United Way
 for South Louisiana

Assumption Council on Aging – 985-369-7961
Director: Rosa Lou Molaison
Assumption Council on Aging is a non-profit agency delivering social services to elderly and disabled individuals in Assumption Parish.
Success Story

Lafourche Council on Aging –985-537-3446
Director: Charlene Rodriguez
Lafourche Council on Aging is an agency designed to assist elderly persons in leading independent, meaningful lives in their homes and communities.

St. Mary Council on Aging — 337-828-4100 ext 320
Director: Beverly Domengeaux
St. Mary Council on Aging provides services to the elderly residents of St. Mary Parish, with emphasis on homebound services.

Project Learn (Catholic Social Services – CSS) — 985-873-6865
Director: John LeBlanc
Project Learn provides Lau Bach Literacy phonics method to teach illiterate and non-English residents with one on one tutoring in a non-competitive atmosphere.

Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center Foundation,
Reach Out and Read — 985-873-2227
Program Director: Lisa Schilling
Encourages literacy in children by the distribution of age-appropriate books to at-risk children six months to five years by physicians at well child visits.  Trained volunteers read stories while children wait for appointments.

Assumption Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc. (ARC) – 985-369-2907
Director: Warren Gonzales
Provides quality care, training and treatment available for individuals with developmental disabilities in Assumption Parish.

Bayou Industrial Maintenance Service — 985-384-0323
Director: O Jay Barbier
Bayou Industrial Maintenance Service is a non-profit community agency whose purpose is to educate, train and support persons with disabilities.

Emergency Aid Center — 337-828-0921
Director: Pattie Ibert
Emergency Aid Center services W. St. Mary parish by providing food, clothing, utility and rent assistance, household goods, furniture, and school supplies.

Salvation Army — 985-872-2436
Area Director: Liz Daigleneault
The Salvation Army offers emergency assistance with food, shelter, utilities, furniture, clothing, and emergency medication. It also provides referral services, counseling lodging, and transportation costs.

St. Mary Outreach — 985-385-0525
Director: Kay Raymond
St. Mary Outreach is an emergency service center, which strives to help clients who have an emergency and help through their temporary crisis.

Team 4: Day Care and Health

Cancer Association – 1-800-624-2039
Director: Phyllis Embrey
Cancer Association provides medication and partial rental fee for necessary equipment. Resource audio and visual library on cancer related topics.

St. Lucy Day Care (CSS)– 985-876-1246
Director: Marshall Gullage
St. Lucy Day Care and Child Development Center provides quality day care and child development services to low and middle income, primarily minority children.

Christ Baptist Day Care – 985-868-3094
Director: Stephanie Chapman
Christ Baptist Day Care provides childcare for infants through twelve years of age for low to middle income families.

St. Vincent dePaul Triparish Community Pharmacy–985-872-2253
President: Dr. William Walsh
Provides necessary prescription medications to those who cannot afford them.  Also assists clients in the application process for other indigent medication programs.
Success Story

Team 5: Youth Development

Bayou Girl Scout Council — 337-984-1142
Director: Susan Sewall
Girl scouting offers a program for girls, ages 5-18, providing opportunities to develop potential and have fun with peers in a supportive, all girl setting.

Boy Scouts of America – Southeast Louisiana Council – 504-889-0388
Executive Director: Torrey Hayden
Teaches outdoor life-skills, environmental awareness, crime prevention alternative, leadership, community service, and career education, involving boys and girls.

Boy Scouts of America – Evangeline Area District — 337-235-8551
Director: James Rees
Throughout eight parishes, adult role models instill values in young people, preparing them to make ethical choices as stated in the Scout Law and Oath.

Camp Fire, USA – Big River Council –225-924-2267
Director: Susan Brown
Camp Fire is a youth development organization dedicated to helping youth realize their potential and helping them become responsible, contributing members of society.

Camp Fire USA Greater New Orleans – 504-454-0109
Director: Jene Ebron
Provides opportunities for youth to realize their potential and act as self directed individuals, through club program, camping and age grouped self-reliance courses.

Team 6: Violence Prevention/Drug Abuse

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council for South Louisiana (ADAC) – 985-879-2273
Director: Mieko Johnson
ADAC is a non-profit prevention agency working to enhance protective factors and reduce, prevent risk factors associated with alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse.

Bayou Council on Alcoholism – 985-446-0643
Director: Jackie Myers
The Bayou Council on Alcoholism is a licensed prevention and education agency providing programs to reduce the risk factors associated with substance abuse.

Assisi Bridge House (CSS) — 985-872-5529
Director: Rob Gorman
Assisi Bridge House offers halfway house services to recovering alcoholic and drug addicted men and offers supervised independent living programs to Assisi graduates.

Chez Hope, Inc. – 1-800-331-5303
Director: Sami Riley
Chez Hope is a non-profit domestic violence program providing comprehensive, confidential services to victims within the parishes of Assumption, Lafourche, and St. Mary.

Claire House – 985-395-2424
Director: Tammy Williams
Claire House is a residential halfway house for chemically dependent women and their children in Assumption, Lafourche, St. Mary and Terrebonne parishes.

The Haven — 985-872-0757
Director: Julie Pellegrin
The Haven provides services to victims suffering the effects of physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse, twenty-four hour crisis line, and group counseling.