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Nonprofit Spotlight
Every year, we come in contact with numerous nonprofits working tirelessly for the good of our region. Here, we shine the spotlight on a few, as a way of spreading the word and saying thank you for making a difference.
posted by
GNOF | 18 February 2010
The small staff of Neighborhood Housing Services recently received a thank you letter from Lucy Williams, a senior resident of Marrero, for their help in repairing the extensive storm damage to her house [...]
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posted by
GNOF | 26 January 2010
Jacinta Gonzalez and Dennis Soriano work for the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice to fight the exploitation of workers.
In the post-Katrina landscape, thousands of displaced New Orleanians who wished to rebuild their city were unable to find jobs. On the other hand, hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought in [...]
Read the rest of Fair Working Conditions for All »
posted by
GNOF | 14 January 2010
Between the Peristyle and Storyland, City Park’s new Goldring/Woldenberg Great Lawn is attracting visitors even before all the concrete is poured in the flower beds. A jogger passes a young family walking down the brick path while an older woman relaxes with [...]
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posted by
GNOF | 27 October 2009
Nat Turner arrived in the Lower 9th Ward from New York with $12 and a vision. His dream was to start an alternative high school in the still ravished Blair Grocery building. Now, thanks to a small but dedicated staff and hundreds of volunteers, school is in session.
Read the rest of Growing Growers: Our School at Blair Grocery »
posted by
GNOF | 29 September 2009
When Paul Ikemire moved to New Orleans in 2005 to attend Tulane Medical School, he had no idea what an impact his new neighborhood and the following months would have on his life.
Wanting to live close to the medical school and be part of the community he expected to serve at Charity Hospital, he
bought a [...]
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posted by
GNOF | 18 September 2009
Since the flood, Sweet Home New Orleans (SHNO) has been helping to revitalize the damage suffered by musicians and other contributors to New Orleans’ cultural heritage, including distributing over $2.5 million in direct aid to over 2,500 musicians, Mardi Gras Indians, and Social Aid & Pleasure Club members. To reach these keepers of New Orleans’ [...]
Read the rest of Keeping the Beat Alive — Sweet Home New Orleans »
posted by
GNOF | 26 August 2009
Teach for America Impacts 1 in 3 Students in Our Community “I grew up in New Orleans, went to a private school and have since been acutely aware of how, in almost every American city, there is a two-tiered education system: one for the poor and one for the well-off. That’s why I joined the board of Teach For America[...]
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posted by
GNOF | 29 July 2009
Imagine riding your bike through a 3-mile linear park that connects the French Quarter to the Treme, Lafitte, Tulane/Gravier, Mid-City, Faubourg St. John, and Lakeview neighborhoods, and that links to City Park and the Marconi and Weisner bike routes via Bayou St. John [...]
Read the rest of Friends of Lafitte Corridor: Reclaiming the Heart of the City »
posted by
GNOF | 11 June 2009
Several months ago, the 9th Ward Field of Dreams was just a long-shot idea for Brian Bordainick, George Washington Carver High School’s 23-year-old athletic director. Inspired by the football players, who attend school in trailers and practice in a lot bordered by the Katrina-damaged school building and a house knocked off its foundation, Bordainick heard [...]
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