🌱 Mountain Brook Fire Assistant Leaving + Substance Use Awareness Walk

Good morning, neighbors! It's me, Dashiell Allen, your host of the Mountain Brook Patch newsletter. Keep reading for everything you need to know about what's going on in town, including updates on:

• An addiction prevention walk taking place next weekend.
• An assistant in the fire department leaves after 11 years.
• Jobs open at The Birmingham Zoo.

But first, today's weather:

Clouds giving way to some sun. High: 77 Low: 52.

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Here are the top three stories in Mountain Brook today:

1. Next Saturday the Addiction Prevention Coalition is hosting its seventh annual walk at the City Walk BHAM Amphitheater, starting at 10 a.m. The Coalition's goal is to reduce overdose deaths and "the stigma surrounding substance use disorder (SUD) by educating the community about the dangers of all substance misuse." (Village Living)
2. The Mountain Brook Fire Department's administrative assistant Jennifer Price is leaving after 11 years working for the force. (Mountain Brook Fire Department via Twitter)
3. A woman from Birmingham, Dorothea Staursky, testified in front of Congress last week about the need to improve access to transplants in rural communities across the country. She herself has donated bone marrow twice. (6 WBRC)

Today in Mountain Brook:

• Mountain Brook schools are on spring break this week! (all day)
• Monday Matinees - Levite Jewish Community Center (1:30 p.m.)
• Family swim time with a ginormous inflatable - Levite Jewish Community Center (2:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Check out these five houses for sale in and around the Mountain Brook area! (Mountain Brook Patch)
• The Birmingham Zoo is now hiring for different positions, including a Human Resources specialist and animal care professionals. (Birmingham Zoo via Twitter)

Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Monday. I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow morning with another update!

— Dashiell Allen

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