There is an increasing number of children, youth and adults who are physically inactive.  The project will offer a greater variety of programs that address play, creative expression and skill development.  Demonstrate leadership while working in partnership with others in environmental stewardship.  It will promote parks and natural areas as a shared responsibility and strenghten community partnerships.

This project is to remove water from grounds which is causing safety and health concerns.

The request for home repairs and wheelchair ramps continue to increase among our elderly and home bound clients.  All CASA clients are 60 or older or wheelchair or bed bound.  Most of our clients are on a fixed income, leaving little money for home repairs.  The objective of our project is to provide materials and supplies to our dedicated volunteers so that they can perform the necessary tasks to our clients enabling them to remain independent in their homes

Body recall puts forth a wellness program of activities to benefit all people, with a higher quality of life through responsible movement that is pain-free and possible.  Teacher training on levels from pre-natal through adult including persons in a recuperative phase.  Through this program we will have ten teachers trained in the TARCOG and NARCOG areas.  These teachers will be able to charge the Senior Centers for their services.  Enabling ten individuals of any age to be employed.  This project addresses the lack of Employment for Seniors, Lack of Pain-Free exerc

The Tennessee Basin Clean Water Partnership conducts stakeholder public outreach concerning watershed water quality needs based on Alabama’s Section 303d) list;  Coordinate efforts to identify sources of existing data including water quality, biology, and habitat, as available for review, ongoing monitoring efforts, and future monitoring data needs; Promote the sharing of data with stakeholders and with ADEM through the Steering Committee, and report data findings as appropriate; Work with Steering Committee to solicit, locate, promote recommend corrective action projects

North Alabama has more identified water quality impacted sections that nay other area in the state.  Failing on’site sewage treatment systems fo the homes and businesses in thiese rural areas are common.  Systems are not maintained because homeowners don’t know the location of their septic tank system; don’t want their yards dug up every three to five years; don’t realize the value of risers, filters and pumping their systems; don’t realize the environmental and health hazards related to failing systems.  This p

This project recycles a waste product, cooking oil from restaurants, as a fuel.  The cooking oil will deliver 30 percent more BTUs per hour than propane.  Sepcialized furnaces will be used to demonstrate this fuel as an efficient and effective method of heating.  We will contract with a mimimum of two poultry famers to demonstrate this process.

Educate local government officials and homebuilders on construction BMPs.

Educate rural home and business owners of the environmental and health reasons to maintain onsite septic tank - field line systems.

The objective of this project was to provide a safe, caring environment where Spanish speakers can learn how to become better adjusted to their lives in the U.S.