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Film Highlights SpeakFirst Birmingham Debate Initiative

Birmingham Public Library Wins Trivia Competition

Protective Life Corporation and Impact Alabama are pleased to announce that the … More →

A new film highlights the accomplishments of our SpeakFirst all-star debate team.

Birmingham News: $10,000 Winner Announced

Tornado victim wins $10,000 in savings bond contest by Val Walton … More →

Montgomery’s Brightest Film

Mobile’s Brightest Film

Huntsville’s Brightest Film

Birmingham’s Brightest Film

Montgomery’s Brightest Company Trivia Competition

A charitable fundraising event hosted by Impact Alabama March 20, 2012 … More →

Mobile’s Brightest Company Trivia Competition

A charitable fundraising event hosted by Impact Alabama March 15, 2012 … More →

Huntsville’s Brightest Company Trivia Competition

A charitable fundraising event hosted by Impact Alabama March 22, 2012 … More →

Montgomery’s Brightest Trivia Registration

To register for Montgomery’s Brightest, please fill out the requested information below. … More →

Mobile’s Brightest Trivia Registration

To register for Mobile’s Brightest, please fill out the requested information below. … More →

Huntsville’s Brightest Trivia Registration

To register for Huntsville’s Brightest, please fill out the requested information … More →

Birmingham’s Brightest Trivia Registration

To register for Birmingham’s Brightest, please fill out the requested information … More →

SaveFirst Tax Sites

Please see the links below for locations of our free tax … More →

Tax Training Program

Note: Our training sessions are now complete for the 2012 tax … More →

Birmingham’s Brightest Company Trivia Competition

A charitable fundraising event hosted by Impact Alabama March 13, 2012 … More →

Birmingham CBS 42: SaveFirst Opening Day

Alabama’s Brightest Company Trivia Competition to be Held in Four Cities in March

The 2nd Annual Brightest Company Trivia Competition invites companies from Birmingham, … More →

SaveFirst Announces Start of 2012 Tax Season

Sixteen SaveFirst tax sites will open across the state beginning on … More →

Boeing Presents $30,000 to FocusFirst in Celebration of Milestone

The nationally unique, award-winning FocusFirst vision care initiative celebrated screening its … More →

CollegeFirst AP Institute Prepares 215+ High School Students to Excel

Wells Fargo sponsored the 2nd Annual CollegeFirst Summer Advanced Placement Institute … More →

SpeakFirst Pair Brings Home Tournament Championship

On Saturday, November 18, 2011, the SpeakFirst team traveled to Carrollton, … More →

PANGEATWO Founder Surprises SpeakFirst Team with Laptops

PANGEATWO Founder and CEO Jody Jones made a surprise visit to … More →

EBSCO Industries Contributes $30,000 Challenge Grant

For the Holidays, You Can’t Beat…A Payday Lender?

by Kathleen Shelton You walk into a store and are greeted … More →

UA Quarterback Helps FocusFirst Reach 100,000th Child Screened

University of Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy conducted a high-tech vision screening … More →

Meet the Team: Kathleen Shelton, SaveFirst Coordinator

A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Kathleen Shelton came to Alabama to … More →

At Vision Screenings, Some Children Still See April Storms

by Courtney Champion It has been over six months since the … More →

A day in the life: FocusFirst vision screening

by Linn Groft I hit the snooze button for the last … More →

Meet the Team: Kate Jarrett, Regional Coordinator

Kate Jarrett is a Regional Coordinator with Impact Alabama. She has … More →

About CERT training: saving cardboard lives and preparing to care for our communities when disaster strikes

by Sonda Sengupta Imagine, if you will, that you are quietly … More →

Road Trip Camaraderie

by Allison Herren Some of my favorite memories from my childhood … More →

Highways and Byways

By Chris Fite As Regional Coordinators at Impact, we spend plenty … More →

10 ways Impact has changed me

By Glynnis Ritchie This fall marks my second year working for … More →

“The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom”: Monroeville brings home Southern novel for Impact staff member

By Beth Reinwald One of the best parts of working for … More →

SpeakFirst Debaters Take a Night Off for African American History

by Cassie Stokes Last week, a few lucky SpeakFirst students had … More →

Sharing the story: Connecting people to the work we do

By Linn Groft The best part of my job with Impact … More →

Meet the Team: Parker White, Regional Coordinator & Blog Editor

Parker White, a Montgomerian with a passion for creative writing, was … More →

Huntsville CBS 19: $30,000 Grant from Boeing

Huntsville FOX 54: $30,000 Grant from Boeing

Huntsville ABC Ch 31: $30,000 Grant from Boeing

Meet the Team: Em Gormley, Regional Coordinator & Blog Editor

Em Gormley, a Regional Coordinator with Impact, is a Midwestern expatriate … More →

Meet the Team: Kaitlin Nobles, Regional Coordinator & Blog Editor

Kaitlin Nobles is a native Alabamian with a constant desire to … More →

Rhetoric and relentlessness: An insider’s perspective on what it takes to succeed in SpeakFirst debate

By Allison Herren The question I encountered most often as a … More →

Some Thoughts on Service Learning

by Brendan Griffin When I entered Birmingham-Southern College as an eighteen-year … More →

Birmingham NBC 13: Laptop Presentation

CollegeFirst Serves 215 High School Students, SpeakFirst Earns $2.8 Million in Scholarships over Four Years

Last Day

by Carolyn Kerchof This might be my last post on BlogFirst, … More →

FocusFirst Completes Record Year, Screens 32,000 Children Statewide

Huntsville Times: Program looks to make an impact

By Paul Gattis June 14, 2010 The sky is blue, the … More →

Birmingham ABC 33: CollegeFirst Coordinator

SaveFirst Secures $8 Million in Refunds for Low-Income Working Alabama Families

In the Place to Be

by Carson Land During the last month and a half, my … More →

Advanced Placement Pep Rally

by Christa Waldrop Fellow team member Ann Watford and I had … More →

Mobile’s Brightest Trivia Results Announced (2011)

Montgomery’s Brightest Trivia Results Announced (2011)

Huntsville’s Brightest Trivia Results Announced (2011)

Birmingham’s Brightest Trivia Results Announced (2011)

Sun, fun, and vision screenings: a recap of Alternative Spring Break

by Hayley Sheffield Last week, Alabama beaches were full of college … More →

Much More Than Glasses

by Julia Hargett Madrid Working in the FocusFirst scheduling office you … More →

FunFirst

by Karlene Walker Once upon a humid July in 2010, FocusFirst … More →

A Different Kind of Savings

by Ann Watford SaveNow Win Later excites me because I love … More →

Volunteerism

by Christa Waldrop Volunteerism: the principle of donating time and energy … More →

Montgomery CBS 8: SaveFirst Free Tax Prep

Dothan WDHN: SaveFirst Helps with Tax Prep

Montgomery CBS 8: Free Tax Prep Announced

Huntsville CBS 19: Impact + United Way Tax Partnership

Birmingham CBS 42: Free Tax Prep

Montgomery NBC 12: Free Tax Prep Announced

Meet Sarah Louise, Executive Director

What was different about working for Impact Alabama when you started … More →

Birmingham CBS 42: Greg McElroy Screening

SpeakFirst All-Star Debate Team Competes at National Championship

Birmingham FOX 6: SpeakFirst Grad Interviewed

"The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children." –D. Bonhoeffer

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