Even when surrounded by uncertainty, the people of Alabama sure do love each other, and every week, our hearts are warmed by the kindness we show one another.

While our circumstances may be challenging and stressful, our resolve and compassion are as strong as ever.

This week was no different.

From the Birmingham women who started a virtual sewing circle to make face masks for health care workers to the Cherokee County churches who banded together for a Palm Sunday service at the local drive-in, here are some of those sweet and uplifting stories that left us feeling really good about Alabama.

In these uncertain times, she bakes bread for her friends and neighbors

Ferrell Carter, a manager at Bottega Cafe in Birmingham, is baking her way through this pandemic.

On cooler days, she can make about six loaves of homemade bread. On days when it’s warmer, her home kitchen allows for more. Bread is funny that way, she says.

When she is finished, Carter then delivers the food to neighbors and friends and leaves it at their doors.

This is not a side hustle while she’s out of work. The bread is free. No charge. Carter is giving food away because that’s what her heart is telling her to do right now.

READ MORE: Service to others is the most important thing.

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First Intubated COVID-19 Patient Moves Out of ICU | East Alabama Medical Center A celebration took place at EAMC today. That’s when 48-year-old Tony Thornton became the first COVID-19 patient at EAMC to recover well enough to be removed from ventilation and moved from the ICU to a regular medical room. Thornton, who lives in Auburn, was admitted to EAMC on March 20 and intubated (put on a ventilator). He was extubated (removed from his ventilator) on Sunday (April 5), and when he was wheeled out of the ICU today, EAMC employees were there to cheer him on. Late this afternoon, he said “I am still weak, but feeling pretty good. I talked to my wife for the first time and that was wonderful.” His advice for the public? “People need to follow the guidelines. This is a big deal.” In addition to Mr. Thornton being able to move out of ICU, 29 other hospitalized COVID-19 patients have been discharged home from EAMC. #EAMCstrong #EAMCproud Posted by East Alabama Medical Center on Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Opelika hospital staff cheers recovering coronavirus patient leaving ICU

The staff atf East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika lined a hallway earlier this week, cheering the patient the hospital described as the first patient healthy enough to be removed from a ventilator, discharged from the intensive care unit and moved to a regular room.

Tony Thornton, 48, waved to the celebrating staff as he was pushed down the hallway in a wheelchair. It was an uplifting moment for the facility and for an area of the state that has been ravaged by the coronavirus.

Thornton lives in Auburn and was admitted to EAMC on March 20 and placed on a ventilator, the hospital said. He was removed from the ventilator on Sunday.

READ MORE: Watch Alabama hospital staff cheering recovering coronavirus patient leaving ICU.

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Photo by Kimberly Greenlaw Photography

Dying father walks 10-year-old daughter down the aisle

Like a lot of little girls, 10-year-old Maggie Alvis of Pelham has dreamed of the day she will put on a wedding gown and walk down the aisle on her daddy’s arm.

But Maggie's father, longtime attorney Barry Alvis, is dying, and Maggie couldn’t bear the possibility that she and her father would miss sharing that moment.

She broached the subject with her mother, Shelby County Circuit Judge Lara Alvis, and after weeks of planning, Maggie and her father Barry this past Sunday took a walk she’ll never forget.

READ MORE: 'It was the best day': Dying Alabama father walks 10-year-old daughter down the aisle.

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Saturn V rocket in Huntsville lights up to honor coronavirus warriors

Much like the Empire State Building in New York City, the giant Saturn V rocket at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville is honoring first responders with varying light patterns.

And for one minute each night, the rocket goes dark to remember those who have died from the coronavirus.

Each night at 8, the rocket will change to sparkling red for 33 seconds for medical workers, followed by 33 seconds of blue for police. Then the rocket will go to red, white and blue for all emergency workers, continuing until 8:59 p.m.

At that point, the rocket will go dark for one minute in remembrance of the virus' victims.

READ MORE: Lights on Huntsville's giant Saturn V rocket honors those fighting coronavirus.

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These Alabamians create face masks to help others. Some Alabama women wanted to help others, so they started an online community to encourage others to make homemade masks. Now, more than 5,000 people have joined the cause. Posted by This is Alabama on Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Alabama women start online community to sew 15,000 face masks

Since they created their Facebook group Bham Face Masks, Kathy Green and Christine Mclean have built an online community of seamstresses, fabric cutters and delivery drivers responsible for sewing and distributing more than 15,000 homemade cloth masks to health care workers, hospital staff, police officers and other civil servants.

"It's just the most amazing, beautiful thing I have ever witnessed," Mclean tells This is Alabama. "Our Facebook page is just post after post after post of just positivity and everybody coming together."

Click on the video above to hear their story.

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Photo courtesy of Mary Katherine Zarzour Williams

Mobile woman goes into action to feed hospital workers

A week after launching a fundraiser to feed employees at Mobile-area hospitals, Mary Katherine Zarzour Williams (above, right) raised more than $17,000, and she and her "unsung hero" husband, Davis (left), have delivered a wide variety of restaurant meals to all of the hospitals in Mobile – Springhill Medical Center, Providence Hospital, Mobile Infirmary Medical Center, USA University Hospital and USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital – at least twice, and once to the Mitchell Cancer Institute.

“I was blown away by the response,” she says. “People were enthusiastic about being able to support restaurants and hospitals at the same time.”

READ MORE: How one woman is feeding frontline heroes in Mobile.

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Palm Sunday service at the drive-in in Cherokee County

In the Cherokee County town of Centre, three churches united to hold an outdoor Palm Sunday service at the 411 Twin Drive-in movie theater near Weiss Lake.

The service drew nearly 100 cars and several hundred people, who stayed in their vehicles to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.

David Dale, pastor of Fairview United Methodist Church, delivered the sermon from a stage near the concession building, broadcasting with an FM transmitter that allowed people to tune in on their car radios

After the sermon, church members honked their horns as their way of saying “Amen.”

READ MORE: Three churches join for drive-in movie theater service on Palm Sunday

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Birmingham firm converting Miami convention complex into field hospital

A Birmingham-based construction firm is being given two weeks to transform part of the Miami Beach Convention Center into a field hospital.

Robins & Morton is taking 250,000 square feet of the center and creating a 450-bed field hospital, including isolation rooms, to relieve pressure on area hospitals from the anticipated surge in coronavirus patients. The project will cost $22.5 million and involve up to 250 people working around the clock in two shifts.

Robins & Morton and more than 20 contractors from South Florida are involved in the project, which will follow COVID-19 health and safety protocols and CDC guidelines. The hospital is expected to open April 21.

READ MORE: Birmingham firm converting Miami center into hospital.

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Photo courtesy of Patrick Aitken

Montgomery church opens 'Clean Machine' for homeless during pandemic

In the parking lot of River City Church on Dexter Avenue in Montgomery, the city’s homeless population is showered with kindness and receiving loads of love during the coronavirus pandemic.

It is all thanks to the church’s portable “Clean Machine,” a trailer with three washers and dryers and two shower units.

Those who are homeless are invited to come down to the church and use the trailer on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Washcloths, towels, soap, shampoo and conditioner are on the house.

(In the photo above, a server at Montgomery's legendary Chris' Hot Dogs donates food to volunteers at the "Clean Machine.")

READ MORE: Montgomery church opens shower, laundry service for homeless during pandemic.

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Mobile carries on a springtime tradition, despite the coronavirus outbreak

Alabama’s Port City has many quirks and traditions beyond Mardi Gras, and one of those is that in spring, the scent of crawfish frequently wafts along Mobile's downtown sidewalks.

This year, though, the COVID-19 outbreak threatened to at least postpone that annual rite of spring, if not cancel it altogether.

But a few resourceful downtown bar owners figured out a way to keep the tradition alive -- and support some of their employees hurt by the coronavirus shutdown.

READ MORE: It's springtime in Mobile. Let there be crawfish.

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Ignite! Alabama plans virtual graduation for the Class of 2020

Social distancing regulations enforced by health officials have postponed graduations for Alabama’s Class of 2020.

However, Ignite! Alabama, a group organized by Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson, is helping students cope with the limbo by organizing a virtual graduation party on April 26th.

The ceremony, which will be livestreamed, will feature multiple celebrities and will be open to the public to view.

Ignite! Alabama has been collecting stories, photos and videos from high school and college seniors since March 26 and will continue to do so until April 19. The organization has been posting about each student on Facebook and Instagram. All of the students will be honored during the virtual party.

READ MORE: Alabama group plans virtual graduation for Class of 2020.

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Pressure washer art is a thing, and it's amazing A Trussville man produced the most awe-inspiring art -- in his driveway, while using a pressure washer. Posted by This is Alabama on Monday, April 6, 2020

Trussville man creates art with his pressure-washer

With his driveway as his canvas, Ron Burkett used his pressure-washer to create the most awe-inspiring mural in the driveway of his Trussville home.

Click on the video above to watch this pressure-washing Picasso in action -- and to marvel at his artwork.