Blog – June 2022
JUNE 2022 Blog Feature Louisiana First Foundation Governor’s Mansion Women’s Health People of Louisiana Community Schools Military Restaurant Verse First Dogs Our Editors Celebrating Our Fathers Today, I stop and think about my father, who died in April 2021 from lymphoma. He had a stroke in April 2020, right at the beginning of the lockdown […]
Feature: Tankproof
“Summer Safety” TANKPROOF TANKPROOF Summer Safety With summer here and our kids out of school, the higher temperatures bring unique opportunities for fun and enrichment! Cooling off at a local water space, be it a pool or natural water source, is one of the best ways to beat the heat! However, ensuring families […]
Blog – May 2022
MAY 2022 Blog Feature Louisiana First Foundation Governor’s Mansion Women’s Health People of Louisiana Community Schools Military Restaurant Verse First Dogs Our Editors Celebrating Our Mothers I started writing my blog in the fall of 2018. I looked back through the different months of May and the focus of each one. In 2019 I spoke […]
Feature: Memoir of a “Former” Foster Mom
“Faith, Attitude and Expectations” Memoir of a “Former”Foster Mom Faith, Attitude and Expectations Memoir of a “Former” Foster Mom Many times, when I have reflected on children who struggled with home lives, I have often thought about how I would parent children when given the opportunity to be a mother. I also have […]
Blog – April 2022
APRIL 2022 Blog Post Feature Louisiana First Foundation Governor’s Mansion Women’s Health People of Louisiana Community Schools Military Recipe Verse First Dogs Our Editors Awareness and PreventionSaved A Life 10, 15, 20 years ago, I never imagined that John Bel would be Governor and I the First Lady of Louisiana. And 10, 15, 20 years […]
Feature: Johnette Downing
Johnette Downing Be A Wetland Friend andTake the Pledge Be A Wetland Friend and Take the Pledge By Johnette Downing The Louisiana wetlands are fragile ecosystems where flora, fauna, and humans depend upon one another for survival, each playing a vital role in creating a harmonious, healthy, and balanced habitat or home. It […]
Feature: The Faithful Lamb
TheFaithfulLamb The Faithful Lamb Aimeé Poché and Heather Berry Louisiana natives, Aimeé Poché and Heather Berry write and illustrate books for children entering foster care.This idea of providing a child-friendly book resource for the children when they enter care was birthed in 2018. It is the product of three years of hard work […]
Blog – March 2022
MARCH 2022 Blog Post Feature Louisiana First Foundation Governor’s Mansion Women’s Health People of Louisiana Community Schools Military Recipe Verse First Dogs Our Editor A FEW THINGS ABOUT MARCH A few things about March March is…Music in Our Schools MonthMarch is …National Social Workers MonthMarch is… Read Across America DayMarch is… Daylight Saving Time! March 13- […]
Feature: Keep Louisiana Beautiful
Let’s Keep Louisiana Beautiful Written by Susan Russell Let’s Keep Louisiana Beautiful Love the Boot Week is April 18-24 Written by Susan Russell Keep Louisiana Beautiful invites Louisianans to work together to organize and participate in cleanups and beautification events during Love the Boot Week, our state’s week-long Earth Day initiative happening April 18-24. Across […]
Blog – February 2022
FEBRUARY 2022 Blog Post Feature Louisiana First Foundation Governor’s Mansion Women’s Health People of Louisiana Community Schools Military Recipe Verse First Dogs Our Editor VALENTINE’S TRADITIONS Like most of you, we have summer traditions, a week with family at the beach. We have Thanksgiving traditions like Mom’s table of plenty, Ginger’s pumpkin roll, and Dad’s […]
Feature: January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month
January isNational Human Trafficking Prevention Month Written by Dr. Dana R. Hunter National Human Trafficking Prevention Month Written by Dr. Dana R. Hunter January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. I could not be prouder to live and do business in a state that has made the prevention of human trafficking a priority. […]
Louisiana Fosters – The Importance of Foster Families
The Importance of Foster Families Written by Tiffany Anderson Cruz Louisiana Fosters Ambassador The Importance of Foster FamiliesWritten by Tiffany Anderson Cruz If there is one thing you may know about children in foster care, they often live in multiple different foster homes and usually age out of care. While the […]