2019 Community Partnerships Report

Corporate Giving and Sponsorships

Our company has a long history of investing in Louisiana’s health and fitness. Each year, we sponsor dozens of healthy living events – family fit days, races and walks, cooking demos and farmer’s markets – to keep people eating right and moving more.

We also support hundreds of nonprofits providing access to care and support services across the state. In 2019, we invested $1.1 million of sponsorships and project funding in 228 community partners with a focus on bigger, sustainable impact, including:

Health and Wellness
  • Providing ongoing access to wellness services through a combined total 15,073 individual health screenings, including mammograms, metabolic screenings, dental exams and mental health sessions
  • Behavioral and mental health services for more than 600 families (McMains Children’s Developmental Center)
  • Educational tools for healthy eating, physical activity, cholesterol control, blood pressure control, glucose control, smoking cessation and losing weight provided to more than 350,000 Louisianians (American Heart Association)
  • Helping 3,500 girls across the state learn to love running and run their first 5k through community outreach programs (Girls On the Run)
  • Providing ongoing cancer support services for more than 4,500 patients (Miles Perret Cancer Services and the American Cancer Society)
  • Providing scholarships to 75 nurse trainees to continue their education and meet shortfalls in critical areas (Louisiana State Nurses Foundation)
Food Insecurity
  • Team Blue volunteers preparing and packing more than 300,000 meals across the state in celebration of MLK Day of Service
  • Funding an additional 123,500 hot meals across the state, as well as 45,693 pounds in produce and food staples delivered to those in need
  • Providing outdoor gardening, nutrition and culinary education classes to 3,500 New Orleans-area students (FirstLine Schools/Edible School Yard New Orleans)
Quality of Life
  • Supporting access to entrepreneurial and business skill development for 36,000 students (Junior Achievement)
  • Access to visual art, music and dance programs for more than 75,000 students in the Shreveport region (Shreveport Regional Arts Council)
  • Delivering 924 coats made from sustainably sourced materials to children in need (Operation Warm)
  • Installing smoke alarms in more than 3,200 homes at risk of fire (American Red Cross)
  • Helping 37,000 students receive college and career planning