Volunteer Leslie Cenac, far left, watches as Julia DiRe and Evan McFarland combine the ingredients for meatballs at a new program at GiGi’s Playhouse New Orleans Down Syndrome Achievement Center in Metairie. The organization needs volunteers for literacy and math tutoring.
Louisiana Inspired highlights volunteer opportunities across south Louisiana. If your organization has specific volunteer opportunities, email us at lainspired@theadvocate.com with details on the volunteer opportunity, organization and the contact/registration information volunteers would need.
Acadiana: Miles Perret Cancer Services for Acadiana, 2130 Kaliste Saloom Road, Lafayette, is a resource center for individuals and their families fighting, surviving and living with cancer. We are here to provide emotional support, guidance, programs, and most of all, hope. Volunteers are needed to work at the agency's front desk. To volunteer, visit milesperret.org.
Baton Rouge: Bridgeway Healthcare and Hospice, 4333 American Way, Baton Rouge, provides individualized care to patients with a life-limiting illness by empowering the patient and family to live with dignity and comfort. Volunteers are needed for companion visits, community outings, to be cosmetologists and barbers and to sew memory bears. To volunteer, visit bridgewayhospice.net.
New Orleans: GiGi's Playhouse New Orleans, 1023 Ridgewood Drive, New Orleans, changes lives through consistent delivery of free educational, therapeutic-based and career development programs for individuals with Down syndrome, their families and the community. Volunteers are needed to be literacy and math tutors. To volunteer, visit gigisplayhouse.org/neworleans.
Want to get the word out about your volunteer opportunities in Acadiana, Baton Rouge and New Orleans? Email them to romiller@theadvocate.com.