'Camp Upward' Provides Northshore Families Affordable Summer Camp Options
For many kids in St. Tammany Parish, summer is a time for long days spent playing outdoors, easy weekends at the baseball park, and — especially for kids with parents who both work — it means summer...
View ArticleSt. Tammany Emergency Operations Center And Red Cross On Call For Hurricane...
As we all know, June marks the official start of hurricane season. In today's Northshore Focus, George Bonnett looks at two important support services that are on call in St. Tammany Parish this...
View ArticleThe Water Institute Of The Gulf Addressing Coastal Restoration Challenges On...
An email sent recently to hundreds of Northshore inboxes contained a startling attachment. It was a picture of south Louisiana 80 years from now. The land loss projection map showed what could happen...
View ArticleNorthshore Focus: Volunteers Of America Teams Up For Suicide Prevention
In the past three years combined, St. Tammany Parish has had 13 homicides. During that same period of time, more than 100 residents committed suicide. Rebecca Thees with Volunteers of America has been...
View ArticleThree Rivers Art Festival Gearing Up On Northshore
In the 1990’s, several Northshore organizations banded together to create a new festival focusing on the arts. What they started, the Three Rivers Art Festival, is now in its 17th year. Diane Winston...
View ArticleHabitat For Humanity Women's Build Underway In St. Tammany
Habitat for Humanity builds houses on the Northshore. This month, their construction crews look a bit different than usual.
View ArticleJames Storehouse Helping Foster Kids On The Northshore
There is a term in foster care called “aging out.” That is when a child becomes to old to be part of the foster care system any longer and, ready or not, must become self-sufficient. A new non-profit...
View ArticleNorthshore 'Kids Wanna Help'— So They Launch A Network Of Nonprofits
What happens when very motivated adolescents decide they want to help better their community, but they’re not satisfied with how kids fit into the current non-profit scene? In the case of two...
View ArticleNorthshore Vets Receive Local Help
When injured veterans returning to their homes from Iraq and Afghanistan weren’t finding the help they needed, one Northshore resident set out to correct the problem.
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