Tips for Holiday Shopping
During the holidays we want our love ones to be happy but we must remember money doesn’t buy happiness. However, it does buy a lot of gifts which can lead to a stressful time. Below are some strategies to help combat financial stress:
Plan with a Budget
We Must Make Sure All of Our Children are Healthy and Secure
The Future of New Orleans Project, by NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune, asks authors, educators, leaders and entrepreneurs to comment on their vision for the city and what gives it world-class status.
Campaign Update - Three Months and Counting
Month three of United Way’s seven-month fundraising campaign is rolling along terrifically! With the hard work of 40 Board of Trustees members, 14 Campaign Cabinet members, 14 Resource Development staff members, and our entire 50-person staff, we are extremely optimistic that we will reach this year’s $14.6 million fundraising goal.
PHILANTHROPY....A Big Word For Big Hearted People!
United Way’s Alexis de Tocqueville Society exemplifies big hearted people. The international philanthropic society was named for the Frenchman Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clerel de Tocqueville, who critiqued our country’s evolving political and social structure in ‘Democracy in America’ (1835 and 1840) and declared himself most impressed with Americans’ generosity.
Give Back & Stay Healthy this Halloween
Halloween is right around the corner and your little one is probably one of the estimated 41 million kids who trick or treat in the United States [Census.gov]. Whether you’re passing out candy to trick-or-treaters or knocking on the door, you can make a difference in a kid’s – or an adult’s – life this Halloween.
Royal Castle has ‘High Quality’ in the Heart of Hollygrove
Child Care Center Celebrates National Accreditation; is Tops for Tiny Tots!
Who: United Way of Southeast Louisiana and its Women’s Leadership Council; Pearlie Harris, owner Royal Castle Child Development Center, a United Way partner agency; parents, students and other community partners involved in high quality child care.
Keep the Light on Poverty
Our United Way recently identified POVERTY as the over-arching, Big Issue, affecting southeast Louisiana.
Mike Bush Named 2015 United Way Campaign Chair in Plaquemines Parish
Making a difference from Belle Chasse to Venice
United Way of Southeast Louisiana is proud to announce that businessman Michael M. Bush has agreed to serve as United Way’s 2015 Campaign Chair in Plaquemines Parish. Bush is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mississippi River Bank, and also serves on the board of the bank.