Calling all local do-gooders and potential do-gooders! Your city still needs you. Why not take time and lend a hand to one of the many charitable organizations around town. Here's a small list of great local non-profits to volunteer for or support.
Come out to the Musicians’ Village and pick up a hammer. It’s an awesome way to learn new skills and meet generous people from all over the world. As a local, I find a day at the Musicians’ Village a great way to lift my spirits when I fear the city’s rebuilding process is at a standstill. Seeing so many colorful houses go up so quickly right before my eyes is inspirational to say the least.
Come out to the Musicians’ Village and pick up a hammer. It’s an awesome way to learn new skills and meet generous people from all over the world. As a local, I find a day at the Musicians’ Village a great way to lift my spirits when I fear the city’s rebuilding process is at a standstill. Seeing so many colorful houses go up so quickly right before my eyes is inspirational to say the least.
Be a part of ACORN’s Home Clean-Out Program. Though volunteers from this organization have already cleaned out over 1500 flooded homes since Katrina, hundreds more remain on their waiting list. Visit their website and find out how you can help.
Be a part of ACORN’s Home Clean-Out Program. Though volunteers from this organization have already cleaned out over 1500 flooded homes since Katrina, hundreds more remain on their waiting list. Visit their website and find out how you can help.
Second Harvesters Food Bank has been collecting and distrubuting surplus and donated food to area senior centers, soup kitchens, homless shelters and more since 1982. Find out how to give time, money or food items by visiting their website or giving them a call.
Second Harvesters Food Bank has been collecting and distrubuting surplus and donated food to area senior centers, soup kitchens, homless shelters and more since 1982. Find out how to give time, money or food items by visiting their website or giving them a call.
The Kid Camera Project teaches self-expression through photography, creative writing and mixed media projects to children living in neighborhoods severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Check out their website to view amazing photos taken by New Orleans children and to find out ways you can support this important project.
By purchasing and reading Neighborhood Story Project books, you will be supporting local literacy efforts while learning about the intricacies of life in various New Orleans neighborhoods. The Neighborhood Story Project’s motto is, “Our stories told by us.” Check out their website to learn more about these incredible non-fiction books.
This Central City non-profit cafe helps area youth overcome obstacles, such as as homelessness, poverty, drugs and crime by teaching them work and interpersonal skills, preparing them for success in our area’s hospitality industry. Stop in for some baked catfish, and visit their website to find out about other Reconcile projects and how you can get involved.
This Central City non-profit cafe helps area youth overcome obstacles, such as as homelessness, poverty, drugs and crime by teaching them work and interpersonal skills, preparing them for success in our area’s hospitality industry. Stop in for some baked catfish, and visit their website to find out about other Reconcile projects and how you can get involved.
Tipitina’s Foundation is doing everything from replacing musical instruments lost in the storm to offering free music classes to local students to rebuilding Fat’s Domino’s flooded 9th Ward home to a
Tipitina’s Foundation is doing everything from replacing musical instruments lost in the storm to offering free music classes to local students to rebuilding Fat’s Domino’s flooded 9th Ward home to a
This newly formed group sponsers anti-violence forums in local schools, provides weekly youth music clinics at a neighborhood cafe, and tracks murder and attempted murder cases through the local criminal justice system (our current felony conviction rate is 7%.) Visit the Silence is Violence website to learn how you can get involved.
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