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Changing Lives

For almost 40 years, your support of the Benevolent Fund has helped change the lives of thousands of people. You have helped provide notorious meals to food-insecure students. You have provided housing to people in need and financial support to local non-profits. Read on to find out how your support makes a difference.

Featured Stories

Blazer Kitchen Garden

Blazer Kitchen Garden

In the heart of Birmingham, nestled behind the hum of campus life, the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) Blazer Kitchen Garden is quietly transforming the way a community thinks about food, education, and sustainability.



A Source of Comfort

A Source of Comfort

The Employee Emergency Assistance Program provided much-needed financial support to Jean Claude LeBlanc after a house fire.

Fighting Food Insecurity

Fighting Food Insecurity

Just this year, Blazer Kitchen has provided over 128,000 meals to food-insecure students, employees and patients.


More Impact Stories

  • “We Need to Help Each Other“: Janet Gillispie and the Employee Emergency Assistance Program

  • Habitat for Humanity Allows Dream of Homeownership to Become Reality for UAB Employee

  • Why I Support the Benevolent Fund: Tanesha Derico

  • Why I Support the Benevolent Fund: Matthew Joiner