Events / flood protection and drainage / Good Works
by Jamal Melancon · Published September 15, 2017
The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation will be holding its 28th Annual Beach Sweep presented by Toyota this Saturday, Sept. 16. Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation’s beach sweep involves volunteers, partners, and...
Royal Brewery is banding together with two other Louisiana breweries this weekend to raise money for the Houston Food Bank Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund. This Friday thru Sunday, September 15 thru 17, Abita...
Councilmember Jared Brossett is partnering with Adams and Reese Law Firm and Transportation Consultants Inc. to send critical goods and donations to Texas residents recovering from Hurricane Harvey’s landfall. The...
Ahead of its Spring 2018 opening, Lakeshore Landing will host a free “Sneak Peek” of its venue, featuring performances by Naughty Professor and The Fortifiers, food, and libations. The event takes...
Arts, books, and music / business / Entertainment / Events / Food and Drink / Good Works / recognition / recovery / schools
by Jamal Melancon · Published July 21, 2017
In celebrating how a young generation influences the city, The Spears Group and Greater New Orleans, Inc. presented the 5th annual Millennial Awards. The awards ceremony was held at the Civic Theatre...
Arts, books, and music / business / Events / Gentilly Messenger / Good Works
by Zach Brien · Published June 12, 2017
On Saturday, June 10, Community Book Center on Bayou Road in Gentilly held a storewide book sale to benefit the center. It has been open since 1983 and specializes in...
Dillard University and Verizon are offering free summer classes in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to African American and Latino boys attending public middle schools in New Orleans. Boys...
business / Events / Good Works / Health and Wellness / recognition / schools
by Tyree Worthy · Published May 3, 2017
From Student to Scientist, an initiative created by Madison Smither and Ilaria Simeone, two seniors at Benjamin Franklin High School, will celebrate its inaugural year and scholarship program launch with...
colleges / Events / Good Works / Parks & Recreation / recognition
by Tyree Worthy · Published February 15, 2017
The Dillard University Department of Athletics will host two major events this weekend: their 9th Annual Billy Ray Hobley Scholarship Gala on Friday, Feb. 17, and their annual Bleu Devil...
On Thursday (Feb. 9), roughly 200 volunteers from Washington D.C. visited Gentilly for a Day of Service at the Bastion Community of Resilience on Mirabeau Avenue. The community will be home...
The Bastion Community of Resilience will welcome approximately 200 volunteers to their site in Gentilly for a Day of Service on Thursday, Feb. 9. The volunteers, traveling from the firm’s Washington, D.C....
business / Good Works / Land Use & Development / neighborhood groups / Sustainability / tech
by Tyree Worthy · Published February 6, 2017
The LEAD Community Training Program is a workshop series by The Foundation for Louisiana (FFL) designed to empower its participants in the areas of Leadership, Engagement, Advocacy, and Development, for which the...
