RIDGELAND, Miss. – April 16, 2015– The Butler Snow Foundation has awarded grants to community organizations in the Nashville, Birmingham, Mississippi Delta and Denver areas. Birmingham’s local recipient is Urban Ministry, Inc.’s WE Community Gardens, Kitchen and Food Pantry, which received a portion of the donated funds toward its efforts to improve lives in the Birmingham community.
WE Gardens trains and employs young men from the community, hosts quarterly community events and garden classes, and provides support for local community gardens. Additionally WE sells affordable produce at two local markets providing access to fresh, healthy food in a food desert.
“So many deserving groups are doing so much good in our communities,” said foundation chair and Butler Snow attorney Tommy Williams. “We are honored to deliver the foundation’s contributions each year, and it is certainly one of the most enjoyable things any of us does.”
Foundation donations for 2015 are focused on benefitting HIV/AIDS patients, community gardens and after school programs.
The Butler Snow Foundation was established in 1997 by a generous gift from a client of the law firm Butler Snow. It funds worthy causes or social services organizations in communities Butler Snow serves. Since its inception, the foundation has supported organizations such as Mission First, Habitat for Humanity, Youth Life Learning Centers, Mississippi Episcopal AIDS Committee, Hands-on-Memphis and the Boys & Girls Club of the Gulf Coast.