Articles filed under Worthy Causes

“Tommy and Timmy were best friends. They did everything together,” begins Tim Lentz, chief deputy of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office. “But on Timmy’s 16th birthday, his

Founded in 1955, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is the world’s leader in the search for a cure for cystic fibrosis. This life-threatening genetic disease affects 30,000

Every Monday and Thursday at 3 a.m., two brothers at Saint Joseph Abbey begin baking bread in a tradition that has long sustained monks and seminarians at the

In 2007, nine Slidell PTA mothers “adopted” the soldier son-in-law of one of the women and his entire unit. They soon expanded into Slidell Ladies for Liberty, a

Diagnosed as an infant with terminal heart disease, Jaime Napolitano credits excellent medical care, unbounded optimism and the donor heart of a 19-year-old with her being alive and

Each year, St. Tammany Home Builders Association members pool their time, expertise and energy to design, build and present a home of exceptional quality to raffle off for

East St. Tammany Habitat for Humanity has been helping families purchase their own homes for over two decades. Celebrating its 20th birthday in 2012, this Christian organization builds

“To see people own their own homes—when they thought it might never happen—is one of the most humbling experiences I have ever encountered,” says CJ Ladner, chair of

Growing up in Africa is not something many northshore residents would identify with, but a sense of community and family is something we all understand. Mandeville’s Jan Sawa

World-renowned jazz pianist Ronnie Kole doesn’t just play for the crowds. Amid his busy schedule of performances throughout the United States and abroad, Ronnie finds time to tinkle

When Verna Bieber found out that her son had cystic fibrosis, she knew what was ahead of her. Her best friend and “backdoor neighbor” had died at the

In 2005, Marine Matt Cole was serving his second tour of duty in Iraq—he had been part of the first wave crossing into Iraq in 2003—when insurgents attacked

A couple of years ago, a friend of ours took a call in the middle of a tennis match. It was the Office of Children’s Services telling her

“It’s the most worthwhile thing I’ve ever done,” says CASA trainer Dana Wolcott of the 11 years she’s spent serving abused and neglected children as a Court Appointed