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Three O’Clock Project has scaled up to feed 70,000+ children daily

By Olivia McClure For the past three years, Emily Chatelain and her nonprofit have made sure at-risk kids in South Louisiana get the food they need whenever they’re not in school. During the academic year, the Three O’Clock Project provides snacks and suppers to the youngsters who participate in any of about 50 enrichment programs […]

More (New) Schools for Baton Rouge

By Sara Bongiorni There is no arguing the role of New Schools for Baton Rouge in the lives of local children. It supported 19 nonprofit schools that enrolled more than 7,000 students in 2019-20. Four more will open in the fall to raise enrollment in NSBR-backed schools to 8,500, nearly one of every four kids […]

Pandemic Prophecies: Q&A with LSU’s Sasha Thackaberry

Editor’s note: The Foundation’s magazine, Currents, includes a cover story in which experts offer ideas and predict the future after the pandemic. This piece is part of the cover story, which you can read in its entirety at this link. By Sara Bongiorni We asked Alexandera “Sasha” Thackaberry, VP of LSU online and continuing education, […]

Business with a Higher Purpose

By Sara Bongiorni Lonnie Bickford drills wells, builds orphanages and repairs schools in some of the poorest places on Earth. He built a basketball court and emergency shelter at a school in The Philippines and set up a sewing center that provides job training at a desert settlement in sub-Saharan Africa. Lonnie and Jacci Bickford. […]

Pandemic Prophecies: future of parks

Editor’s note: The Foundation’s magazine, Currents, includes a cover story in which experts offer ideas and predict the future after the pandemic. This piece is part of the cover story, which you can read in its entirety at this link. By Kinder Baumgardner Kinder Baumgardner, SWA Group Kinder Baumgardner, SWA Group The view from my […]

Pandemic Resource: @HOME Powered by Pennington

By Sara Bongiorni PBRC @Home #17 – Beat Stress – Social.jpg Expert guidance on improving nutrition, mood, sleep and fitness during the coronavirus pandemic is available through a social-media initiative launched by Pennington Biomedical Research Center in late April. The main hub for @HOME Powered by Pennington is a Facebook group, but Pennington also reaches […]

Pandemic Prophecies: 20-minute neighborhoods

Editor’s note: The Foundation’s magazine, Currents, includes a cover story in which experts offer ideas and predict the future after the pandemic. This piece is part of the cover story, which you can read in its entirety at this link. By Camille Manning-Broome Public health, climate change and equity are the driving challenges of our […]

How the BR lakes came to be

By Mukul Verma Historically, Louisiana State University and City Park lakes have, together, shaped our city. City Park Lake, circa 1929. At the bottom right, a swamp that was transformed into University Lake. City Park Lake, circa 1929. At the bottom right, a swamp that was transformed into University Lake. LSU started out in downtown […]