🌱 Mountain Brook Foundation For First Responders + Meet A HS Senior

Hello and happy Tuesday! I'm back in your inbox this morning to walk you through all the most important things happening in town these days. Today you'll find these stories and more...

• Mountain Brook gets a first responders foundation.
• Meet a high school senior excited about broadcast journalism.
• The police department is holding another citizen's self defense course.

But first, today's weather: Mostly sunny, breezy and nice. High: 71 Low: 45.

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Here are the top three stories today in Mountain Brook:

1. The City of Mountain Brook recently began a foundation to support first responders. Similar foundations already exist in Vestavia Hills, Hoover and Homewood. It had been talked about in Mountain Brook before the pandemic but got put on hold until now. The foundation will likely give out grants in the $3,000 to $5,000 range, although details are still being worked out. (Village Living)
2. Mountain Brook High School senior Zach Touger is excited to pursue a career in broadcast journalism, after learning skills inside and outside of the classroom. He's planning to major in communications at the University of California Santa Barbara, with a minor in Spanish. (Village Living)
3. The Alabama House of Representatives passed a general funding bill last week. Mountain Brook Rep. David Faulkner also unanimously passed a bill that would "rename the National Foundation in the Code of Alabama 1975, to reflect its current name, the March of Dimes Inc." (Alabama Political Reporter)

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Today in Mountain Brook:

• T-Mobile Tuesdays: Get Free Stuff and Great Perks Every Week (8:30 a.m.)
• Community Grief Support's Over-The-Mountain Retired Widowed Support Group (10 a.m.)
• Girls Varsity Softball Area Tournament — Home (2 p.m.)
• Soccer — Girls and Boys-2nd round playoffs @ Homewood (5 p.m.)
• MBHS Symphonic Winds and Beginning Band Concert (FAC) (7 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• Duke, Suzy, and Amos are among the pets waiting to be adopted in the Mountain Brook area. (Mountain Brook Patch)
• Rubick's Cubes, an "eFast" (meaning a challenge to spend 24 hours without electricity). Those were just some of the many projects presented at the Mountain Brook schools student showcase last weekend. (Mountain Brook Schools via Twitter)
• The Mountain Brook Police Department is bringing back its citizen's self-defense course by popular demand. You can send an email to [email protected] to register while spots last. (Mountain Brook Police via Twitter)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed. I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow with another update!

— Dashiell Allen

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