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Louisiana Appleseed recruits professionals to donate pro bono time to solve problems at their root cause.
Our goal is to advance social justice by effecting change at the policy, or systemic, level.
Louisiana Appleseed’s projects seek to increase access to education, opportunity and justice.
909 Poydras Street, Suite 1550
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504.561.7312
Fax: 504.566.1926
Many thanks to our honorees, sponsors, and guests for making this year’s
Good Apple Gala our most successful yet!
Some photos from the big night…
Good Apple Awards ready for our honorees
Executive Director, Christy Kane, and Caroline Fayard, Board President, with honoree, Allison Berger Tiller, recognized for her work on Louisiana Appleseed’s school food and nutrition project.
Dr. Michael White entertains the crowd.
Want to see more photographs from the Good Apple Gala? Click here!
Thanks to photographer Tommy Santora and Adams and Reese LLP for donating these photos.
Our Generous Sponsors
Gold
Adams and Reese LLP
The Berger Company, Inc., Allison and Ben Tiller, Louellen and Darryl Berger
Jones Walker
Bronze
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, LLC
Capital One Bank
Entergy New Orleans, Inc.
Fayard Law Firm LLC
Helis Foundation
Herman Herman & Katz
Phelps Dunbar LLP
Ranier Law Firm
Kathleen and Michael Schott
Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C.
Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann L.L.C.
Jeannine A. Sullivan
Copper
Association of Corporate Counsel – Louisiana Chapter
AT&T Louisiana
Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux LLC
Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli
Frilot LLC
Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, LLC
Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, APLC
Gold Weems Bruser Sues & Rundell
IBERIABANK
Kean Miller LLP
King, Krebs & Jurgens PLLC
LexisNexis
Louisiana Association for Justice
Louisiana State Bar Association
Nell and Elliot Maisel
New Orleans Saints
Pan-American Life Insurance Group
Pool Corporation
Postlewaite & Netterville
Regions Bank
Betsy Regnell
Kara and Mark Samuels, Basin Street Records
Whitney Bank
Patron
Baptist Community Ministries
Mr. Daniel E. Becnel and Judge Mary Hotard Becnel
Bourgeois Bennett Certified Public Accountants/Consultants
Sandra and Elwood Cahill
CenturyLink, Inc.
Linda Perez Clark
Fidelity Homestead Savings Bank
First NBC Bank
Jennifer and David Grew
Steve and Hon. Karen Herman
Jones & Alexander LLC
JPMorgan Chase
LaPorte CPAs and Business Advisors
Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools
Louisiana Lottery
David Marcello
Roger H. Ogden
Melissa Harris-Perry and James Perry
Ann Koppel and Mark Schreiner
Robert Sloan
Tulane Law School
Jenny and Charlie Thomas
United Way of Southeast Louisiana
Walters, Papillion, Thomas, Cullens, LLC
Special Thanks
Hopper’s Carte des Vins
MOCA Graphics
Basin Street Records
Crescent Crown Distributing
Republic National Distributing Company
Please consider supporting Louisiana Appleseed’s efforts to increase access to education, opportunity, and justice across Louisiana.
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Congratulations to our volunteer, Malcolm Meyer of Adams and Reese LLP, for recently receiving the “Title Person of the Year” award from the Louisiana Land Title Association. The organization annually recognizes a real estate business professional who displays outstanding dedication and service to the LLTA and also to the Louisiana real estate industry.
The Louisiana State Bar Association’s Bar Journal’s October/November issue features an article about how the Louisiana Bar Foundation’s partnership with Louisiana Appleseed is flourishing. Written by LBF President, Patricia Krebs, it highlights the strategic collaboration between our two organizations. Read more on page 268.
Executive Director, Christy Kane, and Program Director, Jessie Haynes, recently presented a CLE at CPEX’s Smart Growth Summit in Baton Rouge. The one hour professionalism CLE was entitled, “Preserving Homeownership: How Lawyers Can Help.” To learn more about CPEX’s Smart Growth Summit, click here.
Congratulations to Louisiana Appleseed’s Executive Director, Christy Kane. She has been chosen as the recipient of the Camille F. Gravel, Jr. Pro Bono Award. The Award is given by the Federal Bar Association of New Orleans to honor an attorney who has done substantial pro bono legal work in keeping with the spirit and values exemplified by the late Camille Gravel.
Want to learn more about our projects?
Watch this 4 minute video, produced in conjunction with the Louisiana Bar Foundation’s 2010 Calogero Justice Award. Appleseed thanks the Louisiana Bar Foundation for this honor and for producing this video!