“What they call and rock and roll now’s rhythm and blues I’ve been playing for fifteen years in New Orleans.” –Fats Domino Beloved by his home city, idolized by musicians as varied as Little Ric...
Art “Poppa Funk” Neville came into this world on December 17, 1937. It became evident at quite an early age that Art, along with his three siblings - Charles, Aaron and Cyril – were gifted musicall...
UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: So we have tried 2 different billboard companies in Atlanta and both turned us down for fear of Falcon fans burning the whole place down. Understandably they realize that Fal...
Frankie and Johnny's Furniture: Go See the Special Man
"Bad credit? No credit? No problem! Go see the Special Man. Let her have it!" If you grew up watching television in New Orleans anytime from the 1980s through the 2000s, those words are burned int...
Funny Bones Improv is a non-profit organization whose mission is to perform interactive, improvised comedy shows for sick children in hospitals, currently in Chicago and New Orleans. This video ca...
Running welcomes everyone. A group of middle and high-school teachers founded Youth Run NOLA in the fall of 2010 as a response to students needing and asking for more structured, supportive after-...
Eat well to live well. The mission of the Crescent City Farmers Market is to benefit local farmers, fishers, consumers and communities in the fertile crescent of Greater New Orleans by operating w...
April is Parkinson’s Disease awareness month so we’ve teamed with Team Fox NOLA to not just raise awareness, but also help find a cure. In 2000, Michael J. Fox officially retired from acting and ...
This organization is one of our partners at ScreensforGood.com. Dancing Grounds is building up their local community through the joys of dancing. They bring high-quality, inclusive, and accessible...
New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity
This organization is one of our partners at ScreensforGood.com. Habitat for Humanity is a global organization that is devoted to building homes for families. The New Orleans affiliate (NOAHH) start...
Habitat for Humanity of the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Habitat MS Gulf Coast was founded in 2007 when Harrison County Habitat and Habitat of Jackson County merged to better serve their community. Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Mississippi Gulf C...
Protect and Restore. Woodlands Conservancy protects and restores forested wetlands that serve as a natural sponge to absorb storm water and provide a wind buffer to protect the surrounding communi...
Protect. Preserve. Perpetuate. Preservation Hall was established by Allen and Sandra Jaffe in 1961 as a performance space supporting traditional jazz and the perpetuation of the rich African-Ame...
What our society leaves behind, we pick up. Humans have known that caring for the Earth is fundamental in caring for ourselves. However, in modern times we have become more distracted, and the wea...
Fostering a sense of wonder. This organization is one of our partners at ScreensforGood.com. LOOP NOLA is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide positive, life-changing outdoor exper...
No Scarcity In Support. Trinity Loaves & Fishes was founded in 2006 in response to the needs of those here recovering from the effects of Hurricane Katrina. Over the ten years it has evolved t...
Do Good & Give Back The Better Than Ezra Foundation story starts with the band itself. The talented and accomplished members - Kevin Griffin, Tom Drummond and drummers Travis McNabb and Michael...
Building Leaders. On her first day with her team, Destinee built and stood all the walls to a house. If she made a mistake, she learned how to fix it. Building a house gave her the kind of grit an...
String Instruction. Make Music NOLA (MMN) is an intensive music-for-social-change program. Every day, they keep at-risk youth ages 6-16 off the streets during a crucial time and engaged in a positi...
