This program is administered from the Community Resources Division of the Birmingham Board of Education. Dr. Sharon Bell is the head of this division. The program is designed to enrich educational programs for students while offering adopters the involvement for direct interaction and rewarding involvement. There are benefits to the businesses, the students, and to the community. The possibilities of what an adopter can provide is only limited by the imagination.
Financial help is an option but never necessary.
The most important aspect of the program is the personal interaction between the volunteer and the student. Adopters can tutor students, serve as mentors, donate surplus materials or equipment, display student work at their places of business, serve as guest speakers, assist with computer literacy, award scholarships and reward students for outstanding achievement and scholarship, establish incentive programs, assist with field trips, and provide career day resources. Any contribution of time is appreciated. Many schools have more than one adopter. The Birmingham Kiwanis Club has provided certificates and ribbons for the school for several years.