Volunteers of America North Louisiana

A look back at some of the fun Choice Neighborhood summer activities!🍧☀️

We proudly serve as the people lead connecting the individuals and families living at Bayou Grande apartments to education, employment, and healthcare services. Our case managers do this work by building trust and relationships!

A special invitation to be at the Investiture of the Honorable Jerry Edwards, Jr.!

Jerry joined our Board of Directors in 2006, serving as Chair from July 2018 until June 2020.

It was an honor to be with him, his family, and many from our community to celebrate his success and and this historic moment as he is now the first African American federal judge to serve on the Western District of Louisiana and among the youngest in the nation at age 45.

Congratulations, Jerry! Thank you for all you do!

We are incredibly excited about our partnership this summer with interns and their data analytics project. As part of this project, the interns volunteered their time at Camp GLOW spending the day with our LightHouse students; giving them a deeper connection with our organization and those we serve!

Shout out to Whataburger for donating breakfast this week at LightHouse Camp GLOW!

Best way to start a day! 🧡

Exciting news!! Thank you to First Horizon Foundation for this generous $10,000 contribution towards those we serve! Honored to be chosen as one of the 160 award recipients celebrating 160 years of the wonderful Grants for Good program!

First Horizon Bank

Independence Day celebration! 🇺🇸❤️

Thank you to our special donor for providing refreshments and fun at South Pointe Place. Our residents enjoyed it so much!

Our annual Board of Directors meeting was bittersweet today, as it was Keith Evans’ last one as Board Chair. Succeeding him in this role is Dr. Sheyenne Carper. Sheyenne is a past recipient of our LightHouse scholarship, which allowed her to focus on school and fulfill her dream of becoming a Pediatrician! While we will miss Keith, we also look forward to all things to come!

We are excited to partner with Pete John, CEO of Primeaux Restaurant Group, a franchisee of Dillas Quesadillas! This is a wonderful opportunity to raise funds and purchase uniforms for students in need. Bring on the summer heat!!

As summer temperatures rise, students we serve benefit the most! - Volunteers of America As the summer heat intensifies, so does Dillas Quesadillas' commitment to doing good. In a unique partnership with KTBS Channel 3, Dillas Quesadillas, ...

Proud to celebrate our 2024 KeyMakers of North Louisiana graduates! 👏

KeyMakers is internal leadership program to promote excellence and develop a culture of continual learning.

In North Louisiana, this graduation is a culmination of each gradates nine-month long journey to increase their self-awareness, build stronger teams and ultimately, impact the lives of those we serve.

Congratulations, everyone!! 🎓

Fun game of bingo and fellowship!

Our ministers enjoyed being with staff and individuals with disabilities we serve in our Supervised Independent Living program yesterday. Congratulations to Toby, our big winner!!! Toby won a homemade lemon pound cake baked with love from our Division Director, Victoria White. The best part, Toby’s mom celebrates a birthday soon & hr couldn’t wait to give her this cake!! 🎂🥳

A look back at the Travis LightHouse Adventure Camp last week! Thank you staff and volunteers for an amazing week!! ✨

🔹Tuesday: Crafts(painting & making lighthouses)
🔸Wednesday: Shreve Memorial Library(sewing pillows)
🔹Thursday: Risen Rock (rock climbing)
🔸Friday: Holiday Lanes(bowling & arcade games)

You don’t want to miss our virtual Hope Begins Here tour next Wednesday, 11 a.m.!

In just 30 mins, you’ll hear from someone we serve in our Supervised Independent Living (SIL) program and learn how our dedicated team of direct support professionals show up every day for individuals with disabilities living in apartments and spaces throughout our community.

🎓Congratulations to our CIS at Booker T. Washington senior graduates! Avontre, Mark, Miriah, and Ro’Daryus share their experiences and plans for the future. Hats off to each of you!

JaShunna Boykins 🤍🤍

For JaShunna, the road has been long and difficult, but she has not had to face it alone. After seeking help for her mental health in high school, she was placed with a compassionate and caring counselor at Volunteers of America North Louisiana where she learned meaningful coping mechanisms to navigate her mental health. Years later, she is a published author and has become a peer support specialist at our renowned EpiCenter program where she advocates for others to receive the support she found through VOA.

Purchase a copy of JaShunna’s book, a collection of poems: https://a.co/d/i8MSlrp

🎓 join us in congratulating all 15 graduating seniors from CIS at Woodlawn High School! Your hard work and dedication is inspiring. Don’t stop! Congratulations 🎉

Congratulations to Jayla! 🎓❤️

Jayla is in our Level Up youth homeless prevention program, and we are so proud of her accomplishments! The world is your oyster!🦪

Yesterday, the women’s Sunday school group from Noel Memorial United Methodist Church came to Corbitt Lodge and hosted bingo for the residents. The residents had an outstanding time, and really loved winning some cool prizes!😊

Happy Memorial Day 🇺🇸 May we never forget the price of freedom.

We proudly serve those who first served us. Visit our website to learn more about our Veteran services.

We’re so proud of you, Kaleb!
Rooting for you and your future plans to be an electrician! 🎉🎓

Bravo to our Teen Club graduate, Jayla! 🎓🎉 best wishes for your next adventure!

Congratulations to Jatorius! 🎓🎉
Happy for you and we know you’ll do great things in the culinary world!

We’re so proud of our Teen Club graduate, Destiny! Dream big, work hard and have so much fun in this next chapter! Congratulations 🎓🎉

It’s that time of the year, time to celebrate our LightHouse Teen Club Graduates! 🎉🎓

Congratulations to Ashanti! Looking forward to seeing you chase your dreams of becoming a nurse, you got this!

A moment!🩵

Our maintenance and logistic team members, Jack Parker and Mark Roy, love spending time with South Pointe Place resident Miss Arlene and her dog, Lexie!

Our Travis LightHouse students recently took a field trip downtown to Government Plaza. They were invited by Commissioner Ronnie Cothran to sit in on a Commission Meeting. During the meeting, the kids were recognized and each received a certificate! 🩶

Our Choice Neighborhood team participated in Shreveport Clean Up at Bayou Grande on Saturday, April 27th! They did a fabulous job and placed 2nd for the most recyclable trash. 🧡