From the Enjoy Hoover Studios. This is the Enjoy Hoover Podcast, your monthly guide to news and exciting events, all with big city style. With a small town feel. Everyone is welcome here to our small, enticing piece of Alabama. So welcome you all to enjoy Hoover! Hello and welcome to the Enjoy Hoover Podcast. My name is Melissa Carter and we're so glad you're here. I'm going to start with all the things going on this month because April is packed with incredible events in Hoover. Let's start with the Dixie Vintage Antique Automobile Club first Saturday cruise on April 6th. It goes from 7 a.m. until noon at Hoover Tactical Firearms. Now, vintage car lovers will enjoy checking out this family friendly event featuring the restored and preserved rise of Alabama's oldest car club. On April 8th, it's helping hands from 3 to 8 p.m. at Hoover Public Library. Teens and adults are invited to drop in on this monthly volunteer session to help roll newspapers for the local humane society. Please come to the nonfiction area to participate on April 20th. It's family art from 2 to 4 at the Hoover Public Library. Children and their grownups are invited to work together to create a collaborative art piece. This event will be held in the youth program room. On April 27th. Celebrate Hoover Day from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Veterans Park. This annual citywide celebration draws more than 10,000 residents from all ages for carnival rides, live entertainment and a petting zoo. Plus, you got a Kid Zone ice cream and the largest apple pie you have ever seen. And this event is free and open to the public. On April 27th, it's hope for autumn crawfish boil from 3 to 9 p.m. in Ross Bridge. Join more than 2000 attendees for this annual event, benefiting Alabama families that are battling childhood cancer. Admission includes all you can eat crawfish, hamburgers, hot dogs, non-alcoholic beverages, bounce houses, face painting, balloon animals, and live entertainment. Tickets can be purchased at Hope for Autumn foundation.org, and on April 19th, it's denim and dining at 6 p.m. at Aldridge Gardens. This casual event is the largest annual fundraiser for the Hoover City Schools Foundation. It features local barbecue music and live and silent auctions. Proceeds support grants for special programs in the city's 17 schools, and tickets are available at Hoover csf.org/events. If you live and play in Bluff Park, you know it's a special community. GMC media is proud to announce its newest magazine, The Bluff Park Neighborhood Reader. This bimonthly magazine is full of community news, information, photos, stories, and more. Mailed every other month to homes and businesses in Bluff Park. Follow them on Instagram and Facebook to keep up with all that's going on. On the bluff. In 2008, friends and relatives gathered for a small backyard crawfish boil to raise money for the family of a little girl named Autumn, who is battling childhood leukemia. Autumn was among the 190 children who were diagnosed with cancer each year in Alabama. Understandably, a childhood cancer diagnosis is challenging for a multitude of reasons, but in addition to the newfound responsibility for caring for a sick child, families often face financial obstacles as well, losing up to 40% of their household income. If one parent needs to stop working in order to ensure their child has around the clock care. Over the years, community support grew for autumn and the families in similar situations. In 2012. Hope for Autumn Foundation was officially founded as a 501 C3 public charity to provide financial help to families, fund research and spread awareness. Today, the foundation is gearing up for its largest annual fundraiser, a family friendly, all you can eat crawfish boil held in a large green space on Grand Avenue in Ross Bridge, scheduled for April 27th from 3 to 9 p.m.. The hope for autumn crawfish boil is expected to raise around $200,000 for more than 2000 attendees and 60 sponsors. Amanda Neur, the executive director for Hope for Autumn Foundation, says the funds from the crawfish boil will directly support families battling childhood cancer in Alabama. And as this signature event grows, so does the organization's ability to help. We used to be able to help 1 to 3 families one time per year every year, says Nour. But now Hope for Autumn Foundation accepts financial assistance applications year round from families from the Alabama region, now in its 17th year. Guests can expect £4,500 of fresh crawfish boil on site. Hamburgers, hot dogs and non-alcoholic beverages are also included in the admission price. Admission is $50 for those over 12 years old. If you're 5 to 12 is $20, and if you're under five, it's absolutely free. The boil has become a community social affair, with neighbors pitching in to purchase a group tent to serve as their home base for the day. Tent rentals, which range from 100 to $300, include a cooler with ice provided on site, but all attendees are welcome ...
