Community Response Team of Birmingham

13/05/2020

Our team has decided to take a few days’ time-out from our service, just so we can listen. And this is the question for you, Birmingham! What are the needs that aren’t being met in our city?!

We have been able to be there for so many people, in so many creative ways, over the last two months. Now we want to give you an opportunity to give us ideas!

Have you seen a need in our city that isn’t being met? Have you thought “what if someone could..., this world would be a better place”? Send us your ideas!

We just want to take a moment and listen. Each one of us see things in our daily life that our team would never see! So we need your input! Send us to your family. Send us to your friends. Send us to your neighbors!

We love you, Birmingham! And we are here for you! Let us know how we can help!

10/05/2020

The ways you guys have shown up these last few months have been amazing! If you are looking for more ways to serve, here is an opportunity, Birmingham! We will be collecting food in Fultondale tomorrow to create grocery boxes to deliver to the surrounding communities in Tarrant, Fultondale, North Birmingham, and others!

There are so many families that don’t have the luxury of cooking an amazing Mother’s Day meal or ordering food from mom’s favorite restaurant today. So we want to step-in for those families and help ease the tension and struggle in their homes, for this next week and beyond!

We will be offering a time to drop off donations tomorrow (Monday) from 10:00-12:00 at the Church of the Highlands Fultondale campus. If you would like suggestions on what to bring, our goal is to create boxes that contain the following:

Breakfast item (oatmeal, cereal, granola)
2 meat (canned pork, tuna, chicken)
2 soups
2 canned vegetables
2 canned fruits
1 bag dried fruit
1 box of pasta
2 cans pasta sauce
2 Mac and cheese
1 bag of rice
1 bag of lentils
2 snacks (cookies, crackers, nuts)

Thank you so much, Birmingham, for showing up in such an awesome way! You guys have been incredible! Keep up the great work, and we can’t wait to see you tomorrow!

08/05/2020

We need you, Birmingham! Clothing donation drive-thru tomorrow, in three locations around the city!

You have had plenty of time to clean out those closets in the last two months, so here is your opportunity to make a difference!

The Foundry ministries will be holding a clothing drive at Church of the Highlands in Fultondale, Riverchase, and Grants Mill tomorrow from 9-12. Not only will clothing be accepted, but also shoes, accessories, home decor items, kitchenware, toys, sports equipment, electronics, etc.!

Don’t hold on to those skinny jeans thinking, “one day they’ll fit again.” Maybe they will, but by then, they’ll be out of style! Bring them down, and give them to a good home!

Thank you, Birmingham! You guys are amazing! See you tomorrow!

15/04/2020

We need your help, Birmingham! Tomorrow, we will be hosting a birthday parade for an autistic girl in the south of Birmingham! She doesn’t understand why she can’t have a party with her friends or go out to eat.

Her mom reached out to us last week, and we have stayed in contact, working out details on how we can best be there for them. We found out on Sunday that her best-friend-grandmother had past away. So we would like to double-up!

So this is an all-call! Anyone that would like to be a part of this birthday parade, we will be meeting in the parking lot of Lifetime Fitness in Birmingham to finish decorations of the cars at 5:00 pm on Wednesday. We start the parade at 5:30.

We already have a cake-maker, beauty salon, and home decorators jumping in! We would love to make this the ultimate in drive-by birthday parties for her! Her favorite colors are pink, purple, and blue, and she is a huge fan of “Trolls”!

Come if you can! We will be parking in every-other space to maintain social distancing, and we will be staying in our cars as we drive past her home!

We love you, Birmingham, and we are so thankful for the ways you have served the community in this time! Thank you so much for all that you do! We can’t wait to serve alongside you!

11/04/2020

The “Prayer Wall for BHM” is an outdoor pop-up location created by Mountaintop Community Church in Vestavia Hills. We stumbled across this yesterday, and had an opportunity to speak with one of the members of this church.

As she explained, typically these hand-made crosses are displayed inside the church and is a yearly custom at this time of year; however, they didn’t want to cancel the tradition while the building is off-limits! So they created this outdoor replacement for the community!

If you need a place to pray on Easter Sunday, or would just like to get out of the house without getting out of your car, this is quite special! This was a really neat discovery for QRT, and we hope you are blessed by it as well! Bring your own hand-made cross if you would like it to be added to their wall!

Happy Easter, Birmingham! We love you!

10/04/2020

We’d like to give a shoutout to the Admins of all the Facebook groups that have continued to approve the sharing of our posts to the communities all around our area! Thank you so much for helping us communicate with so many people to let Birmingham and surrounding areas know that we love them, and we are here for them!

Thank you so much, Group Administrators! You are helping your community in more ways than we have time to share! You guys are awesome!

09/04/2020

This is only going to stop spreading if people stay home, so our small team of volunteers and medical professionals are working with you to get you everything you need delivered to you. So stay home, stay safe, and send us a message! This is a free service to the community, and no request is too silly! We love you, Birmingham!

09/04/2020

This is only going to stop spreading if people stay home, so our small team of volunteers and medical professionals are working with you to get you everything you need delivered to you. So stay home, stay safe, and send us a message! This is a free service to the community, and no request is too silly! We love you, Birmingham!

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08/04/2020

We need you, Birmingham! We have been meeting people where they are at! We just fixed a mailbox, but could really use some help in other areas!

We show up when there are needs, but there are some needs that we don’t have the expertise to fulfill! Give us a shout and let us know how you can help!

Our desire is to say “yes” to anyone that has a way we can help! Jump in with us, and together, we can make a difference!

If you can build, pray, call, sew, drive, or lift, we can use your help! Let us know how you can serve, and we will connect you with the right team! We are creative, and we make things happen in the real lives of real people!

If you want to help, send an email to [email protected], call our number, or send a pm! Thank you so much for your willingness to help!

And if there is a way we can help, let us know! We can be there for you, Birmingham! We love every one of you, and we are there for you!