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October 28, 2020
United Way of Southwest Louisiana to Distribute Donated Frozen Turkeys LAKE CHARLES, LA, October 28 – Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter has issued a Mayor’s Turkey Challenge. Any busin…
April 23, 2020
The restaurant business can be feast or famine. Large tips one day, cut before the lunch rush the next. Working at upscale restaurants shelters somewhat from these harsh realities, but even th…
April 21, 2020
Latonia Thibodeaux didn’t expect April to look like this. A steady job at an up and coming restaurant and two daughters finishing up high school, she was looking forward to a spring fill…
April 2, 2020
Roland Landry, of Ragley, Louisiana, thought he had everything under control for his family. A hard-worker, a technical college student and planning for future success, he thought the realitie…
March 12, 2020
United Way of SWLA Bracing For Coronavirus Impact Worldwide agency in touch with state and national leaders on the global pandemic LAKE CHARLES, LA, March 12 – United Way of Southwest Lo…
December 10, 2019
Names have been changed to protect the anonymity of 211 users. The Christmas season looked especially bleak for Shelia, a single mother and Lake Charles resident. A survivor of domestic abuse…
May 21, 2019
Mary Doucet was desperate. At age 69 she found herself with a home damaged beyond repair due to Hurricane Harvey without any hope of living on her own again. "It lifted the roof off the house…
April 23, 2019
Four years ago, United Way Worldwide began a mission to combat the horrors of human trafficking. A very real threat in Southwest Louisiana, the I10 corridor is a known hotbed for human traffic…
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