough about them to send them a card.
This small gesture will make a big difference in the hearts of homeless and hurting children.
You can also help by making a donation - you can help provide shelter or meals for a homeless child. Click here to give your gift today.
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Jan 27
2012Are you ready for Alabama Gives Day 2012?
On February 2, 2012, thousands of Alabamians will come together for "Alabama Gives Day." Presented by the Alabama Association of Nonprofits, over 700 nonprofits will participate in this day of giving.
Inspired by other Gives Days in the nation, Alabama Gives Day provides nonprofits an opportunity to showcase the impact of the incredible work they do that helps improve the quality of life for everyone in our state.
It is also an opportunity for Alabamians to get involved and learn more about the charities they are interested in supporting. We hope you will take this opportunity to learn more about the Jimmie Hale Mission - we will consider oursevles doubly blessed if you choose us as your nonprofit of choice!
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Jan 23
2012Western Supermarket shoppers help feed the homeless and hungry...
Darwin Metcalf of Western Supermarkets presents check to Tony CooperWestern Supermarket's President Darwin Metcalf presented a check to Tony Cooper of the Jimmie Hale Mission from the generous donations of their shoppers.
For 11 years, Western shoppers have supported the homeless and hungry by opting to "Scan-A-Meal" for $1.95 when they check out at the store.
This year's donation of $12,049 provided 6,178 warm meals to those who needed it. During the 11-year span of Western's partnership with the Mission, shoppers have donated a total of $123,725 to provide 63,448 warm meals.
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Jan 18
2012Volunteers provide value to nonprofit organizations, but how do you measure that value?
Volunteers help serve meals to the homeless and hungry at the Jimmie Hale MissionBirmingham is a very charitable and giving community. We have lots of nonprofit organizations in our area that rely on the hard work of volunteers and the Jimmie Hale Mission is one of those organizations.
We count on volunteers to help in numerous ways and it's hard to value how much their work is worth. We do know that in 2010, we were blessed to have 8,747 volunteers help out at our ministries and we can see that that is a lot of caring individuals. (We'll post our 2011 figures soon).
Volunteers do crafts with the kids of Jessie's PlaceBut according to a recent report from VolunteeringInAmerica.gov, you can figure out what a volunteer's time is worth. According to their report, in Alabama a volunteer's time was worth $21.36 an hour. If each of our 8,747 volunteers helped only one time for one hour, that would equal over $186,000 in monetary worth. WOW!
If you'd like to see more statistics on volunteerism in Birmingham, click here. Or, if you'd like to go ahead and learn how you can help, click here!
Thank you to all of our volunteers! We can't describe how much your support means to us.
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