Charities and Service

Lafayette Be the Change Spotlight :: Introducing Progressive Baptist Church Outreach Ministry This month for our “Be the Change Spotlight,” we’d like to introduce you to Progressive Baptist Church Outreach Ministry, an organization who is committed to benevolence outreach. Their...

Lafayette Be the Change Spotlight :: Introducing United Way of Acadiana This month for our “Be the Change Spotlight,” we’d like to introduce you to United Way of Acadiana, an organization who is committed to uniting people and organizations with...

Lafayette Be the Change Spotlight :: Introducing 100 Black Men of Greater Lafayette This month for our “Be the Change Spotlight,” we’d like to introduce you to 100 Black Men of Greater Lafayette, Inc. (100 BMOGL), an organization who is...

You may have read the title of this article and thought, "Why would anyone throw out breast milk?!" That's a very good question considering it IS liquid gold. It's the spilled milk that grown women literally cry over.  Now, nine...

Lafayette Be the Change Spotlight :: Introducing The McComb-Veazey Neighborhood Coterie This month for our “Be the Change Spotlight,” we’d like to introduce you to The McComb-Veazey Neighborhood Coterie (McComb-Veazey), an organization whose mission is to foster an environment for...

As I sit in spot #8 waiting for my groceries to magically appear into my trunk by a mystical service called “Grocery Pickup,” I can’t help but think about how blessed my family and I are. We were so...

Lafayette Be the Change Spotlight :: The Family Tree This month for our “Be the Change Spotlight,” we’d like to introduce you to The Family Tree Information, Education and Counseling Center, an organization whose mission is to improve the quality...

This month for our “Be the Change Spotlight,” we’d like to introduce you to Lafayette Habitat for Humanity, an organization whose mission is “Putting God’s love into action, we bring people together to build homes, communities, and hope.” What is...

Two days. It took a full two days to really recover from the hangover of working the most monumental election in history. 17 hours. Checking identifications, birth dates, addresses and relaying the names letter by letter to two other...

This month for our “Be the Change Spotlight,” we’d like to introduce you to Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Acadiana, an organization whose mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships and ignite the power and promise...