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BUZZ Live! in Birmingham
Join our free BUZZ Live! talk show on Sept. 11, 6:00 pm CDT! The event will include hors d’oeuvres and beverages, and an opportunity for the greater Birmingham community to meet and greet the stars in the four new episodes of our television show BUZZ:
  • Children’s Harbor (featuring Lake Martin Voice)
  • Canoe Creek Stables (featuring web designer Tiara Lavender)
  • Iron City Trykes (featuring AMD Creative)
  • Alabama Task Force 1 Search & Rescue K9 Team (featuring 5Points Creative)
Doors open at 5:30 pm. We invite you to bring a box of diapers to donate to our event host, Bundles of Hope Diaper Bank, 1430 Reverend Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35203! Please dress comfortably because our program will take place in Bundles of Hope’s Changing Station, which is not climate controlled. During our one-hour show we’ll talk with the leaders of these Alabama nonprofits, and share clips from our upcoming BUZZ episodes that highlight their inspiring missions. These four episodes air Sundays at 2:00 pm CDT starting Sept. 14 on Alabama Public Television. Until then, please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube! Questions: contact BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill by email here.
These episodes were produced in partnership with See-It Productions and Tate Hipps.
Funding comes from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama’s The Caring Foundation, Robert R. Meyer Foundation, and Hoar Construction.
About BUZZ in Birmingham:
Launched in 2020, BUZZ airs on public television in Virginia – and on YouTube – and features the great work that nonprofits do in our communities, 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. A native of Birmingham, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill brought his show to his hometown in 2023. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube.
 
Alabama Public Television Broadcast Schedule
  • Sept. 14, 2:00 pm – Children’s Harbor: BUZZ is back in Alabama highlighting and helping four new nonprofits thanks to funding from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama’s The Caring Foundation, Robert R. Meyer Foundation and Hoar Construction!Between countless doctor appointments and hospitalizations, life doesn’t get more stormy for families than when a child suffers a serious illness. Thankfully, Alabama offers them a harbor of hope. Through a fun-filled “Family Center” at Children’s of Alabama in Birmingham and a fully accessible retreat facility at Lake Martin, Children’s Harbor strengthens families of seriously ill children through refuge, respite and resources. Offering Children’s Harbor some new marketing buzz is a Lake Martin icon, John Coley of Lake Martin Voice Realty.
  • Sept. 21, 2:00 pm – Canoe Creek Stables’ Light of the World Adaptive Horsemanship: Grieving the death of her younger brother Kyle, Nicole Tucker vowed to turn her hurt into healing through one of God’s greatest gifts — horses. Through her Canoe Creek Stables in Springville, Nicole and husband Jake started Light of the World Adaptive Horsemanship to offer help and hope to people of all ages and disabilities, from children born with autism and Down syndrome to adults suffering spina bifida and depression. Giving them needed marketing buzz to reach more folks in need — and donors to fund their mission — is web design pro Tiara Lavender.
  • Sept. 28, 2:00 pm – Iron City Trykes: Special needs children as well as wounded veterans are often limited in their ability to be as mobile as their neurotypical friends and family, especially if they want to ride a bike. Formerly Birmingham AMBUCS, the nonprofit Iron City Trykes is dedicated to inspiring mobility and independence through customized therapeutic tricycles. Iron City Trykes started in Birmingham but is increasingly reaching other parts of Alabama including Jasper and Tuscaloosa, and in this episode gets some buzz from iconic weatherman James Spann. Much of their mission is made possible through partner corporation “build days.” Providing more buzz to inspire more corporate volunteers is social media marketing agency AMD Creative.
  • Oct. 5, 2:00 pm – Alabama Task Force 1 K9 Search & Rescue Team: Since the launch of BUZZ in 2020, Virginia marketing agency 5Points Creative has provided the creative “buzz” for a dozen different nonprofits in just as many episodes. Now 5Points Creative’s operations director Dan Bryan is helping one of his passion projects for which he continues to volunteer: Alabama Task Force 1’s K9 Search Team, which offers vital recovery assistance not just in Alabama but for other U.S. disasters such as Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and the Guadalupe River flooding in Texas.
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A lot of BUZZ in May

We just wrapped a busy — dare I say BUZZy — month of May by filming the Franklin County NAACP’s “Raising the Shade” forum for an August episode highlighting the county’s 70 African-American men who fought for the Union in the Civil War.

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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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Contact:

Michael Hemphill | Creator of Buzz4Good
buzz4good.com | michael@buzz4good.com | 540.556.2879
@buzz4good on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn

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BUZZ Live! stars New River Valley TimeBank

BUZZ Live! is spending time with the New River Valley TimeBank, a nonprofit that connects people to exchange skills and services, using time rather than dollars. When a member provides one hour of service for someone, they earn one Time Credit!

Join us May 3 as the TimeBank hosts its twice-a-year Repair Cafe at the Habitat for Humanity NRV ReStore in Christiansburg. You’ll meet the folks who donate their time at the Repair Cafe – offering free repairs for small furniture, sewing, jewelry, small appliances, and electronics, plus knife and tool sharpening. We’ll be broadcasting from the TimeBank’s “Public Living Room,” which provides a space for folks to sit and visit with neighbors … maybe even enjoy a cup of tea, some live music and Alistair the therapy dog!

Our hour-long free show starts at 12:00 pm and is open to all. It will also be live-streamed to our Facebook and YouTube channels. Repair Cafe and Public Living Room are from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Register below to attend.

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Contact Michael Hemphill for more information by email or 540.556.2879.

BUZZ Live! in Birmingham 1024 576 Michael Hemphill

BUZZ Live! in Birmingham
Join our free BUZZ Live! talk show on May 8, 6:00 pm Central, at Red Mountain Theatre Arts Campus! The event will include hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, and an opportunity for the greater Birmingham community to meet and greet the stars in the four new episodes of our television show BUZZ: Christian Service Mission, Holy Family Cristo Rey, Sav-A-Life, and Down Syndrome of Alabama. During our one-hour show – which will be live-streamed to our Facebook and YouTube channels – we’ll talk with the leaders of these Birmingham, Alabama nonprofits, and share clips from our upcoming BUZZ episodes that highlight their inspiring missions. These four episodes air Fridays in May (starting May 9) at 8:30 pm Central on Alabama Public Television. Doors open at 5:30 pm. Questions: contact BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill by email here.
Funding for our production comes from the Mike & Gillian Goodrich Foundation and Hoar Construction.

About BUZZ in Birmingham:

Launched in 2020, BUZZ airs on public television in Virginia – and on YouTube – and features the great work that nonprofits do in our communities, 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. A native of Birmingham, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill brought his show to his hometown in 2023. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube.

Alabama Public Television broadcast schedule:

May 9, 8:30 pm – Christian Service Mission
Birmingham native Michael Hemphill is back in his hometown highlighting and helping nonprofits on BUZZ! In this episode, BUZZ focuses not only on the people served by Christian Service Mission, but its volunteers who do the serving. Such as Dickey Atchison … best known as Bo Jackson’s high school football coach, who suffered a deep depression after the untimely death of his wife of 49 years. He found healing through his volunteer work building homes for people in need through Christian Service Mission.
May 16, 8:30 pm – Holy Family Cristo Rey
Algebra, social studies, English … Information Technology at HOAR Construction? Human Resources at Blue Cross Blue Shield? Such corporate work study programs are part of the school day at Holy Family Cristo Rey. Founded more than 50 years as a Catholic school for the Ensley community, Holy Family adopted the “Cristo Rey” model in 2007 to better serve low-income, underserved families in Birmingham. Students today graduate with more than a diploma, but a resume of real-world work experience and invaluable business skills.
May 23, 8:30 pm – Sav-A-Life What about what to expect when you’re not expecting? That’s the life-changing reality confronting countless women each year who find themselves unexpectedly pregnant … and afraid. In a country that increasingly considers itself prolife, but offers increasingly fewer services once that life is born, women have only weeks at most to decide what to do about their pregnancy. The nonprofit Sav-A-Life provides wrap-around services so that the clients who walk through their doors make life-affirming choices for themselves and their unborn children.
May 30, 8:30 pm – Down Syndrome of Alabama
About one in 700 children are born with Down syndrome. That’s 85 births each year in Alabama. The future for them, and their caregivers, is fraught with a variety of worries and stress. Through Advocacy, Connections and Education, the nonprofit Down Syndrome of Alabama envisions a state where individuals with Down syndrome are accepted and included for who they are. DSA provides hope and support to each person and their families with educational resources and networking opportunities throughout all stages of life.