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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 …
Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters
This program is a home-based, parent involvement program that brings early learning educational materials into the homes of those most at risk due to poverty, lack of parent education and social isolation. “HIPPY” is designed to assist the families in …
Susan Moore AG Department Improvement
This grant will improve the agriscience department at Susan Moore High School, which will in turn better prepare students for the future. Many cordless tools such as: drills, impact drivers, saws, sanders, staplers, and an air compressor, were purchase …
Warrior Engineering
Thompson High School is attempting to train the workforce of tomorrow with courses in engineering, robotics, and computer science. This project involved purchasing 15 competitive robotics kits. The goal is to train the workforce of tomorrow in Engineer …
Rope Rescue Equipment
Thanks also to the Daniel Foundation for accepting a grant proposal from Straight Mountain Fire Department, and working with us and the Cawaco team to get it processed and accepted. Our service area is located in the Straight Mountain area of Blount Co …
Remote Work Technology
Recently the Arc of Walker County has upgraded technology and increased remote work opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in our community.
