Serve Day 2023

Apr 15

08:30 am - 12:00 pm

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SERVE OUR CITIES – April 15, 2023

We are headed out into the community to show the love of Christ by serving our neighbors and leading in our communities. Serve Day is the perfect chance to grab your family, small group, co-workers, and even a few neighbors to serve with you! There is something for everyone. You can choose from one of 30+ locations and projects.






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Kick Off Rally | 8:30 AM


Don’t miss the Kick-Off party! Meet at Mountaintop to kick off this amazing day to serve our city. Come grab a donut and coffee, and see hundreds of others serving TOGETHER all over our cities!

Serve Day Begins | 9:15 AM



Each group will gather with their Site Coordinator and caravan to assigned locations to begin serving and loving on our communities in and around BHM!


Need Childcare?



We are offering Birth-PreK Childcare for the morning of April 15th to allow all our families to serve.

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Serve Day 2023

Serve Day Projects 2023

Family Friendly

Oak Mountain Mission (Ages 12+)
Pizitz Middle School (Middle school and Older)
Vestavia Hills Freshman Campus (Middle school and Older)
Cahaba Heights Elementary School (Elementary and Older)
Pelham High School (Middle school and Older)
Breakfast at Linn Park (High School and Older)
Lovelady Thrift Store (Ages 12+)
South Haven Health and Rehab (Ages 8+)



Landscaping and/or Manual Labor

Urban Purpose (Ages 12+)
Rise Against Hunger – VHUMC (Lifting involved)
Serving You (Ages 10+)
The Wellhouse (Ages 15+)
VH Chamber of Commerce Clean-up 31 (Ages 15+)
Oak Mountain Missions (Ages 12+)
The Firehouse Shelter (Adults)
The Foundry (Ages 15+)
Homewood YMCA (Ages 15+)
Serving You (Ages 8+)


Warehouse/Sorting/Cleaning

Christian Service Mission (Ages 8+)
Discovery Clubs Packet Building (All Ages)
Grace Klein Community (Ages 10+)
Urban Purpose (Adults)
Serving You (Adults)
Lovelady Thrift Store (All Ages)
Salvation Army (All Ages)
aTeam Ministries
Jimmy Hale Mission (All Ages)
i3 Academy (All Ages)

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Cahaba Heights Elementary

Partnering with Principal Lauren Dressback to help make Cahaba Heights an even more beautiful campus. Spring cleaning is in order. Dusting surfaces, pressure washing, cleaning windows, and helping make the campus the best it can possibly be.

Site Coordinator – TBD
Volunteer Spots – 30

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Christian Service Mission

Connecting Resources with needs all across Birmingham and the South. CSM exists to work alongside churches in order to build healthy communities that reflect Oneness with Christ in our city. We will be sorting food boxes in the CSM warehouse that will be utilized by local churches to impact their neighbors.


Site Coordinator – Kelli Buchannon
Volunteer Spots – 20

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Discovery Clubs

Ministering to children in public schools in Birmingham and surrounding areas. To aid in their efforts to reach kids for Christ – partner with Discovery Clubs to organize and sort supplies for upcoming initiatives.

Site Coordinator – Ginny Mills
Volunteer Spots – 5


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Firehouse Shelter

Their mission is to provide to homeless men, ages 18 and older, in the Birmingham Area a nurturing and caring environment offering supportive services that break the cycle of homelessness and empower individuals to achieve their highest potential.

Site Coordinator – Rick Harris
Volunteer Spots – 15


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The Foundry

The mission of the Cooperative Downtown Ministries, Inc. (the corporation) is to provide to homeless men, ages 18 and older, in the Birmingham Area a nurturing and caring environment offering supportive services that break the cycle of homelessness and empower individuals to achieve their highest potential. We will be serving the Men’s Program House in Bessemer by painting and light gardening.

Site Coordinator – TBD
Volunteer Spots – 15


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Freshman Campus Vestavia 

Partnering with Principal Bill Mann to help make Cahaba Heights an even more beautiful campus. Spring cleaning is in order. Dusting surfaces, pressure washing, cleaning windows, and helping make the campus the best it can possibly be.


Site Coordinator – Nick Smelcer
Volunteer Spots – 15

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i3 Academy

We are a tuition-free public charter school in Woodlawn. We empower learners to become agents of change who solve the problems they see in their world. We envision a world in which all learners are equipped to excel in a global society. Spring cleaning is in order. Dusting surfaces, pressure washing, cleaning windows, and helping make the campus the best it can possibly be.

Site Coordinator – TBD
Volunteer Spots – 15

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Jimmie Hale Mission

Our mission is to transform adults directly affected by homelessness, poverty-thinking, and/or addiction, into those who lead healthy, self-sufficient, and productive lives for the glory of God. The project includes cleaning the kitchen and serving lunch to the men at the center.


Site Coordinator – Jeff Freels
Volunteer Spots – 12

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Lovelady Thrift Store – Irondale

They are empowering women through faith-based initiatives so they can return to society as well-equipped women of God. The program is about empowerment, hope, and a belief in the value of each and every human life. The project will include organizing and cleaning at their thrift store located in Irondale.


Site Coordinator – Sumner Carlton
Volunteer Spots – 15


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Breakfast at Linn Park

A vibrant and needed ministry to Birmingham’s homeless population. Serving breakast and encouraging those who need someone with a listening ear and compassion.


Site Coordinator – Cathy Marshall
Volunteer Spots – 8


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Mwana Villages (Bake Sale)

Mwana provides refuge to vulnerable children and families with the goal of preserving the family. A long time partner of Mountaintop. Bakes sales around the city will raise funds to further the work of Mwana Villages in the Congo.


Site Coordinator – Jennifer Fineburg
Volunteer Spots – 20
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Oak Mountain Missions

Oak Mountain Missions supports the people of Birmingham via resources such as food, clothing, household items, linens, furniture, and limited financial assistance. This project will include cleaning, organizing, and light landscaping projects.


Site Coordinator – Connie Wall
Volunteer Spots – 20
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Pelham High School

Partnering with Principal Kim Kiel to help make Pelham High School an even more beautiful campus. Spring cleaning is in order. Pressure washing, cleaning windows, and helping make the campus the best it can possibly be.


Site Coordinator – TBD
Volunteer Spots – 15
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Pizitz Middle School

Partnering with Principal Alicia Hunsberger to help make Pizitz Middle School an even more beautiful campus. Spring cleaning is in order. Dusting surfaces, pressure washing, cleaning windows, and helping make the campus the best it can possibly be.


Site Coordinator – Zack Gibbs and Savannah Barnett
Volunteer Spots – 30
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Salvation Army – Center of Hope

We serve Central Alabama at The Center of Hope, located in the historic Lewis Elementary School building, just off Finley Boulevard.  The Center of Hope serves men, women, children, and families in need by providing direct and supportive services designed to eradicate homelessness, feed the hungry, serve Veterans, and prepare a workforce that supports the needs of business and industry.


Site Coordinator – TBD
Volunteer Spots – 15


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Serving You

Providing hope to families in the greater Birmingham area by providing sustainable solutions to challenges they face. We assist in education, child-care, job readiness, safe and affordable housing, health and nutrition, and crisis relief through our hub partnerships. This project will entail organization and a community garden.

April 15
Site Coordinator – Heather Hathorne
Volunteer Spots – 10
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Tuesday, April 11
Volunteer Spots – 7
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Thursday, April 13
Volunteer Spots – 7
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The WellHouse

We provide residential, therapeutic programs to female victims of human trafficking who have been sexually exploited, offering medical, spiritual, mental, and emotional care. Volunteers here will help with a couple of beautification projects on property at The Well House.
Site Coordinator – Leigh Miller
Volunteer Spots – 10
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Urban Purpose

Urban Purpose, a Christ-centered ministry, empowers homeless and hurting individuals to reach their full potential by offering life-changing relationships & services. We will be serving them by sorting clothes for their soon-to-be open clothes closet, hauling away old furniture, as well as cleaning the facility.

Site Coordinator – Danny Kirkland
Volunteer Spots – 10
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Vestavia West Elementary

Rise Against Hunger is a growing global movement to end hunger by empowering communities, nourishing lives, and responding to emergencies. We will partner with Vestavia Hills UMC to help set up their event. Lifting and moving are involved in this project.
Site Coordinator – TBD
Volunteer Spots – 15
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VHUMC – Rise Against Hunger 

Rise Against Hunger is a growing global movement to end hunger by empowering communities, nourishing lives, and responding to emergencies. We will partner with Vestavia Hills UMC to help set up their event. Lifting and moving are involved in this project.

Site Coordinator –McColl Simons
Volunteer Spots – 15
Sign Up Here

VHUMC – Rise Against Hunger 

Rise Against Hunger is a growing global movement to end hunger by empowering communities, nourishing lives, and responding to emergencies. We will partner with Vestavia Hills UMC to help set up their event. Lifting and moving are involved in this project.

Site Coordinator –McColl Simons
Volunteer Spots – 15
Sign Up Here