January 19, 2012 – 12:00 am
Over the holidays, Initiative Manager Sandy Beckley – who leads our project to create an enhancement at Sarasota National Cemetery – was visiting Alabama and decided to see first hand how our disaster funding is making a difference. The following is Sandy’s account of what she saw.
Vacationing in Northeast Alabama in January was restful [...]
By The Patterson Foundation
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Tagged First Baptist Church of Williams, Northeast Alabama, Sarasota National Cemetery
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December 27, 2011 – 9:08 am
By: Eula Tatman, Vice President of the Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama
The Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama (CFNEA) recently expanded its footprint to include serving an additional eight counties in Northeast Alabama. Tornadoes that ripped through the State of Alabama in April left communities in Northeast Alabama with the major task of gathering resources to [...]
By The Patterson Foundation
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Tagged Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama, First Baptist Church of Williams, The Patterson Foundation, Tornado
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December 7, 2011 – 12:57 pm
I had an opportunity to attend a conference and workgroup coordinated by Philanthropy Roundtable last week. The work group focused on the disaster space and the opportunities for philanthropic organizations to make an impact.
Regine Webster of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy led us through an engaged discussion. Bottom line? There is a tremendous opportunity for [...]
By The Patterson Foundation
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Tagged Center for Disaster Philanthropy, Philanthropy, Philanthropy Roundtable
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November 15, 2011 – 8:57 am
In times of crisis, communities often come together to care and provide for each other. We have a hard time coming up with a community where this is more true than in Northeast Alabama.
Following the tornadoes that devastated the region in the spring, we offered our support to the communities there, eventually partnering with the [...]
By The Patterson Foundation
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Tagged Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama, Tornado Relief
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October 11, 2011 – 4:04 pm
By Pam Truitt, Student Emergency Fund Initiative Manager
When hardships befall parents, children feel the impact too. Fortunately (if there is anything good to say about this), the needs become visible to teachers, cafeteria workers, friends and others when they arrive at school. Through no fault of their own, children find themselves hungry, without proper clothing, [...]
By The Patterson Foundation
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Tagged Economy, Sarasota County School District, Student Emergency Fund, Unemployment
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October 7, 2011 – 12:00 am
By Dr. Mike Oliver, Pastor, First Baptist Church of Williams – Jacksonville, Ala.
Last Sunday evening a family walked into their new home for the first time.
Ladies from our church were stationed in each room that they helped decorate. The family of four had been with us in their front yard for a dedication service of [...]
By The Patterson Foundation
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Tagged Alabama Tornado, First Baptist Church of Williams, The Patterson Foundation
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September 20, 2011 – 8:08 am
By Michael Corley, The Patterson Foundation
We continue to be inspired and impressed by the generosity, warmth and perseverance of the people we were fortunate to meet in Northeast Alabama.
What inspired us to an even greater degree was learning from our partner, the Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama, that thanks to the generosity of communities in [...]
By The Patterson Foundation
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Tagged Alabama, Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama, Disaster Relief, Tornado
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September 8, 2011 – 12:57 pm
By Michael Corley, The Patterson Foundation
Disasters are happening all of the time. One only needs to look to the headlines from the past several months to recall the recent disasters in the U.S. alone – including the tornadoes in the South and Midwest and Hurricane Irene impacting the Northeast.
As part of its ultimate work, The [...]
By The Patterson Foundation
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Tagged Hurricane Irene, Natural Disasters, NetHope, Tornado
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August 15, 2011 – 9:36 am
By Pam Truitt, The Patterson Foundation
Feeling their pain. Watching their body language. The smell of new construction. Sensing their hope. Seeing their eyes light up at the mention of their new home.
These emotions ran through me as I toured rural areas in Northeast Alabama to see how the First Baptist Church Williams had leveraged [...]
By The Patterson Foundation
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Tagged Alabama, Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama, First Baptist Church of Williams, The Patterson Foundation, Tornado
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August 12, 2011 – 8:42 am
Although it has been several months since tornadoes ripped through areas of Northeast Alabama, the road to recovery takes time, commitment and perseverance.
Yesterday, we were proud to witness just that.
During a benefit event, hosted by our partner, the Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama, we announced a $100,000, dollar-for-dollar match for tornado recovery donations made to [...]
By The Patterson Foundation
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Tagged Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama, The Patterson Foundation, Tornado Recovery, Tyn Times band
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