The Magic City Parrot Head Club was chartered in 2001 as part of the national organization, Parrot Heads in Paradise. We are a not for profit social club whose purpose is to bring together like-minded folks infused with the tropical spirit of Jimmy Buffett as well as his kick-back lifestyle, his music and his writings.
We desire to leave things a little better than we found them while having a BLAST doing it. We like to "party with a purpose" as we perform at least 4 community service projects.
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Second Quarter Project 2010:
The Magic City Parrot Head Club of Birmingham, Alabama knows how to "party with a purpose" and giving back to others. We are proud to announce that our seventh annual fundraiser, MargaritaHAM, was a success. Just over a 100 folks gathered at Fox and Hound to party with Jeff Pike and A1A for over 6 hours on the hottest day in May!! Even though the crowd was smaller than last year their hearts were bigger!!! As a result of our huge silent auction, a $2,000 corporate donation from El Paso, and the club's additional gift, we will donate $8,500 to Alzheimer's of Central Alabama!!! We appreciate all the support of local merchants and restaurants who donated so many wonderful things. I am so fortunate to have a dedicated board and members who gave their time and energy to make this event so outstanding. We will celebrate our success July 29rd by participating in a "parrot head" night at the local Barons baseball game where we plan to continue to promote our "party with a purpose" experience with more folks.
First Quarter Project 2010:
During the last six months we have been collecting food items, personal items, and entertainment items and sending over 20 "goody boxes" to a local National Guard Unit in Afghanistan. After getting positive feedback from the soldiers the board approved to continue to pay for the postage of additional boxes until our soldiers come home in October. Thanks to everyone who donated.
Fourth Quarter 2009 Project:
Our fourth quarter/Christmas project included a donation of over 200 items (valued at over $1700) including dresses, jeans/pants, shirts/tops, purses, jewelry, shoes, winter jackets, a few games, stuffed animals and toys to the YWCA Santa's Workshop for the greater Birmingham area. We focused on things for pre-teens and teens who we were told usually didn't get much donated for that age group. Several members donated money and with the club's $350 allowance for this project the MCPHC elves did alot of serious bargain shopping for over six weeks including working the Black Friday jungle to find deals at least 50% but as much as 95% off!!!!!!!
Wishing you and all your family a MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Third Quarter 2009 Project:
We continued our third quarter, Feedin' Frenzy, from September until the week before Thanksgiving which resulted in the collection and donation of over 1200 food items to Oak Mountain Mission Ministries a Shelby County food bank located in Pelham, Alabama. Donations came from our club members as well as obtaining grocery carts of food donations at our "tiki bar" stand at a local grocery store.
$8,000 Donation To Alzheimer's
The Magic City Parrot Head board reviewed the numbers for MargaritaHAM and approved our final total donation to Alzheimer's of Central Alabama to be $8,000. This amount is a combination of the $2,000 El Paso corporate donation, the $4,900 silent auction amount, a $100 donation from Margarita Grill, other individual donors and the club's donation. I want to thank all of you who attended this fundraiser, all those who worked before, during and after the event, those who invited their family and friends to attend our party, those who bid on the silent auction and who bought raffle tickets for Margarita Madness.
First Quarter 2009 Project:
The Magic City Parrot Head Club completed our first quarter community service project and took our donations to TEARS (The Emergency Animal Rescue Service) in Hueytown. There was approx. 700 lbs of pet food and treats, toys, food bowls, kitty litter and other supplies. We had the delivery covered by both CBS 42 and NBC 13. Thanks to everyone who brought items and for the support of Pet Supplies Plus in Pelham who gave us their donation box for February.
Fourth Quarter 2008 Project:
The board approved $400 to buy toys for the Shelby County Sheriff's Dept. Angel Tree Kids. With the toys donated by members we had 100 toys with an estimated value of over $1,000 including three bicycles from the club. Great job team!!!!!!!!
