CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY

Welcome to Mission Alabama... 
a collaborative community transformation strategy to alleviate spiritual and material poverty through innovative partnerships that empower and restore families and communities.

OPERATION WARM BIRMINGHAM

Each year in November, we conduct a coat drive for children living in the Birmingham region to ensure that they stay warm. With nearly 1 in 3 children living in poverty and food insecure, there are so many vulnerable children that need our help. 

Over the next few weeks, please pray about how you can help economically disadvantaged families attending Churches near our public housing communities or children growing up in Alabama's Foster Care System with a generous donation. Whether you are an individual, Church or business... you can make a difference in the lives of these deserving children by helping them obtain a winter coat.

A contribution of $25.00 will keep one child warm this winter. Make a donation today to make a difference for a change!
The HOPE Initiative
HELPING OTHERS PURSUE EXCELLENCE
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December for most of us is full of warm holiday memories with families. We remember the surprise of our children receiving a long desired gift or the gift that they never thought that they would receive. Smiles abound and gratitude flows freely.

For others of us, we enjoy the warmth of family as relatives travel from near and far to gather at mom and dad's house. The children gather at Christmas parties, eating cookies and drinking hot chocolate. And on Christmas Eve they can hardly sleep as they are filled with anticipation for what Christmas morning brings.

But for many children in our community, this is not the Christmas that they remember. Thousands of children are displaced and many are homeless. The holiday season is just one more month of survival at their great grandmothers house, in a Foster Home or in an impoverished community. 

Join us this holiday season as we partner with others to serve every child in Foster Care and hundreds more that are living in poverty. Please consider donating $100 for each child that you are willing to touch and $500 for a family. We are hoping to impact 1500 families this year and we need your help to touch them all. Please give and make plans to volunteer through December 20th to make a difference for a real change.
MISSION ALABAMA is a bridge and not a pier. Piers allow you to have an experience while bridges allow you to create the personal relationships necessary for life transformation. These relationships allow us to create effective partnerships that enable you to move from throwing "turkeys over the wall" to empowering Community Based Organizations (CBO) that reside in distressed communities. These CBOs carry on the work after volunteers are long gone. As a result of tis life-on-life contact, those being served are able to experience real restoration.

UPCOMING EVENTS: The Birmingham Region's National Day of Prayer Observance May 7, 2015

Mission Alabama  P.O. Box 55177 Birmingham, Alabama 35255   205.202.6002 (o)   866.611.2596 (fax)   info@missionalabama.org