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48 Many Alabama Power employees observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day by working in their communities across the state. Some of the APC projects included: • Magic City Chapter - Alabama Power Service Organization (APSO) members helped with an open house for the Ronald McDonald House (RMH) in Birmingham. Volunteers set up tables and decorated. The facility recently added 33 guest suites, a new family center, a game room, a volunteer kitchen with a larger dining room and additional food lockers. RMH is Birmingham's only facility that provides affordable, temporary housing for sick children and their families during medical treatment in the Birmingham area. • Eastern Division APSO members served at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast at the Anniston Meeting Center. Latoya Zackery, customer service representative (CSR) in the Anniston Office, with Training Coordinator Vernestra Jones, helped lead the project. • Southern Division APSO volunteers served at the MLK Community Celebration at Troy University's Davis Theatre. Montgomery CSR and project leader Edaine Wilson and other APSO members took tickets, handed out programs, directed visitors to seating and pinned corsages during morning and evening programs. Aendees enjoyed a memorable program by the Montgomery Interfaith Choir. • Mobile Division APSO members took part in a Day of Service sponsored by Partners for Environmental Progress in Mobile. Volunteers cleaned Tricentennial Park sites around Three Mile Creek and One Mile Creek. Southern Division Office Executive Secretary Menzella Kiser rallied her family for the annual Montgomery-area River Region Walk to End Alzheimer's. Her husband, Greg, has Alzheimer's. In 2016, Kiser's family team raised about $5,800. In 2017, more than 60 family members took part in the walk at Auburn University at Montgomery, raising $9,370 to make them the top fundraisers for the second consecutive year. Kiser was the top individual fundraiser. Alabama Power was among the sponsors of the walk, which raised more than $57,870. Business Service Center Manager Larry Crocker was named the 2017 Crawford T. Johnson United Way Loaned Executive of the Year in Birmingham. The award honors a person who exhibits extraordinary service, civic responsibility and teamwork, while furthering the mission of the United Way and improving the community. Crawford Jones, the great-great-grandson of the award's namesake, presented the honor to Crocker at a luncheon recognizing all the people who served as loaned executives for United Way of Central Alabama's 2017 campaign. Thumbs Up! Kizer family raised money to fight Alzheimer's Magic City members volunteered at Ronald McDonald House Crocker