×Miss Hoover 2026 Ali Mims and David Bannister, a representative for the Sandlin Foundation for Kids and Kindess, present a ceremonial check for $30,000 to Hoover City Schools to represent $30,000 worth of music kits that are being donated to the school system for special needs classrooms. Pictured with them are Hoover schools Superintendent Kevin Maddox, left, and Brian Cocke, the school district's fine arts specialist, at right.

Special needs students in every school in the Hoover school system are gaining new tools to broaden their exposure to music, thanks to a $30,000 donation from the Sandlin Foundation for Kids and Kindness and Joyful Noise Foundation.

The Sandlin Foundation, set up by Signature Homes Chairman Dwight Sandlin and his wife, Sandy, on Friday donated the money to the

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