Hoover Mayor Nick Derzis and the Hoover City Council recently saluted Dwight and Sandy Sandlin for their work in creating a new foundation to support nonprofits serving the Hoover community.
The Sandlin Foundation for Kids and Kindness, founded about four months ago, already has raised about $1.5 million and distributed or committed almost $750,000 to 10 nonprofits, Dwight Sandlin said.
The nonprofits are Hoover Helps (battling childhood hunger and other needs), Hoover City Schools Foundation, Libby’s Friends (serving people with disabilities), Hoover YMCA, Neighborhood Bridges Hoover (serving needy families), Magic Moments (granting wishes to children battling life-threatening illnesses), Family Connection, Joyful Noise Foundation (sharing music tools for special needs children), Hope For Autumn Foundation (for families dealing with childhood cancer) and Ady’s Big Army (serving adults with disabilities).
The people running these charities are the true heroes in Hoover, Sandlin said…