Rosedale is a poor community that was demolished in West Tuscaloosa. Calvary Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa has a plan for bringing restoration to the people of that community. University Baptist Church in Montevallo and Woodland Forest, Tuscaloosa are also connected with Rosedale.
Stay informed of their work directly:
Tuesday, June 14 Woodland Forest Baptist Church needs non-perishable food.
If you would like to gather and transport supplies to Tuscaloosa, contact Mary An Wilson of WFBC to coordinate efforts - mawilson0634@comcast.net.
WFBC: 6701 Hargrove Rd East, Tuscaloosa, 35405
Wednesday, June 8 To provide specific donations and explanation of how used:
For funds to the Tuscaloosa area, mark the check for "Tuscaloosa relief." These funds are administered by Calvary Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa. Funds provide for rebuilding, renovating and relief to homes in the Rosedale Court community.
If your church has a need and plan for relief, we feel your money is best used for an emergency at home. If you decide, or people within your congregation desire, to donate beyond your local projects, it would help us if they would make a check to your church marked for ALCBF disaster relief. Then the church can periodically send ALCBF a check of the accumulation of donations (ALCBF, 2539 John Hawkins Parkway, Suite 101, PMB 113, Birmingham, AL, 35244). We are a small staff, and this would help greatly with administration of the funds and offering tax credit. We certainly are glad for individuals to donate to us, and we will facilitate this directly as well. In our conversation with National CBF, we feel the money gets where it needs to go quicker by donating it straight to ALCBF.
Friday, May 27 We have been invited to serve with Calvary as they develop and carry out a plan to restore housing in the Rosedale Court area of Tuscaloosa. This will be help to folks who do not have the means to return to housing without our help. Again watch for details as this partnership develops. We are praying that two or three churches in our CBF family will join Calvary. Follow their needs and updates at: www.calvarytuscaloosa.org/tornadorelief/.
Tuesday, May 10 Calvary Baptist Church has a plan for bringing restoration to the people of that community. Alabama CBF has been invited to partner with them as they plan and dream this plan. This kind of plan, again, is long term, and relationships and strategies are already being formed. There will be opportunities to help in this community that we will be communicating along the way. University Baptist Church in Montevallo and Woodland Forest are also connected with Rosedale.
Woodland Forest is collecting and storing supplies at their church.
