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The City of Birmingham and Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin Announce Events Set for the Holiday Season

 

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Several holiday events are planned in the City of Birmingham over the coming days. They include:

  • The Five Points West Community will host its annual Christmas luncheon for Birmingham police officers on Saturday, Dec. 23, at the Five Points West Precinct, 2236 47th St. Ensley, from 12 to 2 p.m. The event has been held for more than 20 years. Residents will serve turkey, dressing and all the trimmings. For more information, contact Dora Sims, president of the Five Points West Community, 746-0648.
  • The City of Birmingham will host its Third Annual Citizens Christmas Service on Saturday, Dec. 23 at 11 a.m. at Boutwell Auditorium, 1930 Abraham Woods Blvd. Several pastors are slated to speak, a choir will perform and communion will be served. It is open to the public. For more information, contact Don Lupo, director of the Mayor’s Office of Citizens Assistance, at 335-4573.
  • The City of Birmingham will open a warming station at the BJCC’s South Hall, Monday, Dec. 25 through the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 3 for those in need of shelter from the cold. The door to the South Hall faces Ninth Avenue North, which is between Richard Arrington Boulevard and 19th Street North.

It is important to note that the warming station will open each day at 5 p.m., Dec. 25 to Jan. 2. The warming station will close the morning of Jan. 3. Several area restaurants and churches have pledged to donate food “Having this warming station falls in line with Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin’s directive of ‘Putting People First,’ ‘’ said Don Lupo, director of the Mayor’s Office of Citizens Assistance. “This is what we are taught to do: to love, clothe and feed our neighbor. We are here to serve.’’ For more information, please contact Lupo at 335-4573. (Due to the huge response from city employees and citizens interested in volunteering for the warming station, volunteer registration has now closed.)

  • The City of Birmingham will be closed Monday, Dec. 25 and Tuesday, Dec. 26. The Birmingham City Council meeting will not be held on Dec. 26. The City of Birmingham will also be closed on Monday, Jan. 1. There will not be a council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 2. The Birmingham City Council will meet on Wednesday, Jan. 3 at 9:30 a.m.
  • City trash service will be not take place on Monday, Dec. 25 nor Tuesday, Dec. 26. Services will resume on Wednesday, Dec. 27 with recycling pick up. Normal trash days will resume on Thursday, Dec. 28 and Friday, Dec. 29. There will be no trash service on Monday, Jan. 1. Regular trash service will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 2. (If citizens have trash service on Mondays, their trash will be picked up on Thursday, Dec. 28. If citizens have trash service on Tuesdays, their trash will be picked on Friday, Dec. 29.)