OVER THE MOUNTAIN Journal
Vestavia Rotarians Give to AMBUCS Bike Program Members of the Vestavia Hills Rotary Club raised money at a recent meeting to help children with disabilities. Dave Upton of Greater Birmingham AMBUCS was the featured speaker at a February meeting of the club. AMBUCS is a Christian nonprofit group founded in 1922 by William L. White as a service organization for young business and professional men. AMBUCS reaches out to children and others with disabilities by providing wheelchair
ramps and therapeutic tricycles called AmTrykes. After Upton’s presentation, club member George Gammill challenged his fellow Rotarians to purchase a tricycle for AMBUCS. Each tricycle costs about $350. In a matter of minutes, the club had raised more than $1,000 to purchase three tricycles to be used in the AMBUCS program. For more information on the program of Greater Birmingham AMBUCS, visit www.birminghambucs.org. ❖
Sharp Named Eagle Scout
lectern for the area. The extra money he raised for the project was donated to the Alabama Baptist Children’s Home. Sharp joined scouting in the first grade. As a member of Troop 320, he has earned 21 merit badges and served as patrol leader, assistant patrol leader, chaplain and den chief. He was inducted into the Order of the Arrow and also spent two weeks at Philmont Scout Ranch. Sharp is a sophomore at Mountain Brook High School where plays lacrosse. He is the son of Amanda and Victor Sharp of Mountain Brook. He is the grandson of Carl and Marybeth Smith of Birmingham and Shelby Sharp of Montevallo.
Carl Clayton Sharp, a member of Boy Scout Troop 320 at Mountain Brook Presbyterian Church, has been awarded the rank of Eagle Scout. A Court of Honor ceremony was held Jan. 13 to recognize his achievement. For his Eagle Scout Leadership Project, Sharp rebuilt Clayton Sharp an outdoor worship area at Brookwood Baptist Church. He built eight benches and a
COLLIER’S Nursery
spring A SEASON FOR DIGGING, PLANTING AND
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From left: Josh Watkins, club president; Dave Upton of AMBUCS; Georgia Medori, club member and former district governor; and George Gammill, club member. Journal photo by Maury Wald
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