The Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation has honored over 1,000 students and teachers from schools in New Orlean during a ceremony held at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner.
They awarded grants totaling $326,415 to schools in Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes.
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The Neighbourhood Midwives, the brainchild of Annie Francis of Hampshire, offers midwifery services geared for the continuity of care to women and their families.