The Community Foundation of West Alabama (CFWA) is partnering with the West Alabama Food Bank in their Brown Bag project. 

The Brown Bag project delivers a food supplement to three hundred and fifty recipients each month.  Volunteers and staff gather at the food bank one day during the second week of each month to prepare the Brown Bags that are then delivered the third week of each month.  The bags contain about 18 food items and weigh at least 30 pounds.

This grant of $1100.00, was funded by the P.D. & Anna E. Brown Education, Health & Welfare Fund of CFWA. The Community Foundation of West Alabama, established in 1999, is a charitable organization which supports various cultural, health, social and educational programs in Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, and Tuscaloosa counties.  A grants committee selects grant recipients. 

Pictured from left to right:  Buddy Burton of the CFWA and Henry Lipsey, executive director of the West Alabama Food Bank.

Heart of Dixie Communications Partners

The Community Foundation of West Alabama (CFWA) recently announced that a $600.00 grant has been awarded to The Heart of Dixie Communications Partners, Inc.

The Heart of Dixie Communications Partners, Inc. was established in 2005 to provide reliable communications via Amateur Radio to requesting agencies during times of civil or weather emergencies.

Amateur Radio communications are vital to the Tuscaloosa/West Alabama area during severe weather events.  HODCP currently operates three repeater systems throughout West Alabama.  This grant will allow HODCP to provide a method of linking these devices together via radio frequencies.  The grant will provide one linking controller, one UHF antenna and one coaxial cable

This grant was funded by the P.D. & Anna E. Brown Education, Health & Welfare Fund of CFWA. The Community Foundation of West Alabama, established in 1999, is a charitable organization which supports various cultural, health, social and educational programs in Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, and Tuscaloosa counties.  A grants committee selects grant recipients. 

Other Projects Funded

Project Horseshoe Farms is a non-profit organization in Hale County partnering with the University of Alabama to provide after school tutoring and mentoring programs for elementary students.

Reach Out Tuscaloosa was funded to work in conjunction with the Mayor’s HOPE Initiative to make an impact on seven neighborhoods in our community.

The Tuscaloosa City Schools Foundation’s grant request was funded to help with the purchase of equipment for the Strings in Schools Program of the Tuscaloosa City School System.

The Community Foundation of West Alabama is a charitable trust organization which supports various cultural, health, social and educational programs in Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, and Tuscaloosa counties. Additional information is available at www.thecfwa.org.