BUZZ Live! stars Alabama Nonprofits

Join our free BUZZ Live! talk show on Sept. 11, 6:00 pm CDT! The event will include hors d’oeuvres and beverages, and an opportunity for the greater Birmingham community to meet and greet the stars in the four new episodes of our television show BUZZ:

• Children’s Harbor (featuring Lake Martin Voice)
• Canoe Creek Stables (featuring web designer Tiara Lavender)
• Iron City Trykes (featuring AMD Creative)
• Alabama Task Force 1 Search & Rescue K9 Team (featuring 5Points Creative)

Doors open at 5:30 pm. We invite you to bring a box of diapers to donate to our event host, Bundles of Hope Diaper Bank, 1430 Reverend Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35203!

Please dress comfortably because our program will take place in Bundles of Hope’s Changing Station, which is not climate controlled. During our one-hour show we’ll talk with the leaders of these Alabama nonprofits, and share clips from our upcoming BUZZ episodes that highlight their inspiring missions. These four episodes air Sundays at 2:00 pm CDT starting Sept. 14 on Alabama Public Television. Until then, please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube! Questions: contact BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill by email here.

These episodes were produced in partnership with See-It Productions and Tate Hipps.

Funding comes from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama’s The Caring Foundation, Robert R. Meyer Foundation, and Hoar Construction.

About BUZZ in Birmingham:

Launched in 2020, BUZZ airs on public television in Virginia – and on YouTube – and features the great work that nonprofits do in our communities, and the marketing pros who donate their time and talent to help these life-giving organizations attract more donors, volunteers and clients to their cause. A native of Birmingham, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill brought his show to his hometown in 2023. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube.

Alabama Public Television Broadcast Schedule

Sept. 14, 2:00 pm – Children’s Harbor: BUZZ is back in Alabama highlighting and helping four new nonprofits thanks to funding from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama’s The Caring Foundation, Robert R. Meyer Foundation and Hoar Construction!Between countless doctor appointments and hospitalizations, life doesn’t get more stormy for families than when a child suffers a serious illness. Thankfully, Alabama offers them a harbor of hope. Through a fun-filled “Family Center” at Children’s of Alabama in Birmingham and a fully accessible retreat facility at Lake Martin, Children’s Harbor strengthens families of seriously ill children through refuge, respite and resources. Offering Children’s Harbor some new marketing buzz is a Lake Martin icon, John Coley of Lake Martin Voice Realty.

Sept. 21, 2:00 pm – Canoe Creek Stables’ Light of the World Adaptive Horsemanship: Grieving the death of her younger brother Kyle, Nicole Tucker vowed to turn her hurt into healing through one of God’s greatest gifts — horses. Through her Canoe Creek Stables in Springville, Nicole and husband Jake started Light of the World Adaptive Horsemanship to offer help and hope to people of all ages and disabilities, from children born with autism and Down syndrome to adults suffering spina bifida and depression. Giving them needed marketing buzz to reach more folks in need — and donors to fund their mission — is web design pro Tiara Lavender.

Sept. 28, 2:00 pm – Iron City Trykes: Special needs children as well as wounded veterans are often limited in their ability to be as mobile as their neurotypical friends and family, especially if they want to ride a bike. Formerly Birmingham AMBUCS, the nonprofit Iron City Trykes is dedicated to inspiring mobility and independence through customized therapeutic tricycles. Iron City Trykes started in Birmingham but is increasingly reaching other parts of Alabama including Jasper and Tuscaloosa, and in this episode gets some buzz from iconic weatherman James Spann. Much of their mission is made possible through partner corporation “build days.” Providing more buzz to inspire more corporate volunteers is social media marketing agency AMD Creative.

Oct. 5, 2:00 pm – Alabama Task Force 1 K9 Search & Rescue Team: Since the launch of BUZZ in 2020, Virginia marketing agency 5Points Creative has provided the creative “buzz” for a dozen different nonprofits in just as many episodes. Now 5Points Creative’s operations director Dan Bryan is helping one of his passion projects for which he continues to volunteer: Alabama Task Force 1’s K9 Search Team, which offers vital recovery assistance not just in Alabama but for other U.S. disasters such as Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and the Guadalupe River flooding in Texas.