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Above: From left: Jana Parker and Josh Randolph. right: Sue Johnson, Gene Stallings and Duane Donner.
The fourth annual “A Night of Big Stars” gala and talent exhibition proved to be a night full of big talent in honor of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Birmingham. Twenty-four “littles” auditioned, composed and rehearsed with their “bigs” in preparation for the Aug. 1 show at the Florentine. Performances ranged from dance or spoken word pieces to skits and music numbers.
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Guests enjoyed a cocktail hour with passing hors d’oeuvres of pimento cheese and spicy red pepper crostinis and sea scallops wrapped in brown sugared bacon. A seated dinner included the Florentine’s signature salad, a petite filet with grilled shrimp atop a risotto cake, asparagus bundles and a dessert of molten chocolate cake topped with fresh berries and whipped cream.
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The Woodlawn Foundation celebrated the launch of The Woodlawn Effect: The Campaign for Woodlawn at Iron City Aug. 11. It was announced at the event that funds from the $7.1 Date: million campaign will be used to support the construction of the James Rushton Early Learning and Family Success This is your ad proof for the OTMJ for the Aug. 27 20154issue. Please contact your sales representative as soon Innovation as possibleNetwork, to Center, the Woodlawn an in-school approve your ad or make changes. You may fax approval or changes to 824-1246. cradle-to-college career education initiative, and housing and community wellness efforts. Please make sure all information is correct, including address and phone number! National empowerment activist, speaker and author John Hope Bryant presented his economic justice mesPlease initial and fax back within 24 hours. sage to the attendants. This fall, Bryant will launch HOPE If we have not heard from you by 5 pm of the friday before the press date, Business your ad will as is. in arun Box, a new “Shark Tank” style program for youth entrepreneurs in schools in Woodlawn. Thank you for your prompt attention. Notable persons involved in the campaign included the Foundation’s Executive Director Sally Mackin; campaign co-chairs Kate Cotton and Steve Spencer; and honorary campaign chairs Mike and Gillian Goodrich and Deak and Gail Rushton. Also honored were members of the Friends of Woodlawn Foundation Beau Byrd, David Germany, Donna Hall, Lehman Harris, Wayne Honeycutt, Waymond Jackson, Natalie Kelly, Atticus Rominger, Chad Steppe and Pardis Stitt. More than 200 guests attended the event, including Kathryn and Raymond Harbert, The SummiT • 123 SummiT boulevard Tom Schulz, Emmett 977-5512 • remonsclothier.com McClain, Nelson Bean, Mary Boehm, Beth Smathers & Branson Peter Millar Southern Tide
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A speech by special guest Gene Stallings, former head football coach for the University of Alabama, concluded the event. The event raised more than $147,000 which will help support the organization’s work, matching mentors with children facing adversity. Currently, BBBS has 229 children on the waiting list to be matched with a “big.” ❖
and Brian Bucher, Kate Cotton, Ann Forney, Kathy and Beau Byrd, Susan and Rick Swagler, Ann Marie Corgill, Stewart Dansby, Mallie Ireland, Suzanne Durham, Braxton Goodrich, Richard Hydinger, Gaines and William Kohn, Mary Virginia and Josh Mandell, Peggy and Michael Balliet, Karyl and Henry Panion, Paul Carruthers, Marquita and Michael Davis, Marcella Roberts, Becky and Bill Rumer, Beth Wilder, Missy Burchart, Chip Brantley, Selena Florence, Evelyn Puckett, Mike Royer and Bridget and Glenn Drennen. ❖
From left: Allen Pair, Becky Rumer, Darryl Ward, William Kohn, Theresa Campbell, Nelson Bean and Gaines Kohn.
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BBBS ‘Littles’ and ‘Bigs’ Shine at the Florentine