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Ongoing Partnership Provides Trash Cans for Mardi Gras

For the second year, Republic Waste will provide trash cans for the Lafayette Mardi Gras parade route. "As a company that values sustainability in action, we are happy to be an active participant in creating a Mardi Gras that is cleaner and greener for everyone who...

Parish Proud Announces Annual Report, New Website

Starting the new year off with a bang, Parish Proud released its 2022 annual report, an exciting recap video, and a new website.

Parish Proud Day

LAFAYETTE, LA - Beginning the transformation of Girard Park, Ochsner Lafayette General will present Parish Proud Day, a park beautification event, from 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. “Ochsner Lafayette General is honored to be the presenting...

SOLA Giving Day

Parish Proud is raising funds to help equip, fuel, and recruit an army of volunteers. Fifty dollars equips the army with 10 litter toolkits, $100 buys breakfast for volunteers, $500 promotes a better quality of place in Acadiana, and $1,000 helps support Parish...

Carencro Proud

For any questions or concerns, please contact Parish Proud: info@parishproud.org. ACADIANA: Give back to your community by joining city officials and Parish Proud as we clean the Carencro area this weekend. The Carencro Proud Kickoff event will take place on Saturday,...

Come out to help clean the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

For any questions or concerns, please contact Parish Proud: info@parishproud.org. LAFAYETTE LA- Give back to your community by joining Parish Proud, SLCC, and the Oasis Coterie at the MLK Weekend of Service Event. “I believe that when we all come together and take...

Release: JohnPac, LLC Ensures Long-Term Community Involvement Through a Local Nonprofit

JOHNPAC, LLC ENSURES LONG-TERM COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT THROUGH A LOCAL NONPROFIT The local manufacturer has committed to a ten-year partnership with Parish Proud. CROWLEY, LA – An Acadia parish manufacturing business has announced its continued commitment to a...

Release: Parish Proud Wins KLB Grant

Parish Proud Awarded Healthy Communities Grant for Parish Street Signs Street signs are going to be visible in Lafayette Parish thanks to the grant Lafayette, LA – Today, Parish Proud was awarded a $4,000 grant from Keep Louisiana Beautiful – the state’s anti-litter...

Release: Inaugural Parish Proud Day

INNAUGURAL LAFAYETTE “PARISH PROUD DAY” SERVICE EVENT WITH SPECIAL GUESTS Join Parish Proud Ambassador Chris Arceneaux and UL Women’s Basketball Team and Coaches for a day of food, fun, and service. LAFAYETTE, LA (September 16, 2021) – Parish Proud – a local,...

Parish Proud announces Broussard Proud

  Parish Proud and the City of Broussard have entered into a new and exciting partnership allowing citizens to engage with how their city looks in a different way.  "Today, I am pleased to announce Broussard Proud for our city,” states Mayor Ray Bourque. “The...

Placemaking In Action – Chris Arceneaux’s Story

People-driven change, people-driven results. People like Chris Arceneaux, a golf pro, who moved back to his home off Moss Street to find the golf course that gave him his first shot in disarray.

The acres of rolling greenery laced through the middle of a concrete jungle had become a muddied mess. Litter covered the high fence line of the course. Mattresses dumped. The holes in the land numbered well over the standard 18.

But Chris saw through the madness and disarray to a glimmer of hope for the future of the Jay and Lionel Hebert Golf Course.

Scott and Carencro: Volunteer Ready

With spring and sunshine comes more volunteer opportunities to get out and leave Acadiana better than we found it. But what does that look like? What does volunteerism mean for a community? "Volunteerism is servant leadership at its finest. The City of Scott is...

Fight litter, join (or host) a community cleanup

Originally posted on The Current, written by Marie Elizabeth Olivier It’s easy to complain about the amount of trash littering the ground in Lafayette. Now thanks to Parish Proud, it’s almost just as easy to do something about it. The nonprofit, founded to help...

How Josh Edmond keeps the Northside beautiful

Reposted from The Current, written by Elliot Wade. Josh Edmond is a shining example of what it means to take ownership of your community. As a maintenance supervisor at UL Lafayette since 1999, he knows the impact of green spaces firsthand. When trees go down, it’s...

Brown and Moore Park Improvements

On December 13, 2023 the Lafayette Consolidated Government held a press conference to talk about the 25 million dollar investment into Brown and Moore Parks. Investments to the parks will include: 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 • Moore Park, 11 improved fields (includes...

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