Crawfish king cookoff By Bria Gremillion | May 7, 2021 at 6:37 AM CDT - Updated May 7 at 4:20 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - After a hiatus in 2020 due to the pandemic, the highly anticipated Crawfish King Cook-Off competition is making its return.
This year’s competition will be curbside pick-up only.
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On Friday, May 7 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., the curbside event will take place at three venue locations across the Baton Rouge and Gonzales area.
Bayou Plaza in Gonzales
the BRCC parking lot on Florida Boulevard
Participants will receive six pounds of crawfish boiled by teams competing for the Audience Choice award and a 20 oz. Coke product.
Mark Robert Katz
On Sunday, April 25, 2021, Mark Robert Katz, loving husband, brother and uncle passed away at age 58. Mark lived larger than life. An entrepreneur, Mark balanced his professional time between Children’s Clothing, Real Estate and Mardi Gras novelties. The smile on his face and spring to his step were no match for his generous heart. Everyone he met was family. Whether a blood relative or stranger, Mark was quietly charitable. Sensitive, he was keenly aware of the need around him. For Mark, giving was his way of getting ahead in life. Mark’s love of retail fashion began in his early teens as a top selling salesman at Danny’s Menswear at age 15. He continued his passion for clothing with his beloved wife Patricia, creating designer children’s fashion over the next 35 years. Mark was an LSU graduate. For most, college is a time of finding yourself. For Mark, it was a time of finding others. Robert Jackson is a perfect example. He was Mark’s “Little Buddy.”
Mayor Broome and Big Buddy Program launch 2021 Mayors Youth Workforce Experience
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A generic image of EBR Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome s Youth Workforce Experience in previous years
BATON ROUGE - Community leaders in the capital area are partnering with a local nonprofit to offer Baton Rouge teens a variety of summer internships and real-world working experience.
The effort, led by a collaboration between the office of East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome and the Big Buddy Program, is called the 2021 Mayor’s Youth Workforce Experience (MYWE).
St. James Community Fund looking for more, younger members
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The St. James Community Fund is looking towards the future and hoping to get more tech-savvy with younger members interested in joining. What we are looking for is a group of four or five people who are tech-savvy and have a vested interest in our community and want to pick up the community fund project and roll with it, said Ted Hedberg.
Hedberg says the community fund is also looking to expand its online presence, particularly by setting up a Facebook page.
The community fund currently has 21 recipients of the community fund s fundraising efforts.
Big Buddy Program: January is National Mentoring Month
Big Buddy Program: Jan. is National Mentoring Month By Carmen Poe | January 6, 2021 at 5:16 AM CST - Updated January 6 at 6:26 AM
The following information was provided by the Big Buddy Program
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - January is National Mentoring Month, and this year Big Buddy Program is celebrating the annual campaign aimed at expanding quality mentoring opportunities to connect more of our communityâs young people with caring adults by honoring Mentors in our community throughout the month culminating in a drive-by âThank Your Mentor Dayâ celebration on Friday, January 29 from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. at the Big Buddy office, 1415 Main Street in Baton Rouge.