BREC Foundation

🎃👻 Join us for Full Moon Fete! 🎃👻 It won’t be scary or the reason for a fright, but there’s sure to be fun. Grab your little ghouls and goblins and creep on over for an evening of family fun entertainment. Come out dressed in your favorite costume and stroll from trunk to trunk collecting treats galore, followed by live entertainment, vendors, character visits, and activities the entire family will enjoy!

🗓 October 28, 2023
⏰ 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
📍 Independence Community Park

Interest in your business or organization hosting a trunk for Trunk and Treat Time?
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Trunk & Treat Business + Organization Participant BREC operates public park and recreation facilities and programs throughout East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA. This award-winning agency is a member of NRPA (The National Recreation and Park Association) and has been nationally accredited and recognized as one of America's premier recreat...

Last week, the BREC Foundation board held its August meeting at the Baton Rouge Gallery - center for contemporary art. Joining the meeting was BREC Superintendent Corey Wilson who provided an update to the board on the many BREC activities and projects. Also joining the meeting was Jason Andreasen, the Gallery's Executive Director, who shared an update on the "And We Went: 60 Years After the Baton Rouge Swim-In" of which the BREC Foundation and BREC were sponsors.

ICYMI: The exhibit brought the history of the 1963 pivotal moment in local history into a contemporary conversation. The entire event is available, as are individual videos of individual segments from the program, on the BR Gallery's YouTube Channel: https://tinyurl.com/BRGalleryYouTube.

Last month, the Baton Rouge Gallery - center for contemporary art hosted the exhibition "And We Went: 60 Years After the Baton Rouge Swim-In" brought the history of the 1963 pivotal moment in local history into a contemporary conversation. The entire event is available, as are individual videos of individual segments from the program, on the BR Gallery's YouTube Channel: https://tinyurl.com/BRGalleryYouTube.

The BREC Foundation was proud to sponsor this programming. Thank you to the Foundation's many donors who make sponsorships like this possible. To learn more about the BREC Foundation and ways you can support, visit www.brecfoundation.org.

Congratulations to BREC Foundation board member, Anita Byrne, on being recognized as one of Greater Baton Rouge Business Report's 2023 Class of Influential Women in Business. This honor is well deserved!

Meet 9 women leaders who are making a difference in the Capital Region The nine members of Business Report’s 2023 class of Influential Women in Business balance high-pressure careers on a national stage with family responsibilities while also serving on local boards and volunteering for area nonprofits.

🏅We're still beaming over BREC's 2022 National Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management! This award is due, in large part, to the dedicated men and women who work so hard to preserve and maintain our beautiful park system.

Earlier this week, the BREC Foundation was proud to support BREC's employee recognition event at the Capitol Park Museum. We are grateful for the support we received from sponsors. Together, we thank each and every BREC team member for their hard work and dedication to our community!

BREC Foundation board members were proud to attend today's Rotary Club of Baton Rouge meeting featuring BREC Superintendent Corey Wilson.

Superintendent Wilson shared an update on BREC's activities and celebrated BREC's 2022 National Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management.

BREC Foundation was happy to help facilitate the resurfacing of the basketball courts at Longfellow Park!

This weekend, we were joined by Langston Galloway, a Christian Life Academy graduate. After growing up playing basketball on these very courts before moving on to the NBA, Galloway returned to dedicate this court to other young athletes in Baton Rouge.

Read more about this special dedication here:

Home and Hoops: Ex-Christian Life star relishes time home, giving back ahead of NBA season It’s fair to call Langston Galloway a journeyman as a ninth NBA season draws closer. The journey through basketball and beyond is what motivates and excites the former Christian Life

We had the great privilege of attending the Jones Creek Area Business Association membership meeting!

We loved joining with other businesses and professionals that share the goal of building a cleaner, safer, and better Baton Rouge community. We look forward to future meetings and community development!

From left to right: Randy Haddad, (Director of Development, Baton Rouge Zoo Foundation), Secretary Carl Stages (Executive Director, BREC Foundation), President Scott Daugherty, Corey Wilson (Superintendent of BREC), Vice President Michael Wright, and Brandon Smith (Assistant Superintendent, BREC).

What an amazing way to celebrate the Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center's 25th birthday! Thank you to all who joined in the Swamp Birthday Bash and contributed some beautiful and delicious nature-themed treats for the bake-off. 🐝 🌳 🎂

Check out all of the amazing baked goods and festivities from the birthday celebration, and stay up to date on other upcoming events:

https://www.facebook.com/brecnaturecenter

Baton Rouge businesses are rallying together to bring a lush, pedestrian-friendly green space to the Perkins Road underpass!

Read more about these plans for beautification and learn how you can support the project:

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_15fb04cc-a490-11ec-9fd0-0bce8bfb3a78.html

Randy Albarez, Immediate Past President of the Louisiana Recreation and Park Association (right) presents 2020 BREC Foundation President Al Moreau a Citation in honor of his commitment to therapeutic recreation which affords individuals the opportunity to fully participate.

Mr. Moreau’s involvement and support of BREC and other entities has helped to ensure all can enjoy activities!

Visiting at the LEAF reception are BREC Superintendent Corey Wilson (from left), Weston Broome, and 2013 BREC Foundation President Todd Graves.