On April 15, kids will be raising money for Wish Kids by hiking 2.63 miles in one day at Make-A-Wish Alabama's 2nd Annual Trailblaze Challenge Junior. The event will take place at Red Mountain Park with check-in beginning at 9 a.m. and the hike at 9:30 a.m. Trailblaze Junior is a one-day hiking event where kids will hike 2.63 miles (to mimic the mileage for Make-A-Wish Alabama's signature Trailblaze Challenge event), all while benefiting wish kids in Alabama. There will be an aid station with water, sports drinks and snacks, as well as a fun finish line.

https://www.villagelivingonline.com/news/trailblazer-challenge-junior-set-for-april-15/

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If you've parented long enough, then you've learned firsthand why your personal wellness matters. You've felt the pain (or consequences) of devaluing yourself. Whether your wake-up call came from a diagnosis, a breakdown, an issue with your child or spouse, heightened anxiety, or simply feeling depleted, joyless, or numb, it most likely unveiled this truth: Mothers are humans too. We require love, compassion, rest and renewal. Taking care of our needs strengthens us and equips us for the road ahead.

https://www.villagelivingonline.com/columns/kari-kampakis/life-actually-by-kari-kampakis-moms-a-new-book-for-you/

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Even in Mountain Brook, a city that values its parks and trails, there are people who don't respect the environment. That's the lesson learned by Paul Brown, a nearly lifelong city resident, one day several years ago. 'I was walking my dog on the McElwain Furnace Trail and happened upon a Great Blue Heron perched atop a floating mass of litter in Shades Creek while hunting his next meal,' said Brown in a written account submitted to Village Living. 'This troubling image was a vivid reminder that litter is far more than simply a matter of aesthetics on our roadways,' said Brown, who has lived in Cherokee Bend since 1987.

https://www.villagelivingonline.com/news/residents-join-efforts-to-keep-neighborhood-clean/

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November 16, 2021 7:06 AM Indian Springs School, an independent, coeducational day and boarding school for grades 8-12, invites you to attend an admission open house on Sunday, December 5, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Register online at www.indiansprings.org or by phone at 205.332.0563. November 16, 2021 7:06 AM

https://www.villagelivingonline.com/events/indian-springs-school-open-house/

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MBBC's Living Nativity will be on December 20, 21, and 22 this year with shows at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the lower parking lot of the church. Come watch reenactments of the Christmas story and enjoy hot chocolate and cookies as we celebrate the season together. (the "from" and "to" part of the submission are wrong - but there are two show times each night at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m.) October 20, 2022 1:49 PM

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The charming villages of Mountain Brook promise to be 'a huge draw' to potential residents at a new luxury residential development planned for Highland Park in Birmingham, according to one of the developers, D&A Companies Partner Evan Watts. The Tramont, to be located at 1236 22nd St. S., will have 28 residential units in a dozen different layouts. At press time, the sales office for the project was located in English Village. Residents will have 'the ability to stroll to English Village for a coffee at Continental Bakery, lunch at Chez Lulu, a spa appointment at Tonya Jones, happy hour at Vino, antique shopping or a walk to explore the beautiful neighborhoods,' Watts told Village Living.

https://www.villagelivingonline.com/mountain-brook-seen-as-huge-draw-for-potential-residents-at-development-near-english-villageillage/

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Mountain Brook's annual Midnight Ball was held April 29 at Vestavia Country Club. There were 122 sophomore girls presented beneath sheer draping and surrounded by arrangements of white hydrangeas, roses, tulips and cherry blossom branches. Decorations at the event were coordinated by Beaty Coleman, Lindsey Lacey and Kelli Kelly,  along with floral designer Julie Sandner. The Midnight Ball, which included the presentation, seated dinner and dancing, was coordinated by event co-chairwomen Julie Gillis, Amy Maziarz and Kristin Ritter, and treasurer Christy Lee.

https://www.villagelivingonline.com/news/annual-midnight-ball-celebrates-122-sophomores/

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JACKSONVILLE – The Class 6A and 7A Northeast Regional finals were contested at Jacksonville State University on Monday. Four teams earned trips to the state final four, to be held at the BJCC's Legacy Arena next week. Mountain Brook boys edged in overtime The Mountain Brook High School boys basketball team will be unable to defend its state title this season.  Huffman knocked off the reigning Class 6A champions 59-56 in overtime in the Northeast Regional final Monday afternoon at Jacksonville State University.

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] Sam Gaston walked into the Mountain Brook City Council Chamber the night of Monday, March 14 — just before the council's regular meeting — and saw his family sitting on the front row. 'What in the world are they doing here?' he remembers thinking. 'Am I in trouble?' Quite the opposite. Gaston, the Mountain Brook city manager for nearly 30 years, has been memorialized in his own time as the City Council Chamber now bears his name. City Council President Virginia Smith said a great deal of thought went into the decision of how to properly recognize Gaston.

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MOUNTAIN BROOK – By the end of the 2022 season, the Vestavia Hills and Mountain Brook high school football teams were playing as well as any teams in Alabama. The Rebels and Spartans squared off to begin the 2023 campaign in an annual rivalry, and Vestavia Hills was the squad able to pick up where it left off last fall. Vestavia Hills routed Mountain Brook 35-10 on a hot evening at Spartan Stadium in a non-region game to kick off the year. 'Mountain Brook is about as quality of a program run by as quality of a man as you can find,' Vestavia Hills head coach Robert Evans said following the game.

https://www.villagelivingonline.com/sports/mountain-brook-vestavia-hills-football-recap-082423/

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One day Yaphet Minter got a phone call while working outside of his job as a custodian at Crestline Elementary School. The school principal, Christy Christian, had asked him to come to the auditorium and he immediately got nervous, he said. 'I was like ‘Oh man, what's going on now?'' Minter said. Little did he know the entire 4th grade class, their teachers and Christian would be waiting for him with a big surprise. As a token of appreciation from the class, specifically Crestline students Adams McKnight, Patterson Smith, Beau Dutton and Mac Mullis, Minter was given a pair of Air Jordan 7 PSG shoes, his favorite candy and a $100 gift card for his birthday.

https://www.villagelivingonline.com/schools/crestline-elementary-students-give-custodian-a-shoe-surprise/

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