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e-NewsletterApril 2011 

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New Gateway Board Members Elected

 

 

At the March 15th meeting of the Gateway Board of Directors, the following new Board Members were elected:

 

Susan Compton, Area Executive, BB&T of Greater Birmingham; Phyllis Hall, President and CEO, Sunbelt Insulation, Inc.; Judge Brian Huff, Presiding Circuit Court Judge, Jefferson County Family Court; Kristin Ritter, Civic Volunteer; and Karen Rolen, Senior Vice President, Grants & Initiatives, Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham.  Board Officers elected include: Sandy Killion, Chair; Denise Moore, Vice-Chair; Carmelita Bivens, Secretary; Clyde Smith, Treasurer; and Chris Brown, Assistant Treasurer.  Margaret Caley,   Steve    McCord, 

and Tom Thompson are Members at Large.

 

 

 


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May 17th  

8:30 - 1:00 

Board Retreat 

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11:30 - 12:30 

Junior Board Meeting

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Greetings!  

They say that April Showers Bring May Flowers...With the "showers" we've had, we'll have more flowers next month than we know what to do with!   

 

But April brought more than rain.  It also brought Gateway's two primary fundraisers, and thanks to the hearty support of our friends, both were a lot of fun and very successful. 

 

Event photos for Off the Wall are already up on our website - www.gway.org; and photos for the 13th Annual Gateway Classic will be posted shortly. 

 

Off the Wall

 

This was a great event at the Avon Theatre on April 7th.  Every ticket holder walked away with either a matted and backed photograph or a bottle of "liquid art," and to determine which one, they played a game requiring cunning, strategy, and a bit of luck.  To view all the event photos, please visit our brand-new website at www.gway.org; but here are just a few photos of our guests having fun.

 

 

 off the wall photo

   

otw event photo 2
  

otw event photo

Visit www.gway.org to see all the Off the Wall event photos.

 

Junior Board Update

 

The Team from Iberia Bank came out on top as the Grand Prize Winners of the 13th Annual Gateway Classic, held April 18th at Highland Park Golf Course.  Perfect weather, lunch by Moe's Original Bar B Que, and a beautiful course made an afternoon of golf into a wonderful way to help kids.

 

 Iberia golf team

 

Members of the winning Iberia Bank Team are (left to right) Gary Sheffer, Wes Quattlebaum, Jason Waters, and Nick Willis.

 

Thank you to all of the individuals, teams, and hole sponsors who contributed so much to this event and to Iberia Bank, Wallace Jordan, Centrix Pharmaceutical, Inc., HealthSouth, and Slate + Carter + Comer Attorneys at Law for their corporate support.  Proceeds will allow the Junior Board to plan a year's worth of activities with the young people on our Residential Campus. 

 

These teens have been removed from their homes with severe emotional and behavioral problems, often as a result of abuse and neglect.  The Junior Board Members serve as mentors and role models as they provide educational, recreational, and just plain fun opportunities for Residents both on campus and in the community.

 

The most recent activity didn't cost the Junior Board a dime...but it was invaluable to the four young people who were selected from a group of volunteers to participate in the Soup Kitchen Project at Grace Episcopal Church in Woodlawn.  The young people and Junior Board volunteers, led by Barvette Patterson prepared and served a meal to those less fortunate than themselves and learned a lesson about giving back as they cleaned pots and pans and wiped down tables.

 

  

 

Pictured below is the Gateway Team for the Blue Ribbon Rally, the Child Abuse Prevention Rally sponsored by the Jefferson County Department of Human Resources - Child Welfare Division.  Well done, Team!!
 
Blue Ribbon Rally

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Birmingham, AL  35205 
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