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NEWS RELEAsE: BUZZ television show returns to Birmingham to highlight and help nonprofits

 NEWS RELEAsE: BUZZ television show returns to Birmingham to highlight and help nonprofits 1024 576 Michael Hemphill

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BUZZ television show returns to Birmingham to highlight and help nonprofits

April 24, 2025 (Birmingham, Ala.) – The EMMY-nominated public television show BUZZ returns to Birmingham on May 8 with a live talk show at Red Mountain Theatre Arts Campus to launch four new episodes starring the nonprofits Christian Service Mission, Holy Family Cristo Rey, Sav-A-Life, and Down Syndrome of Alabama.

During the one-hour BUZZ Live! event, Birmingham native and BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill will talk with the leaders of these nonprofits and share clips from the episodes that highlight their inspiring missions. These four episodes air Fridays in May (starting May 9) at 8:30 pm CDT on Alabama Public Television. 

Produced in partnership with See-It Productions and Tate Hipps Films, these BUZZ episodes are made possible through generous support by the Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation and Hoar Construction.

Launched in 2020 in Hemphill’s adopted state of Virginia, BUZZ features the great work that nonprofits do, and the marketing pros who donate their time and talent to help these life-giving organizations attract more donors, volunteers and clients to their cause … in short to achieve more “buzz.” In 2023, Hemphill brought BUZZ to his hometown and has since produced 10 episodes starring Hispanic and Immigrant Center of Alabama, Bundles of Hope Diaper Bank, Studio by the Tracks, United Ability, and Nurse-Family Partnership, among others. 

Thanks to the National Educational Telecommunications Association, BUZZ now airs on public television stations across the U.S. including New York, Chicago and California. Episodes are available on demand at buzz4good.com/episodes.

The BUZZ Live event on May 8 will include hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, and an opportunity for the greater Birmingham community to meet and greet the nonprofit stars of BUZZ and learn more about their cause. More information at buzz4good.com/events. 

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Michael Hemphill | Creator of Buzz4Good
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BUZZ Live! stars Hope to Walk’s mission to Ukraine

 BUZZ Live! stars Hope to Walk’s mission to Ukraine 900 506 Michael Hemphill

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March 24, 2025 (Roanoke, Va.) – A Blacksburg nonprofit hopes to travel in May to Ukraine to provide prosthetic legs to some of the estimated 100,000 soldiers and civilians, women and children, who are now amputees because of the war.

To help Hope to Walk fundraise for its $15,000 mission, BUZZ Live! will host a special one-hour show | on April 3 at 7 p.m. at Church on Main in downtown Blacksburg. The show is free and open to all, and will also be live-streamed to the Facebook and YouTube channels of both @buzz4good and @hopetowalk.

Announcing … BUZZ LIVE!

 Announcing … BUZZ LIVE! 900 506 Michael Hemphill

In partnership with The Spot on Kirk, BUZZ is proud to present a new 30-minute talk show called BUZZ LIVE! that’s designed to be a “Tonight Show” for nonprofits!

7 Bees a-BUZZing

 7 Bees a-BUZZing 900 370 Michael Hemphill

Dear Hive:

In honor of the seventh day of Christmas – and with apologies to those swans a-swimming – I offer up these “7 Bees a-BUZZing” highlights of 2024!

Why I regret #GivingTuesday

 Why I regret #GivingTuesday 900 506 Michael Hemphill

Now that Giving Tuesday is over, let me share why I regret Giving Tuesday.

Yesterday I received at least 43 emails from 27 different nonprofit organizations asking for my support on #GivingTuesday. This doesn’t count all the texts, social media posts and so forth. 

Mind you, I don’t fault the nonprofits. They’re taking advantage of this one day — fabricated with good intentions, I’m sure, in 2012 — to inspire us to think beyond ourselves during the holiday hustle and donate to these organizations that bind us together when so many other institutions have failed.

But the unintended consequence of Giving Tuesday is a further relegation of nonprofits to subservient status. By hyping this one day for charitable giving, we suggest that the countless causes with which nonprofits grapple aren’t important the other 364 days.

Watch our latest round of BUZZ in Birmingham

 Watch our latest round of BUZZ in Birmingham 900 506 Michael Hemphill

We just finished premiering our latest round of six BUZZ in Birmingham episodes on Alabama Public Television. Watch now on demand to see how we highlighted and helped the nonprofits Nurse-Family Partnership, United Ability, Small Magic, College Choice Foundation, and the Alabama Association of Nonprofits!

Election Day BUZZ

 Election Day BUZZ 900 495 Michael Hemphill

On the eve of Election Day, please allow me to share my welcome remarks from our recent BUZZ in Birmingham preview party:

“Good evening everyone. My name is Michael Hemphill and it’s my privilege to be the creator of this TV show called BUZZ, which I launched in 2020 to highlight and help nonprofit organizations.

For the last 20+ years I’ve worked in the nonprofit world in and around my home in Virginia, where I’ve developed a deep passion for these charitable organizations because they literally do everything!

Inspiring moms star in new BUZZ on Children’s Assistive Technology Service

 Inspiring moms star in new BUZZ on Children’s Assistive Technology Service 900 506 Michael Hemphill

Have a tissue nearby as you learn about the incredible people serving, and served by, Children’s Assistive Technology Service in our 52nd episode of BUZZ.

BUZZ in Birmingham is back!

 BUZZ in Birmingham is back! 900 506 Michael Hemphill

Join our free Watch Party on October 10, 5:30 pm Central, at Red Mountain Theatre Arts Campus when we preview our newest episodes of BUZZ television show highlighting and helping nonprofits in Birmingham, Alabama!

The Watch Party will include hors d’oeuvres, cash bar … and an opportunity for the greater Birmingham community to meet and greet the stars in our shows and learn more about their missions: Nurse-Family Partnership, United Ability, Small Magic, College Choice Foundation, and the Alabama Association of Nonprofits’ Micro-Film Initiative.

Harvest Blaque Birthday Bash & Album Release Party – presented by BUZZ

 Harvest Blaque Birthday Bash & Album Release Party – presented by BUZZ 1024 576 Michael Hemphill

You’ve seen him on BUZZ as a spoken word artist extraordinaire. As a healing therapist for people suffering depression. And as the heart and soul behind “It’s Here!” – his tribute to his beloved city that we featured in our episode highlighting Art & Economic Development in Roanoke, Virginia.

He’s even voiced Motown-singing female meerkats on internationally acclaimed Cece Bell’s newest book Animal Albums from A-Z.

Now Bryan “Harvest Blaque” Hancock takes the spotlight as we celebrate the release of his second album, The Care Package, on August 15, 6:00 p.m., at Hotel Roanoke’s AKA Lounge! Listen and watch the music video of Dear God which dropped June 14.