🌱MB School Donates Boxes Of Cereal + Teacher Gets National Fellowship

Hi, everybody! I'm back in your inbox this morning to walk you through everything you need to know about what's happening in town these days. In today's issue, you'll find news about:

• 🥣 Mountain Brook Elementary School is donating over 1,000 boxes of cereal.
• 🚒 Firefighters fought forest fires in nearby Shelby County on Thursday and early Friday.
• 🌎 Mountain Brook High School history teacher Lisa Lewis was named a Fellow by the American Geographical Society.

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Partly sunny. High: 79 Low: 55.

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Here are the top three stories in Mountain Brook today:

1. Mountain Brook Elementary School has collected over 1,100 boxes of cereal that will be donated to Johnson Elementary in Pinson, Alabama, in celebration of World School Milk Day. (Mountain Brook Elementary Lancer PTO via Facebook)
2. The "high-intensity workout gym" Burn Boot Camp, which has locations in Hoover and Homewood, is now expanding to Meadow Brook — and considering expanding to Mountain Brook in the future. The Boot Camp is primarily geared towards women. (Hoover Sun)
3. Firefighters were fighting several wildfires in Shelby County on Thursday, one of which grew from 5 to 200 acres over the course of the day. Authorities say they are hard to contain due to weather conditions. Two of them were put out early Friday morning. The Alabama Forestry Commission says to expect smokey conditions in the vicinity of the blazes over the next several days. (6 WBRC)

Today in Mountain Brook:

• Bluff Park Art Show — Hoover Metropolitan Stadium (9 a.m.)
• Brats, Beers & Cheers — Publix GreenWise Market, Lane Park (12 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Mountain Brook High School history teacher Lisa Lewis has been named one of 50 Geography Teacher Fellows by the American Geographical Society (AGS) Geography Teacher Initiative, giving her the opportunity to travel to New York in November to learn from industry professionals about relating to human geography. (Mountain Brook Schools)
• Check out the crowd at the Mountain Brook Junior High School football game as they took on Pizitz on Friday. (MBJHS Athletics via Twitter)

Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Saturday! I'll see you around.

— Dashiell Allen

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