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Living United at the Bayou (La Batre)

On June 19, United Way of Southwest Alabama President and CEO Alan H. Turner II, Vice President of Resource Development Tina Blackmon, and Vice President of Community Impact Fran Eaton met with Brett Dungan, the Mayor of Bayou La Batre, and Frazier Payne, the District Representative from Congressman Bradley Byrne’s office.

The topics of the meeting included discussions on the United Way 2-1-1 program and the Imagination Library initiative.

United Way 2-1-1 is an easy to remember number that provides direct access to free and confidential referrals to health and human services in southwest Alabama. If you or someone you know is in need of assistance, just dial 2-1-1 or 1-888-421-1266.

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The Imagination Library is a nonprofit organization that promotes early childhood literacy by giving free, age-appropriate books to children from birth to age five. The children are mailed high-quality books every month for the first five years of their lives.

Thanks to a generous donation from PNC Bank, UWSWA recently expanded the coverage area of the Imagination Library to the following zip codes: 36509, 36587, 36605, 36610, 36615, and 36617. If you have a child under the age of five, reside in one of those zip code areas, and are interested in receiving books for your child, please contact UWSWA.

Dolly Parton's Imagination LibraryUWSWA would like to thank Mayor Dungan and District Representative Payne for their support of these two United Way of Southwest Alabama programs and for helping us LIVE UNITED at the Bayou!