Hope Community

Culture / Prison Outreach Committee Meeting
2024-08-07 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | AL
Culture / Prison ministry committee meeting
August 7, 2024 at 6:30pm, 217 Stone Creek Blvd, Fairhope, AL 36532.

Raised Bed Workshop
2024-08-04 16:00 - 19:00 | AL
Join us on August 4th at 4pm for a raised bed workshop!!
We will be building 8 different raised garden beds. Materials are being provided by the Hope is Growing Fundraiser.
P.S. Don’t forget to bring a drill!! Cordless drills, impact drills and make sure your batteries are charged!!
Optional things to bring:
Water and folding chairs
Where: Anna T. Jeanes Property
6925 Twin Beech Road
(corner of South Section in Fairhope)

USA Health Cooking Class: Plant Forward Diet Introduction
2024-08-02 10:00 - 11:30 | USA Health Mapp Family Campus, 21950 AL-181, Fairhope, AL, 36532, United States
USA Health’s Integrative Health and Wellness Program combines evidence-based nutrition and culinary medicine with personal wellness programs that support positive changes in diet, exercise and mental health. By teaching community members, medical and nursing students, and other healthcare providers how to implement and sustain life-changing behaviors, we can improve overall wellness in an area where it’s desperately needed.
Date: August 2, 2024
Time: 10:00am – 11:30am
Location: USA Health Mapp Family Campus
Learn more and register here at usahealthsystem.com/specialties/integrative

Weathering the Storm: Landscape Resilience
2024-07-31 09:00 - 11:00 | AL
Free class through the local extension office. Held at Coastal Community College Auditorium in Fairhope, AL on July 31, 2024 from 9am-11am.

Back to School Bash 2024
2024-07-27 10:00 - 12:00 | AL
Mark your calendars for the yearly Back to School Bash!

We are excited to partner with the Fairhope Police Department’s 8th annual Back to School Bash on July 27, 2024 from 10am-12pm at the Fairhope United Methodist Church (155 S. Section St). Check out all the activities, opportunities, and offerings from our caring community!

Join us for:
Exciting water slidesFun water balloon fightsDelicious cookoutMeet local First Responders and explore police cars and fire trucksInteract with amazing Search & Rescue dogsVisit the reading tentEngage in art projects
All Fairhope families are invited!
For those needing help preparing for the school year, step inside the Life Center for FREE:
BackpacksSchool suppliesSports physicalsHaircutsAnd more!
Student must be present with parent or guardian.

A Conversation in Black & White: Just a Tad Bit Different
2024-07-25 17:00 - 19:30 | Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio, 1000 College Blvd, Pensacola, FL, 32504, United States
You are about to witness a unique undertaking. This two-person dialogue explores the lived experiences of two Southerners who grew up in the Deep South during a time of racial segregation. One participant grew up in a wealthy suburb of Birmingham; the other grew up in a rural south Georgia town. Their conversation will explore various topics from each person’s worldview and experiences through the years.
This inside look at the experiences of these two individuals will leave you with a broadened perspective of how worldviews are shaped as they explore the world of rich, poor, white, black, male, female, music, dance and myriad other topics. You may feel connected, curious, uncomfortable, surprised, inspired or hopeful. Whatever emotion you feel, you will be moved by their honest responses. As we strive to improve conversations about race and difference in our community, what better way to do so than to invite you to listen in and share your thoughts about their conversation over dinner.
Scholars have found that friendships are a fitting space to have these conversations. We are glad that we are surrounded by friends as we explore the nuances of dialogue cross culturally through the decades with the twists and turns that have occurred in the lives of these two individuals. Who knows what we might learn?
Hope to see you there!
Read more>>
Click here to register. (Currently Sold Out)
Where: Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio
Date: July 25, 2024
Time: 5:00pm – 7:30pm

Garden-to-Pantry Workshop
2024-07-24 09:00 - 12:30 | Gulf Coast Research and Extention Center, 8300 AL-104, Fairhope, AL, 36532, United States
Home Grounds Agent Carmen Flammini will cover what to grow, when to plant it, how to keep it alive, pest management, and more. Food Safety Agent Rebecca Catalena will bring your green beans to life with proper preparation and pressure canning. Human Nutrition, Diet, and Health Agent Alexia Simmons will discuss healthy choices while shopping and out eating. All participants will take home a jar of canned green beans.
Click here to learn more and register.

Details:
July 24 9:00am – 12:30pm
Held at 8300 AL-104, Fairhope, AL 36532
Cost: $12

July Public Meeting
2024-07-23 17:30 - 19:00 | AL
Join us at The Fairhope United Methodist Church’s Christian Life Center on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 5:30 pm for our monthly public meeting. Open to all!

USA Health Cooking Class: Plant Forward Diet Introduction
2024-07-23 10:00 - 11:30 | USA Health Mapp Family Campus, 21950 AL-181, Fairhope, AL, 36532, United States
USA Health’s Integrative Health and Wellness Program combines evidence-based nutrition and culinary medicine with personal wellness programs that support positive changes in diet, exercise and mental health. By teaching community members, medical and nursing students, and other healthcare providers how to implement and sustain life-changing behaviors, we can improve overall wellness in an area where it’s desperately needed.
Date: July 23, 2024
Time: 10:00am – 11:30am
Location: USA Health Mapp Family Campus
Learn more and register here at usahealthsystem.com/specialties/integrative

Hope Community Third Saturday Clean-Up Day - July 2024
2024-07-20 08:00 - 13:00 | AL
Join us every third Saturday of the month for our monthly Community Clean-up Day!
Starting at 8am, we will be set up at both the Anna T. Jeanes and the Middle/Young Street properties for our regular monthly community clean-up day. There is much to do to prepare each property for our teaching farm and community center needs. We appreciate all the help, tools, and equipment we can get! Bring your lunch or a potluck dish for a casual meal and fellowship afterwards at the Anna T. Jeanes property.
Ideas for Clean-up Assistance:
BYOT – Bring Your Own Tools!
Cleaning supplies, brooms, dusters, etc.
All that you’d need to clean a community center’s large yard and temporary meeting spaces!

Integrative Health and Wellness Cooking Class with Kids
2024-07-19 14:00 - 15:30 | USA Health Mapp Family Campus, 21950 AL-181, Fairhope, AL, 36532, United States
USA Health’s Integrative Health and Wellness Program combines evidence-based nutrition and culinary medicine with personal wellness programs that support positive changes in diet, exercise and mental health. By teaching community members, medical and nursing students, and other healthcare providers how to implement and sustain life-changing behaviors, we can improve overall wellness in an area where it’s desperately needed.
*For adults and kids ages 6 and up. 2 kid max per 1 adult.
Date: July 19, 2024
Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Location: USA Health Mapp Family Campus
Learn more and register here at usahealthsystem.com/specialties/integrative

Bingo Night @ PROVISION Fairhope Downtown
2024-07-15 17:30 - 19:30 | Provisions Fairhope, 100 N Section St, Fairhope, AL, 36532
Join Hope Community Guest Host Shawn Graham at Provision in Downtown Fairhope for Bingo Night – July 15, 2024!
From Provisions:
Bingo is Back! Free to Play – every Monday from 5:30 – 7:30 PM this June – August. Winners receive prizes including Provision gift cards, merchandise, and more!

Fin & Fun Committee Meeting - July 2024
2024-07-11 16:00 | AL
Next Fin & Fun Committee Meeting is on 7/11/24 at 4pm
Please email hopecommunity23@gmail.com for more information and location of each meeting.

FoodRx Healthy Cooking Class & Dinner
2024-06-28 18:00 - 19:30 | AL
In partnership with University of South Alabama Health physician Dr. Schrubbe, we are announcing “FoodRx”, our first in a series of healthy cooking classes. Chef Matt Palamara will take guests through a hands-on, plant-based cooking class. The class will be divided into 4-5 teams each preparing a portion of the meal.
Registration is required as space is limited. We are only able to accommodate 20 participants. Cost is $25 per person to reserve your spot. Payment can be made via cash, check, or you can pay online through the button below.
Location:
USA Mapp Family Medical Office Building – Teaching Kitchen – 3rd Floor
21950 Hwy. 181, Fairhope, AL 36532
JUNE 28, 2024
Time: 6:00pm – 7:30pm

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June Public Meeting
2024-06-25 17:30 - 19:00 | AL
We hope you will join us for our next public meeting this upcoming Tuesday, June 25th, at 5:30pm at the Christian Life Center on the Fairhope United Methodist Church Campus. Our featured speaker is Sarah Bogdanovich, founder of the Fairhope Compost Project. She will speak on composting, its positive environmental impact, and the various accessible ways that people can compost, including the composting we’ve started at ATJ.

All are welcome to our public meetings and we look forward to seeing you there!

City Council Meeting
2024-06-24 16:30 - 17:30 | Fairhope Civic Center, 161 North Section Street, Fairhope, Alabama, 36532, United States
Support Needed at June 24th City of Fairhope City Council Meeting
6/24/2024 Session Starts at 4:30PM
Join us as we present a transformative vision to our city council and city leaders: a teaching farm and kitchen that honors our heritage while building our future. This project will preserve the historic Anna T. Jeanes School—the last standing legacy of over 100 years of African American history in our community.
Let’s come together to support a brighter, more inclusive future while cherishing our past. Your voice and presence can make a difference!
Mark your calendars and bring a friend!
Together, we can cultivate growth and preserve tradition. See you there!

Hope Community Third Saturday Clean-Up Day June 2024
2024-06-15 08:00 - 13:00 | AL
Join us every third Saturday of the month for our monthly Community Clean-up Day!
Please join us this Saturday, June 15th, from 8am to 12pm for our monthly Third Saturday CleanUp Day with potluck lunch to follow at 12pm at Anna T. Jeanes (intersection of Twin Beech Rd/S. Section).
We will have folks set up at both the ATJ and Middle & Young Street properties starting at 8am. Portable facilities will be available.
Please bring your own gardening tools and landscaping favorites (gloves, chainsaws, pruning tools). 🙏 🌿 We appreciate any help and time donated to help us clear under trees, weed and water garden beds, trim trees, bushes, & brush, etc.
We will have a potluck lunch afterwards under the oaks. We hope to see you there!
Tentative Schedule:
June 15, 2024
July 20, 2024
August 17, 2024

Culture Committee Meeting
2024-06-13 14:00 - 15:00 | AL
We are going to have a Cultures committee meeting on Thursday, June 13, 2024 at 2 PM at Bill E’s restaurant. I hope to see you there. 😊
We will discuss upcoming opportunities to support our community through literacy, a back to school bash, and a fundraising event in November among other things.
We meet in the smaller of the 2 buildings (on the right) when you enter Bill E’s. We will sit at a table in the back of the restaurant. To be good stewards of the server’s livelihood, I encourage everyone to buy a beverage and/or a bite to eat.
Thank you for supporting Hope Community with your time and energy,
Ann Lemis
Hope Community Cultures Chairperson

FoodRx - Healthy Cooking Class and Dinner
2024-06-07 13:00 - 14:30 | AL
In partnership with USA Health Systems, we are announcing our first “FoodRx Healthy Cooking Class”, Twenty dinner guests will learn hands-on, plant-based cooking strategies and methods with Chef Matt Palamara from Coastal Community College. University of South Alabama Health physician, Dr. Ben Schrubbe, will present a short presentation after which we will enjoy the plant-based cooking class and dinner. The class will be divided into four to five teams each preparing a portion of the meal.
Registration is required as space is limited. We are only able to accommodate 20 participants. Cost is $25 per person to reserve your spot. Payment can be made via cash, check, or you can pay online at the button below.
Two dates offered: June 7 & June 28, 2024. Make sure to register for the date intended.
Location:
USA Mapp Family Medical Office Building – Teaching Kitchen – 3rd Floor
21950 Hwy. 181, Fairhope, AL 36532
Time: 6:00pm – 7:30pm
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Speaker Series: Integrative Health and Wellness Initiative featuring Culinary Medicine
2024-05-30 12:00 - 14:00 | AL
Integrative Health, Wellness and Culinary Medicine Presented by USA Health Physicians
Join us at the next USA by the Bay Eastern Shore Speaker Series event to held Thursday, May 30 at 5:30 p.m.
Chief Executive Officer and Senior Associate Vice President for Medical Affairs of USA Health Owen Bailey, Internal Medicine Physician Dr. Robert Israel, and Family Medicine Physician Dr. Benjamin Schrubbe will give a presentation titled:
“Integrative Health and Wellness Initiative featuring Culinary Medicine.”
Doors open at 5 p.m. with the presentation starting at 5:30 p.m and a reception to follow the lecture.
These events are free and open to the public. However, seating is limited in the USA Baldwin County Campus Performance Center. Registration is required.
Click Here to Register
Details:
Thursday, May 30 at 5:30 p.m.
at the USA Baldwin County Campus
111 St. James Avenue | Fairhope, Alabama 3653

May Public Meeting
2024-05-28 12:30 - 14:00 | AL
Mark your calendars for our next public meeting at 5:30pm on Tuesday, May 28th at the Christian Life Center on the Fairhope United Methodist Church Campus (155 S Section St, Fairhope, AL 36532).
Our featured speaker will be Dr. Mara Kozelsky who is a research historian, well-published scholar, historic preservation specialist and history professor at the University of South Alabama. She will be presenting on our local Fairhope and African American history and the importance of historic preservation. All are welcome and we look forward to seeing you there!

Monthly CleanUp Day and Harvest Potluck
2024-05-18 03:00 - 08:00 | AL
𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗨𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗪𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥:
Please join us this Sunday, May 19, 2024, from 2pm-6pm for the spring cleaning of our future community centers!
We will be set up to start at 2pm at both the Anna T. Jeanes (6925 Twin Beech Rd Fairhope AL 36532) and the Middle/Young Street properties for cleaning projects in preparation for our future community centers. There is much to do to prepare each property for our teaching farm and community center needs. We appreciate all the help, tools, and equipment you can bring to pitch in.
Monthly Harvest Potluck to Follow!
Calling all Volunteers!
This is great way to:
🤝 Meet new people
🌳 Enjoy healthy outdoor time with friends and family
🌎 Be a part of improving our environment
💗 Give back to the community
Our monthly Harvest Potluck will be postponed for now.
𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧-𝐮𝐩 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞:
BYOT – Bring Your Own Tools!
Cleaning supplies, brooms, dusters, etc.
Yard work and garden tools
All that you’d need to clean a community center’s large yard and temporary meeting spaces!
**portable handwashing station & facilities will be available.
https://www.hopecommunityal.org/calendar/cleanup-day-may2024
Tentative Schedule:
May 18, 2024
June 15, 2024
July 20, 2024

Financial Literacy in Progress (FLIP) Class
2024-05-07 14:00 - 15:00 | AL
Get a leg up on financial freedom starting on April 30, 2024 MAY 2, 2024, with a 4 week class that’s free to attend. Financial Literacy workshop will meet for 1 hour each week at 7pm at the Antioch Baptist Church in Point Clear, AL. The instructor is Pamela Irby, a service agent with the Alabama Cooperative Extension office.
This FLIP learning opportunity will teach lessons on:

How to implement a rational approach to buying

Recognize actions and behaviors that lead to debt

Develop a spending plan/budget

Build and maintain good credit

Apply strategies to manage and reduce debt

Avoid financial fraud and scams

Read more about FLIP: https://www.aces.edu/blog/topics/financial-management-products-programs-urban/flip-financial-literacy-in-progress/

Film Screening: "Champ's Redemption"
2024-04-30 13:00 - 14:30 | AL
Join us at 6pm in the Fairhope Library for a conversation, documentary screening, and book signing with local author Chris “Champ” Napier. The film is titled “Champ’s Redemption” and shares how Champ has turned his painful past into teaching tool. Champ is also the author of Poverty and Prison and Servant of the People. A book signing will follow the video screening.
Meet at 6pm at the Fairhope Library.
501 Fairhope Ave.
About Champ
Champ Napier is a native of one of the poorest cities in the United States, Prichard, AL. He witnessed the death of his father at a young age, dropped out of school at 15, and participated in a life of crime, resulting in Champ being sentenced to life in prison for first murder and seven years at 18. After nearly 15 years in prison, Champ denounced his past, and he is now committed to uplifting his community and beyond. In 2015, Champ became the first person in Alabama to receive a pardon.
Champ has published two books: “Poverty and Prison” and “Servant of the People.” In his free time, he mentors youth and speaks at schools and churches. He works to educate people on the social inequities that are destroying the under-served community.
As young people say, “Mr. Champ is Real!”

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April Public Meeting
2024-04-23 12:30 - 14:00 | AL
Join us this Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 5:30 pm for our monthly meeting open to the public. This month’s meeting is at the Fairhope United Methodist Church’s Christian Life Center located at 155 S Section St, Fairhope, AL 36532. Our featured speaker for April is Mark Hammond sharing on the benefits of becoming a Blue Zone community in longevity studies. All are welcome!

March 2024 Public Meeting
2024-03-19 00:30 - 14:00 | AL
Join us at The Fairhope United Methodist Church’s Christian Life Center on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 5:30 pm for our monthly public meeting. Open to all!

September 2023 Public Meeting
2023-09-26 12:30 - 15:00 | AL
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September 2023 Clean Up Days
2023-09-21 - 2023-09-23 | AL

Hope Community Board Meeting
2023-09-09 05:00 - 07:00 | AL

Hope Community Quarterly Meeting with Board Members & Committee Chairs
2023-08-26 04:30 - 06:00 | AL
