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Cancer Services |
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana / $15,000 |
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Cancer Patients are under extreme duress during these trying times, and our project is focused on providing essential resources to those most vulnerable so they can continue receiving the support and cancer treatment they need. Cancer Services has provided resources to cancer patients in need for more than 60 years, however, with the social and economic disruptions caused by the pandemic, we are seeing increased demand for these services. The resources we provide have become critical for cancer patients to comply with treatment plans and improve their outcomes. The program will provide tangible items at no cost to cancer patients to offset the cost of cancer treatment. |
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Centenary College of LA |
Shreveport,
Louisiana / $15,000
(Discretionary Grant) |
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Chimp Haven |
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Keithville,
Louisiana / $10,000 |
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As the largest chimpanzee sanctuary in the world, Chimp Haven offers chimpanzees formerly used in biomedical research a life enjoyed with the companionship of other chimps, with all the dignity, care, and resources our expert staff can provide. Chimp Haven educates the public about chimps through our various education programs. However, due to the pandemic, we have had to pivot our strategy from traditional in-person education to a virtual learning and outreach programs specifically focused on early learners who are now learning from home. In addition, we plan to do outreach to local schools, educational agencies, and nonprofit organizations. |
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Community Renewal International, Inc. |
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Shreveport, Louisiana / $25,000 |
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Community Renewal International's model consists of 3 comprehensive community-wide initiatives - empowering residents to make positive changes in their lives, neighborhoods, and communities. The Renewal Team and Haven House Leader strategies help connect people, resources, and partnerships across the city. The Friendship House strategy places staff in homes within vulnerable neighborhoods to infuse that community with initiatives and resources restoring hope and bringing new opportunities to that neighborhood. After school programming, CED instruction, service opportunities, and more are offered free of charge. The Community Renewal model is currently under replication in nine other cities. |
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First United Methodist Church |
Shreveport, Louisiana / $10,000
(Discretionary Grant) |
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Planned Parenthood |
New Orleans, Louisiana / $12,000
(Out-of-Cycle Grant) |
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Way Maker Ministries |
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Harvey, Louisiana / $10,000
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The title of our current project is "COVID-19, Reopening Louisiana". Our agency is being asked to provide additional meals for 40 beds spaces, homeless street outreach services, homeless continuum-of-care case management activities, homeless housing services at a third facility in New Iberia, Louisiana, and transitional employment for the homes, and needed supplies. The regional Continuum of Care (Unity of Greater New Orleans) has requested that our agency provide them with 900 meals weekly in that the COVID-19 economy has forced many working class individuals into homelessness, increasing the need for food. |
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Chimp Haven |
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