Baton Rouge church joins CBF-National Baptist Hurricane Recovery Efforts in Lake Charles, La. 18 December, 2020 - 22:40
By Caleb Mynatt
As the winds stirred and the sky turned to black on August 27, 2020, the citizens of Lake Charles, La., were confronted with a reality that is all too familiar.
Hurricanes hitting the Louisiana coast have become an almost annual occurrence these days, but not often does a Hurricane Laura, a Category Four storm, barrel towards the Gulf Coast. The residents of this small city in the southeast part of the state prepared for the worst, and also readied to start a clean-up process that has become far too common.
Together For Hope Launches Campaign to Combat Hunger in Mississippi 10 December, 2020 - 03:10
By Caleb Mynatt
After two-and-a-half years of combatting food-related issues in the state of Mississippi, Together for Hope is taking their fight against hunger on the streets and to the Mississippi State Capitol.
Together for Hope, in partnership with the American Heart Association and the Therizo Foundation, are launching the Grow the Good campaign, a grassroots campaign with the goal to allocate $700,000 annually in state funds toward SNAP incentive programs in Mississippi. The campaign is supported by farming organizations, grocery stores, other food organizations and both Republican and Democratic members of Mississippi’s congress. The campaign has a lot of support because of the ripple effect it will have, strengthening the state’s farming industries, food supply chain and, in turn, Mississippi’s economy as a whole.