The Arlene and Joseph Meraux Charitable Foundation hosted a meeting on Jan. 10 to facilitate a dialogue on coastal restoration between dozens of landowners in St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Orleans, and St. Tammany parishes and representatives of more than ten coastal and environmental agencies.

The Arlene and Joseph Meraux Charitable Foundation partnered with St. Bernard Parish Government’s Office of Coastal Operations and the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry last week to collect Black Mangrove propagules that will be raised into trees and planted on barrier islands in Biloxi Marsh.

The Arlene and Joseph Meraux Charitable Foundation partnered with the Greater New Orleans Foundation and Restore the Mississippi River Delta to host Community Conversations at Docville Farm on Tuesday evening.

St. Bernard Parish was full of fall and Halloween festivities with school Fall Fests, pumpkin patches, a Trick or Trunk event at Sidney Torres Park, and Boo in the Barn event held at Docville Barn in Meraux. This was the second Boo at the Barn hosted by the Chalmette High School Key Club.

The Valiant Theatre and Lounge is slated to open in September within Studio Arabi, the newly established arts campus in St. Bernard Parish. A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held on October 8 at 5 p.m. Named in honor of a large crown that adorns the former pawn shop at 6621 St. Claude Ave., the Valiant Theatre will feature a full service, upscale bar and lounge in addition to a 120 seat theatre.

Dozens of educators from the headwaters of the Mississippi River in Minnesota and the delta in Louisiana are in St. Bernard Parish for the second annual Waters to the Sea® Mississippi River Delta Institute presented by the Arlene and Joseph Meraux Charitable Foundation on June 13-15, 2016

The Arlene and Joseph Meraux Charitable Foundation has awarded a $5,000 donation to the Knights of Nemesis Social Club and Parade for their annual Hook a Kid on Fishing Rodeo being held Saturday, June 18.

Meraux Foundation Partners with Artists Erica and Mitchell Gaudet in Creative Placemaking Project

Families were able to see, touch and experience all things Louisiana agriculture at the Meraux Foundation’s Docville Farm!

St. Bernard Parish was recently chosen by the National CASA Association as one of 16 communities for a local CASA branch. A charitable donation of $30,000 from the Meraux Foundation helped CASA begin its important work in our community.

Judges announced Christie’s Dreams Seafood the winner of the second annual Startup St. Bernard yesterday. Christie’s Dreams Seafood took home a $110,000 prize package of cash and in-kind services designed to help propel their business to the next level.

The Working on the Water Summit and Expo returns to St. Bernard Parish March 22nd at the Meraux Foundation’s Docville Farm (5124 E. St. Bernard Hwy, Violet, LA) with a dynamic line up of fishermen and government agencies.

Things were certainly buzzing at the Rotary Club’s annual St. Bernard Community Spelling Bee held at Chalmette High.

The Arlene and Joseph Meraux Charitable Foundation donated land on Paris Road at the entrance to St. Bernard Parish to the St. Bernard Parish Public School Board to develop a new elementary school, which will be named the Arlene Meraux Elementary School. The new school is projected to open in August 2017 and is a response to the growing number of school-age children in the parish.