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Pine Mountain Community Playground
The Pine Mountain Community Center Playground has been a dream of our organization for several years. We are so excited to finally be able to provide a place for the children of our community to enjoy playing while creating memories for their whole fam …
Summer STREAM-ing
Summer STREAM-ing is a project of the Blount County Education Foundation, providing great summer learning opportunities for students from all areas of Blount County. The camps served over 1,000 students this year, and and grant from Cawaco makes suppli …
Project Lifesaver- Alzheimer’s of Central Alabama
The primary mission of Project Lifesaver is to provide timely response to save lives and reduce potential injury for adults and children with the propensity to wander due to a cognitive condition. With this grant ACA has purchased 30 transmitter kits a …
Garden Shed built by Students
Construction Technology Students at Shelby County Career Technical Education Center built a Garden Shed and Recycling Center! The 8 ft. by 12 ft. structure was built from a set of Construction Drawings designed by New Yankee Workshop. The project was a …
Center for Critical Needs
A Cawaco grant helped the 4ALL Foundation support critical life needs for 45 families throughout the Cawaco service area. The Center for Critical Needs offers help to people with critical needs that cannot be met by an existing program or service. Refe …
WHS Internship Program
Through Jones Valley Teaching Farm’s High School Internship, Birmingham City Schools juniors and seniors gain deep agricultural skills, workforce preparedness and personalized counseling while earning course credit and a living hourly wage. The program …
Weekend Feeding Program
With the support of CAWACO, volunteers and other funders, Back Yard Blessings in Walker County served meals to over 1000 children in food-insecure homes, ensuring that they did not go to bed hungry on weekends and holidays, and providing relief for car …
Fire Department Training
This grant allowed Curry Fire District to purchase a Training Kit consisting of a computer, projector, screen, and training materials. This will be used to train and improve the capabilities of the volunteers of the Curry Fire Rescue volunteer fire dep …
Conservation Education
Walker County Soil & water initiated several conservation education workshops for students and adults in Walker county, including a forestry workshop, arbor day education and water festival. Topics covered water quality, forestry and wildlife stewa …
Mobile Eye Clinic
The Alabama Lions Sight Mobile Eye Clinic provides comprehensive eye exams to thousands of patients across Alabama, most of whom are over 50 and do not yet qualify for Medicare. With help from CAWACO, our scholarship program ensures that every patients …
