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11/07/2025

💚 Supporting Our SNAP Customers 💚

We know the SNAP benefit shutdown has created challenges for many families. To help bridge the gap, our friends at A&A Acres are offering a free pack of chicken to SNAP/EBT customers.

Just bring your EBT/SNAP card to the Hammond Farmers & Artisans Market Information Tent (where you get your SNAP & SNAP Match tokens) to receive your pack — no purchase necessary, while supplies last.

We’re so grateful for the generosity of our local producers who continue to care for our community. 🐔✨

11/07/2025

THATS WONDERFUL SOUL, THANK YOU FATHER GOD FOR ALL THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO GIVE IN LOVE.

MacKenzie Scott novelist and billionaire philanthropist who helped her then-husband Jeff Bezos build the foundation for his Amazon empire. She has a net worth of US$40 billion. She donated:

$50 Million to Prairie View A&M University.
$45 Million to N.C. A&T State University.
$40 Million to Morgan State University.
$40 million to Howard University
$40 Million to Norfolk State University.
$40 Million to Hampton University.
$30 Million to Virginia State University.
$30 Winston Salem State University.
$25 Alcorn State University
$25 Million Bowie State University
$20 Million Lincoln University
$20 Million Delaware State University.
$20 Million Claflin University
$20 Million to University of Maryland Eastern Shore
$20 million to Tuskegee University, as well $20 million to Xavier University
$20 million to Spelman College
$20 million to Morehouse College
$15 Million Elizabeth City State University
$15 Million Clark Atlanta University
$6 million to Tougaloo College
$5 Million Dillard University

Her mentor in college was Toni Morrison a Howard University (HBCU) Alum. Jeff Bezos hired Scott at the hedge fund where he worked after receiving a recommendation from Morrison. Shortly thereafter, the pair married and Scott helped Bezos launch Amazon.

Scott earned attended Princeton University, where she studied creative writing under Toni Morrison in the early 1990s. The literary legend served as her thesis adviser and mentor. Morrison, who graduated from Howard University in 1953, was the first Black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

08/05/2025

⏳ CACRC’s Back to School Sale & Community Resource Fair 2025 🎒🎉

🗓 Saturday, August 9, 2025
🕘 9 AM to 3 PM
📍 East Baton Rouge Parish Library's Main Branch
🏫 7711 Goodwood Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA

Get ready for:
💻 Incredible deals on refurbished tech
📚 Over 25 community partners offering support
🍦 Free ice cream from Red River Bank (starting at 11am) and giveaways
🚒 A visit from the Baton Rouge Fire Department

Tag your friends and family and make sure no one misses out!

08/05/2025

On this day, Dr. Benjamin Mays was born in the year 1894.

08/05/2025

Hammond Area Recreation District No. 1 Registration - H.A.R.D. #1 Online Registration - brought to you by PowerUp Sports: Canada's leading online youth sports registration and club management system.

08/05/2025

in 1961, Barack Obama was born. After serving as a senator for Illinois, he was elected 44th President of the United States and served from 2009 to 2017.

Obama was the first Black American elected President of the United States in history. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts during the first year of his presidency.



📸 Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Platon, © Platon.

06/20/2025

Giving credit where it’s due! We can’t talk about Juneteenth without honoring the woman who made it her life’s mission to see this day nationally recognized, Dr. Opal Lee.

At 98 years young, Dr. Lee has spent decades walking, advocating, and reminding this country that freedom should be celebrated by all. While this marks the first year Dr. Lee won’t lead her annual walk, her presence, power, and purpose are felt in every Juneteenth celebration across the nation.

Today, we honor you, Dr. Opal Lee. Because of you, we truly can. ❤️✊🏾

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12/04/2024

Serena Williams continues her global impact by building schools in Jamaica and Africa through the Serena Williams Fund. She champions education and equity with 39 Grand Slam titles, completing Marsh Elementary School in Jamaica and partnering with Build Africa. Williams' mission is to ensure equal access to education and opportunities for all.

12/04/2024

January 20, 2025 - + - The commemoration of a prolific global peacemaker and nonviolent freedom fighter + the beginning of a highly consequential U.S. presidency that will greatly influence the possibility of true peace and freedom throughout the world.

invites you to be a part of the 2025 MLK, Jr. Beloved Community Commemorative Service - two hours of reminding the world of the teachings of Dr. and of how ’s teachings can guide us in protecting freedom, justice, and democracy.

Keynote: William J. Barber, II
Call to Commemoration: Be A King(Dr. Bernice A. King)

12/04/2024

Every day, millions of people look to United Way for lasting solutions to local problems. We are a vehicle for volunteers, donors, and advocates to change lives and communities. https://untdwy.org/3Ya2Aqg