Coastal restoration plantings identified and designed by the Meraux Foundation became reality this past August and are now doing their work to restore and preserve critical wetlands on the front lines of Louisiana’s imperiled coast.

Fulfills Over $5 Million Commitment to Enrich and Expand Healthcare in St. Bernard Parish

Project Protects Coast, Prepares Young People for High Wage Careers

Awards Grant to Irene Campbell Foundation

The startup took home the grand prize of nearly $100K in cash and in-kind services.

Representatives of the Arlene and Joseph Meraux Charitable Foundation joined with partners from the LSU AgCenter, 4H Club, Chalmette High School, Sea Grant, St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Anglers Bettering Louisiana’s Estuaries, and St. Bernard Coastal Department to plant Black Mangrove trees along the coast at Mosquito Bight on Bay Eloi at the east end of St. Bernard Parish.

The Arlene and Joseph Meraux Charitable Foundation has commissioned a series of eight murals to beautify and visually connect a collection of its buildings along St. Claude Ave. within the Old Arabi Cultural District.

Eugene Campbell is on a mission. The long-time Violet resident is creating and bringing opportunities to people in the eastern end of St. Bernard Parish.

The Arlene and Joseph Meraux Charitable Foundation announced today in a video message that it has committed $250,000 to the Community Center of St. Bernard, a charity that provides emergency food assistance to local families.

The Arlene and Joseph Meraux Charitable Foundation announced today, Lena Randazzo Torres’ 100th birthday, that it is naming the turn-of-the-century house on the nonprofit’s Docville Farm in her honor. ​

The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) Technical Committee selected the Reggio Marsh Creation and Hydrologic Restoration (RMCHC) project as one of its Project Priority List (PPL) programs earlier this month. Meraux Foundation Coastal and Environmental Program Director Blaise Pezold helped design the $15-20 million project with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The RMCHC will create and nourish 483 acres of emergent marsh in front of the Terre aux Boeuf Ridge in Reggio.

Louisiana has the second highest rate of domestic violence in the nation, which is on the rise amid the pandemic. In response, and to commemorate Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Arlene and Joseph Meraux Charitable Foundation granted an additional $50,000 to the Family Violence Program of St. Bernard, formerly known as the St Bernard Battered Women’s Program. To date the Foundation has donated over a quarter million dollars to the local nonprofit.