My New Orleans
12/30/2020
Lake Charles resident Kendrick Johnson founded Forever Calcasieu (forevercalcasieu.com) along with his father to aid residents recovering from hurricanes Laura and Delta.
As Hurricane Laura bore down on the southwestern Louisiana coast, Kendrick Johnson of Lafayette fielded a call that would change the pattern of his daily life for weeks and ultimately help Calcasieu Parish take important first steps to recover from the devastating Category 4 hit.
The 36-year-old Lake Charles native works for Nabors Offshore as a field safety coordinator on oil-and-gas platforms. Johnson’s skills would soon be put to a different use: coordinating donations and outside aid as a volunteer in the wake of Laura.