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FOOD FOR OUR
JOURNEY Nonprofit fills gaps to nourish stomachs, spirits, souls By JON ANDERSON
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t was the fall of 2018, and Kelly Greene was attending her usual 5 p.m. Sunday mass at Prince of Peace Catholic Church when she felt God telling her she needed to start a food truck to serve people who are homeless or hungry and disadvantaged. She and her family for years had volunteered at shelters and food pantries, but when she and her husband, Joe, became empty-nesters, they started praying for God to show them the path to take for the next chapter of their lives. Greene said God clearly spoke to her that Sunday evening that He wanted them to start a food truck.
Kelly Greene, founder of Food for Our Journey, picks out a doughnut for a person in need as she provides them with fruit, water and other necessities during a morning delivery route in downtown Birmingham on March 9. Photo by Erin Nelson. Meghan Gutowski, 15, a sophomore at Spain Park High School, runs through a ballet routine at the Alabama Academy of Dance on April 6. Gutowski is attending the Royal Ballet School in London this summer. Photo by Erin Nelson.
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Hoover 15-year-old chosen for summer intensive at Royal Ballet School in London By GRACE THORNTON How hard is it for a 15-year-old from Hoover to make it into the summer intensive training program of the Royal Ballet School in London? “Impossible,” said Pam Sayle, owner of the Alabama Dance Academy in Hoover. That is — unless you’re Meghan Gutowski. Gutowski, a 15-year-old freshman at Spain Park High School, will be among the select students headed to the prestigious ballet school in July for the one-month experience. Numbers for this summer were not available, but last
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year, 2,458 students from all over the world applied, and only 659 were accepted, a school official said. “It’s an exciting opportunity,” Gutowski said. Her love of dance began at an early age. “When I was 3, I would always dance around the house,” Gutowski said. Her mom had never been into dance, and until that point, their family had mostly been involved with her brother’s sports.
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