Featured Video: Birmingham Community House
The Birmingham Community House has been offering programs, services and classes to residents young and old. From belly dancing to cooking classes to issue-oriented events, this community center is a model for learning, outreach and participation.
Daycare. Yoga. Senior Men’s Club. If that doesn’t represent the arc of modern human life what does?
The Birmingham Community House offers nearly 800 classes, programs and social services under one very historied roof.
Art, dance, social organizations and continued learning classes keep this model of community access humming with activity. With programs that have waiting lists several hundred deep you know they must be doing something right.
Learn to dance the zumba, train for a triatholon or get the most out of your digital camera. Find out more about Green Building. Get married in their banquet hall. Visit another country with their travel group.
But first, check out Tom Hendrickson’s 2 1/2 minute masterpiece of enlightment by clicking the YouTube video below.
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