Cycle of Service One Week Away!
Today marks two weeks since we were activated by the state of Alabama to support the efforts with the BP oil spill. Our role as the National Guard has been to assist with the BP claims. Our mission is called Task Force Alabama Claims Assistance Teams or TF ACAT. (We have all kinds of cat [...]
ARTS And HEARTS Community Event
Do you love art? Do you enjoy great music and food? Want to attend an event where you can experience these wonderful venues and it help someone? Then consider attending Arts and Hearts.
Arts and Hearts will be held on Thursday June 10th at 6:00 PM at the Event Center in Opelika, AL. (near 8th and [...]
Registration for Cycle of Service is Here! Deadline May 31st
May 31st-Memorial Day is about upon us. This is the registration deadline for those who would like to ride. We are excited about those who are going to join us. We have a wide range of riders some with great experience, and others like me who seem to huff and puff just looking at a hill. The [...]
Some Updates for the Cycle of Service
So much is happening!
1) Summer staff arrive tomorrow and begin their two weeks of training! We are excited about not only the diverstity of this staff but their experience and talent. They are going to be incredible role models for the youth
2) Annual Conference is right around the corner and we will have snack bar [...]
Cycle of Service Will Begin Registration
Do you like to bike? Do you like to serve? Than you’ll love this. It is a three day bike ride across the state of Alabama to raise awareness about poverty housing. We will launch in Livingston on June 25th, traverse through Selma and Montgomery, and then end in Tuskegee, AL. Livingston and Tuskegee are [...]
Night 5/Day 6
Another day of blessings as night 5 and day 6 draw to a close
Day 4 and 5
It is great to be sitting outside again. It rained for 36 hours straight with gusty winds cutting through anything in their path. I’ve had a few casualties….a plastic tripod is now out of commission and we cannot quite get all of the signage up just yet. Beyond that-it’s just good to be outside.
For the [...]
Night 3 Day 4 in the Box
My coworkers laugh because it seems I pick the worst weather to do an event in. During the Walk Across Alabama this past summer we had a heat wave. For Poverty Awareness Week-a late hurricane decides to make her presence known. I have been asked if I slept in the box last night. Stayed in [...]
Poverty Awareness Week aka Lisa in a Box Begins
On Nov. 7th-the action begins, Lisa becomes confined to what we know as the box; a small “shack” that will be home for the next few days. The intent is to raise awareness about poverty housing and poverty in general for families living in the Black Belt area of Alabama. Lisa will have information available [...]
Poverty Awareness Week-Get Lisa Out of the Box
ARM’s director, Lisa Pierce, will be living in a small “shack/box” for a week or until $10,000 is raised
