Adopt-A-School
Initiated in 1985, the Adopt-A-School program is an effective grassroots partnership between education and the business and private sectors of Tuscaloosa County. The purpose of the program is to utilize the vast amounts of human resources and talents of the business community to strengthen, enhance, and enrich the quality of education in our 56 public schools of the Tuscaloosa City and Tuscaloosa County School systems.
A joint partnership between The Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama and the Tuscaloosa City and Tuscaloosa County School Systems, the program has created an effective working relationship between the business and industrial community and the local school systems and has become an expected part of our community's educational fabric connecting business and education.
Businesses and organizations may choose to participate in the program (1) by partnering with a specific school as an Adopter, (2) by sponsoring the overall program financially as a sustainer, or (3) by supporting the annual Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Adopt-A-School Golf Tournament.
In recent years, Adopt-A-School has expanded into the following West Alabama counties: Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, and Sumter.
For more information about Adopt-A-School and how your business or organization can support a public school in West Alabama, email carolyn@westalabamachamber.com or call (205) 391-0556. We have a school for you!
