Make A Difference Minute: Southeastern Mvskoke Nation Chief Michelle Gilmore

Tonight, we’ll start in Phil Campbell, Alabama, where a local Christmas effort is helping make the holidays special for children. You’ll hear from Kristi VanDiver about what the community is doing for local families and how you can help. Then, for Bladder Health Awareness Month, I’ll talk with Fred…

On this Make a Difference Minute, I’m joined by JoHelene Patrick, Director of Corporate and Community Partnerships with the Alabama Kidney Foundation, following the first meeting of our regional advisory board. JoHelene shares why bringing community members together is so important to the foundatio…

Debbe Coffman Kirk first met Ronnie Kirk when she was six years old. They were neighbors in Stevenson, Alabama, and rode the same school bus. Years later, Ronnie moved back home, they reconnected, and they married in 2011. When I asked Debbe what Ronnie would want people to know about him, she put …

On this Make a Difference Minute, Debbe Coffman Kirk shares the story of her husband, Ronnie Kirk, of Stevenson, Alabama, a retired U.S. Army veteran who spent 22 years serving his country and now needs a living kidney donor. Ronnie enlisted in the Army at just 17 years old. Throughout his military…