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Antoinette “Toni” Vines and The Heart of Service

By Javacia Harris Bowser For The Birmingham Times It’s a Monday morning and Antoinette “Toni” Vines is surveying the rooms of the new office space for Mercy Deliverance Ministries (MDM), which she has been operating out of her home since 2019. Vines now has a 5,300-square-foot space in Hoover, Alabama’s, Riverchase neighborhood, where she can […]

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Partnering to Expand Opportunities for HBCU Scholars

mercydm.org After being asked to serve as the American Heart Association’s 2021 Heart Ball Honorees, Toni and Tim Vines, both of whom serve as Mercy Deliverance Ministries board members, chose the American Heart Association’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Scholars Program as their platform for the year. The decision was made to expand the […]

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City of Birmingham approves a new uniform trash bin system 

birminghamal.gov  The City of Birmingham is launching a uniform garbage cart system for all its residential homes. Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin recommended, and the Birmingham City Council approved $6.5 million to purchase, assemble and distribute 100,000 large trash bins. “This is a very progressive step forward,” Woodfin said. “Birmingham will now be aligned with best […]

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