2016-2017 Annual Report

YOU Change People’s Lives Throughout Southeast Louisiana

More than 52,000 helped during the year

Change happens when people like you care enough to take action

That’s exactly what happened last year at Volunteers of America Greater New Orleans Because of you our donors, volunteers, supporters and friends we were able to touch and change the lives of thousands of our neighbors facing tough challenges.

Challenges like having nowhere to live with your two children and now calling a safe, affordable place home. Challenges like living on the streets, having proudly served your country, and then finding open arms at our veterans transitional housing facility. Challenges like having profound, non verbal autism but living on your own with a support professional to help. Challenges with anger management and poor school performance because your mom is nowhere to be found and your dad is in prison . . . but your new mentor listens to you and is helping you realize good things are possible.

In the following pages, you will read more personal stories of those whose lives you ' ve helped change Here are some major areas of our accomplishments

Our Bayou Cane community in Houma provides a safe, affordable and beautiful place for familes to raise children and their pets.

More Affordable Workforce and Senior Housing

Because of you, we continue to make more affordable workforce and senior housing available. To address a lack of safe, affordable, quality housing, we completed two new developments this year Academy Place for seniors in Houma and The Cottages at Mile Branch workforce homes in Covington.

Growing Geographically

Because of you, we continue to serve more people in the 16 southeast Louisiana parishes we cover. We're helping more seniors age in place in St. John and St. Charles parishes with our Repairs on Wheels program. Veterans in Houma have access to our year old Homeless Veterans Reintegration program there. And, we are expanding our mental health services in the Florida Parishes area north of New Orleans.

Getting Children Off to a Great Star t

Because of you, our Adoption and Maternity program is still creating forever families, uniting children and adoptive parents. Our Mentoring program helps children left behind when a parent goes to prison and always welcomes new volunteer mentors to meet our growing list of needy youth. This is especially important in our area, which has one of the country ’ s highest incarceration rates. And, every day, more than 7,000 at risk school children fuel their brains with healthy, nutritious meals from our Fresh Food Factor program.

Seeing Abilities in People with Disabilities

You help us care and love people where they are This is especially true for the many wonderful people with intellectual and developmental disabilities living to the best of their abilities in our Supported Living Services and Community Living Services programs.

Looking Ahead

Throughout our 121-year history in southeast Louisiana, we have stayed focused on the future, to ensure that services respond to the needs of the day Thanks to you, we are planning to continue changing lives and uplifting spirts for many years to come

B O A R D O F

D I R E C T O R S

Geoffrey C. Ar tigues Chair

Christy M. Howley Connois Chair Elect Chanel Lagarde Secretar y Tod Smith Treasurer Wayne M. Baquet, Jr. Immediate Past Chair

M. Isabel Barrios; Terrence C. Forstall; Nathan J. Junius; David Konur; Fred H. Myers; Leonard D. Simmons, Jr.; Lynn Swanson and Chuck Viator

James M. LeBlanc President/CEO

M I S S I O N

Volunteers of America is a movement organized to reach and uplift all people and bring them to the knowledge and active ser vice of God. Volunteers of America, illustrating the presence of God through all that we do, ser ves people and communities in need and creates oppor tunities for people to experience the joy of ser ving others.

Volunteers of America measures its success in positive change in the lives of individuals and communities we ser ve.

Thank You for the Difference You Make in People’s Lives

Looking over the past year at Volunteers of America Greater New Orleans, we are filled with gratitude for you our donors, supporters and volunteers You made it possible for us to change the lives of so many people in need more than 52,000 during the past year Whether you are a new supporter or long time friend, you made a positive difference in thousands of lives.

This Annual Report contains a wealth of information and useful data. We hope you look closely at our facts and figures, but remember the true measure of our success is how well we serve people in need. We included some inspiring stories that show how we offer hope and healing

This is an important time. Volunteers of America completes a year of accomplishments and is moving forward in exciting new directions

First, an announcement. In January, we are changing our name to Volunteers of America Southeast Louisiana We truly serve 16 parishes that extend well beyond metro New Orleans. Our new name reflects who and where we serve, especially during a time of growth

For example, we continue to grow our work in Houma. This past year, we started the Homeless Veterans Reintegration program there and opened the doors to Academy Place, an independent senior living community in the heart of the city. In St. John, St. Charles, Jefferson and St. Tammany parishes, we are accelerating our Repairs on Wheels program for elderly homeowners North of Lake Pontchartrain we are expanding much needed mental health services.

We’re growing in New Orleans, too We are proud to announce new mentoring initiatives for at risk youth and a new program to prevent financial exploitation of seniors One mentoring program will help young victims of sexual trafficking, and the other will serve young fathers transitioning back to the community after incarceration. These are worthy challenges to tackle, and we ’ re ready to get to work to make a difference.

Our progress is possible because of the energetic, wise leadership of our Board of Directors, including our Board chair and Chuck Viator as a new director.

Finally, we applaud our employees who bring professional skills and loving hearts to work each day. Several Volunteers of America staffers just returned from a mission trip to Puerto Rico to help hurricane victims still facing immense challenges. This is a small example of the caring that all our staff display each and every day

On behalf of those we have served this year, we extend our gratitude to you, our supporters, for uplifting lives and our communities.

James M. LeBlanc | President/CEO

Geoffrey C. Artigues | Board Chair

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Adoption and Maternity Adoption Ser vices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Adoption and Maternity Community Outreach Training . . . . . .28 Adoption and Maternity Pregnancy Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Crisis Response Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243

Mentoring Children of Promise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174

Positive Pathways Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

Auto Enterprise Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .875

Fresh Food Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10,472

Healthy Lifestyle Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,155

RSVP St. Tammany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32,973

Volunteer Placement Internal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,335

Residential Re-entry Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238

Repair on Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

The Terraces on Tulane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

H IV/AI DS Prevention Ser vices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 H IV/AI DS Case Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

Elderly Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373

Single Room Occupancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Workforce Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716

Community Living Ser vices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Suppor ted Living Ser vices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Case Aids/Outreach & Innovative Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .663

Housing Case Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Permanent Suppor tive Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .756

Suppor tive Housing Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

New Orleans Equity & Inclusion Initatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Disabled and Elderly Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Mental Health Ser vices/Community Psychiatric Suppor t . . . . .85

Homeless Veterans Reintegration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .648

Suppor tive Ser vices Veterans Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

Veterans Transitional Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .429

Veterans Transitional Housing Savings Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

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Volunteers of America Knows the ABCs of Senior Housing

You help us address southeast Louisiana’s housing shortage one development at a time

Susan, 71, has vivid, fond memories of Houma Elementary School, where she started first grade in 1953. She enjoyed playing marbles under the big tree, being teacher’s pet and making lifelong friends

It’s easier than ever for Susan to relive these memories because, in July, she moved into an apartment at her old school, which has been renovated and transformed by Volunteers of America Greater New Orleans The historic Houma school is now Academy Place, an 103-unit apartment development for independent seniors 62 and up, and many seniors now call it home.

Academy Place is the latest advance in our organization’s long term commitment to supply quality, affordable housing for seniors and others. We believe a decent, safe and affordable home is the foundation for a meaningful life. This is exactly what Academy Place offers seniors in the Terrebonne Parish area, which experiences the affordable housing shortages common through out southeast Louisiana

Welcoming wooden doors, through which generations of children passed, now open wide for seniors. Apartments in the original Art Deco building, erected in 1931, feature original windows and wood flooring, 11- ft ceilings and many beautiful historic details. The building was in use as a school until the 1970s and later housed administrative offices.

The development also includes newly constructed apartments in a contemporary style that blends beautifully with the older building. There are community rooms, a dog park and a washer/dryer in each apartment. Some units are handicap accessible.

Amazingly, four of the 60 current residents, including Susan, attended or taught at the school. Susan found her apartment when she was searching for a new home that would be just right for this stage of her life. “I sit on my patio, and look at the old school, and it brings back childhood memories It’s always been a really special place,” she says.

Another resident, Leona, 81, taught third grade at Houma Elementary from 1968 73, a highlight in her long teaching career Her former classroom on the second floor is now an apartment in Academy Place’s Building B. She remembers the students as particularly eager to learn, and has kept in touch with several of them.

Leona was living in New Orleans but wanted to return to Houma to be closer to her daughters and grandchildren. Friends called with news that her former school was being renovated into senior apartments It was hard to believe at first. Once she visited, she knew she had found a place to call home. Among the first to move in when Academy Place opened, Leona loves the spaciousness of her apartment.

Susan is still best friends with her best friend from elementary school. Many of her family members also attended Houma Elementary. They have visited her and love seeing the transformation of their beloved school.

Volunteers of America brings decades of housing experience and expertise to every initiative we undertake. Your generosity helps make it possible for seniors to age with options. At Academy Place, we ’ re happy to save an historic building and give it new life to help seniors and help solve the housing shortage.

Academy Place residents Leona (left) and Susan. (Photo by The Courier and Daily Comet)

Mentoring Program Alumnus Shows Positive Change to Youth-At-Risk

A decade or so ago, a 10 year old New Orleans boy named Myles joined Volunteers of America Greater New Orleans’ Mentoring Children of Promise program

Back then, Myles was typical of the hundreds of youth at risk we mentor. He lived in the B.W. Cooper housing development with his grandmother, who had health problems, and his mother had been incarcerated. Myles had witnessed violence. He needed positive male role models in his life.

At Volunteers of America, he found men who cared about him and wanted to spend time with him. It was that influence that allowed Myles to begin to reach his full potential. His first mentor was Adam Parker, son of Walter Parker, a site coordinator with the program Myles liked sports The mentoring program had flag football games as well as basketball, and he excelled as captain of the flag team

At Volunteers of America, he found men who c a re d a b o u t h i m a n d w a n t e d t o s p e n d t i m e with him. It was that influence that allowed Myles to begin to reach his full potential.

and now live with the consequences. With years of mentoring experience, Parker sees how much the program can guide youth to success.

Along the way, Myles formed trusting relationships with the men who volunteered as mentors, and he took part in all the activities offered video games, picnics, outings It helped him choose a positive path, both on the court and in the classroom.

Myles graduated from McDonough and attended Delgado before moving on to college in Kansas. He has aged out of the mentoring program, but he still feels the influence it made on his life. Because of the generosity of donors, Volunteers of America is there to provide the positive influence on Myles and other youth to give them hope and opportunities to grow into successful adults.

With pride, Walter Parker says, “Myles is one of our first mentoring alumni. He has expressed interest in becoming a mentor himself.” Parker notes that some of the boys Myles grew up with were not as fortunate They made poor choices

Last year with your support, the Mentoring Children of Promise program continued to grow, matching 170 youth with mentors With each child, program leaders and volunteer mentors look to the future, guiding them to become healthy and happy adults, who know their own value and how to make positive choices for themselves

Volunteers of America formed Mentoring Children of Promise because of the great need for intervention in the lives of youth with a parent in prison. Statistics reveal that about 70 percent of these children grow up to enter prison themselves. The need for mentoring and intervention is even more acute in New Orleans, with one of the country ’ s largest populations of incarcerated persons. Each man or woman who enters prison leaves behind families and loved ones. Their children, innocent themselves, can suffer lifelong effects.

You help match these boys and girls with mentors who change that statistic, one child at a time.

You Make It Possible for a Veteran to Weather the Storm

Kenneth, a 10 year Army veteran, was living a clean life in Houston when Hurricane Harvey struck in late August. The storm washed away all his possessions but couldn’t break his spirit. So many things the average person takes for granted, such as a warm bed to sleep in and a kitchen to cook delicious meals in, seemed impossible as the storm clouds rolled in.

“I never went through anything clean and sober like what I went through during Hurricane Harvey,” he said “The hurricane took away everything It was just the Grace of God that led me back here ”

Kenneth came back to New Orleans hoping to reconnect with his church and family, but his family was struggling too So one day as he was lying down at a local homeless shelter, an announcement came over the intercom that led him to Volunteers of America Greater New Orleans and our Supportive Services for Veterans Families program. That was the turning point.

Case manager Patrice Hopkins said Kenneth is thriving again, thanks to his desire to overcome this challenge while remaining sober. It’s incredible what helping someone meet their basic needs can do, she said.

Thanks to your support, Kenneth currently resides at one of Volunteers of America’s temporary housing facilities with hopes to move to a permanent home of his own His family stepped up to help him

furnish his single room with furniture while Volunteers of America provided him with pots and pans to whip up those delicious meals he was missing.

He’s even reconnected with his church “home” and does volunteer work in the community.

“It was like the Devil wanted me to go back and smoke crack,” he said. “I knew I could hustle on the streets, but I didn’t want to do that. I knew that life has got to be better than that ” Because of the generosity of donors, Volunteers of America is there with a warm bed and supportive services to help Kenneth have hope and opportunities

Now, he’s working with his church Israelite Baptist Church making boxed lunches headed to Houston, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to help those affected by the same storm he’s been able to overcome. He’s even started preaching on Sundays.

The 56 year old Baton Rouge native feels like the sun is shining again, and he wants to share that feeling. He plans to continue volunteering and hopes to return to college to obtain his bachelor’s degree. Eventually, he would like to do outreach in the criminal justice system to help those incarcerated improve their lives.

Kenneth, who has been clean for nearly two years, said it has been a “whirlwind” over the past three months, but he looks forward to a much brighter future.

“You’d think that I’m a lottery winner,” he said “It’s just a joy on the inside That’s what is so powerful I’ve got a lot of joy in my heart, and if it wasn ’ t for Volunteers of America, I wouldn’t have been able to stay on this positive path ”

. . . Kenneth is thriving again, thanks to his desire to overcome this challenge while remaining sober. It’s incredible what helping someone meet their basic needs can do. . .

With Love, All Things Are Possible

Emily and Dexter enjoy a happy, enthusiastic marriage based on 30 years of true love. Friends of the Metairie couple say their devotion to each other never waivers They met at work and have been married since 2005 They take joy in the seemingly small moments in life, like reuniting at the end of the day and spending time with close friends

There was a time when the couple could not have enjoyed such fulfilling lives In fact, it’s likely that in decades past they would have spent their lives in institutions. Both Emily and Dexter are individuals with an intellectual disability and are part of the Supported Living Services program at Volunteers of America Greater New Orleans.

Supported Living looks at persons such as

disabilities do not inter fere with a person ’ s capacity to love and live a full life.

Emily and Dexter and considers what they can do rather than what they can ’ t. The staff sees their abilities and humanity first The goal is to give people with disabilities the support they need to live on their own, hold jobs, make their own decisions and pursue their dreams Emily and Dexter perfectly display the Volunteers of America philosophy that disabilities do not interfere with a person ’ s capacity to love and live a full life

Thanks to your donations, Supported Living Services assists nearly 100 persons in the area with intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities and health conditions. Over the past year, it has remained one of our most effective programs in advocating for the individualism, independence and autonomy of people with disabilities.

A Volunteers of America direct support professional helps Emily and Dexter with tasks such as paying bills, transportation and managing medical care. Direct support professionals become family. The staff also guides the couple in fulfilling their fondest wishes. Getting married was perhaps the biggest dream of all.

When Emily and Dexter met at a worksite,

they instantly became friends and soon got closer. At the time, Emily lived in a group home. Dexter lived with his mother Emily took the first step toward independence, moving into her own apartment with Volunteers of America's support

Dexter took an hour long bus ride after work at the Hilton Hotel to visit Emily and another long bus ride home Later, he joined Supported Living Services as well The relationship was still going strong Both enjoyed living on their own, but they wanted to get married. Some people said this would not be possible. But their direct support professionals worked with the couple to help make it happen. Emily and Dexter had a beautiful church wedding, and Volunteers of America was an integral part of the day. As it turns out, many staff members had gotten close to the couple, seen their love and wanted to be part of the nuptials. Their reception was at Volunteers of America’s Canal Street headquarters. Their love story still unfolds. Emily and Dexter support each other through disappointments and look forward to the high points such as vacationing together with others in the program. When you start with love, everything seems possible.

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Emily and Dexter. (Photo by Brett Duke/The Times Picayune)

society members

Volunteers of America honors those donors who made a major commitment to supporting people in need by joining our Reach for the Stars Society. Donors who took an extra step to make their commitment to the Reach for the Stars Society perpetual are members of the Evergreen Society. Thank you for helping to ensure our organization’s future remains bright.

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John's Tuxedos

Katie Scott Design Keller Family Foundation

Kentwood Springs Water Company

KIDSPORTS Family Fun & Fitness

Kobrand Fine Wines and Spirits KPMG, LLC

Kuebel Fuchs Properties No. 1, LLC Kushner LaGraize, LLC Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home & Cemeteries

Lake Vista Women's Club Lakeside Camera Photoworks Lakewood Golf Club Launch Model & Talent

Laura: A Creole Plantation

Lenora's Catering Linfield, Hunter & Junius, Inc Little Pnuts Toy Shoppe Longue Vue House & Garden

Loop Linen Service, Inc

Louisiana Children's Museum

Louisiana Office Products, Inc

Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra

Louisiana State Museum

Love Evangelical Lutheran Church

Lowe's Jewelers

Lukinovich APLC

Magnolia Forwarding Co., Inc. Marrero Land & Improvement Association, Ltd.

Metairie Evangelical Church Methodist Health System Foundation, Inc.

Mike Posey Photography & Video, Inc.

Mouton Long Turner Architects

Muriel's Jackson Square Murray Architects, Inc

National Association of Women in Construction Chapter 17 Neville Development

New Orleans Ballet Association (NOBA) New Orleans Marriott Hotel New Orleans Paddlewheels, Inc New Orleans Pharmacy Museum New Orleans Steamboat Company NewsWatch 15

New Orleans Hamburger and Seafood Co. Restaurant Group

Oak Alley Plantation

Ochsner Clinic Foundation Ochsner Fitness Center Ochsner Health System

Ogden Museum of Southern Art Opinions 4 Good, Inc

Oscar J Tolmas Charitable Trust Painting With a Twist Party City

Payroll Rx, LLC Perlis, Inc

Personnel Consulting Group Pharmacy Alternatives

Pier 1 Imports

Pivotal Engineering, LLC

PNC Real Estate

PR Solutions LLC

Pratt Stanton Manor Fund

Real Estate Tax Group, LLC Receivable Recovery Services, LLC Reinhart Foodservice, LLC Republic National Distributing Company

Retif Oil & Fuel, LLC Rock n’ Bowl

Rouse's Enterprises, LLC Royal Carriages

Salmen Family Foundation Shell Oil Company

Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hillbert, LLC

South Louisiana Financial Services, LLC

Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System

Southern Construction of Metairie, LLC

Southern Eagle Sales & Service

Southern Services & Equipment, Inc

SouthFresh Aquaculture, LLC

St Denis J Villere & Company, LLC

St Tammany Parish Suicide Awareness

Stewart Capital, LLC

Stillwater Solutions Water Treatment

Summit Holdings, Inc.

Surgical Specialists of Louisiana

Taste Buds Management, LLC

The Atchafalaya at Idlewild

The Audubon Group at Morgan Stanley

The Beauregard Keyes House and Garden Museum

The Brinson Co , Inc

The Calida Group

The Calling Card LLC

The Court of Two Sisters

The E J and Marjory B Ourso Family Foundation

The Earnest Corporation

The Fenner French Foundation

The Greater New Orleans Foundation

The Haslauer Group

The Home Depot Foundation

The Maison Dupuy Hotel

The National WWII Museum

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.

The New Orleans School of Cooking

The POST Foundation

The Roosevelt New Orleans A Waldorf Astoria Hotel

The RosaMary Foundation

The University Club of Baton Rouge

This TV TNT Drywall Supplies, Inc

Total Media, LLC

Trepagnier Law Firm, APLC

TriWest Healthcare Alliance

Twin Brothers Marine, LLC

Tyler's Pride Produce, LLC

U.S. Copy, Inc.

U.S. District Court EDLA Section A

United Way of Southeast Louisiana UnitedHealthcare

Urban Vision, LLC

USConnect

Viator Wealth Management Group

WDSU News Channel 6

Wendy's International, Inc

WGNO TV

Whitney Bank

WNOL TV NOLA CW

WWL TV

Ye Olde College Inn

Your Nutrition Delivered

Zea Rotisserie & Grill Harahan

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O P E R AT I N G R E V E N U E 2 0 1 7 2 0 1 6

Public Suppor t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$2,169,137 . . . . $2,558,720

Grants & Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,211,597. . . . 19,665,846

Rental Income 4,519,741 4,449,281

Program Service Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,326,583 . . . . . 5,214,436

Other Operating Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544,259 . . . . . . 632,058

Total Operating Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,771,317 . . . $32,520,341

O P E R AT I N G E X P E N S E S

Encouraging Positive Development . . . $8,943,770 . . . . $7,130,069

Fostering Independence 7,550,495 8,032,874

Promoting Self Sufficiency 9,978,569 10,574,896

Management & Fundraising . . . . . . . . . . 4,947,408 . . . . . 4,414,722

Total Operating Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,420,242 . . . . 30,152,561

Non Operating Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,638,636 . . . . . . (151,940)

Surplus before Interest & Depreciation . . $3,989,711 . . . . $2,215,840

Interest Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,214,138) . . . . (1,173,103)

Depreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3,104,607) . . . (2,817,639)

Change in Net Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (329,034) . . . (1,774,902)

Net Assets beginning of year 48,868,562 44,562,555

Other Changes in Net Assets (49,483) 6,080,909

Net Assets end of year . . . . . .

. . . . . $48,490,045 . . $48,868,562

Statement of Financial Position

A

Current Assets

Fixed Assets,

$11,011,561

97,465,620

$11,966,242

84,299,279

Other Assets 21,614,051 21,871,434

Total

L

Current Liabilities

Other Liabilities

$17,408,532 . . . $10,648,728

Volunteer Finds Recipe for Success

At Volunteers of America Greater New Orleans, we pride ourselves on offering volunteer opportunities for every person of every interest

Sarah Cory is a prime example Last December, as a recent retiree, Cory began looking for a meaningful way to volunteer. She went online and found Volunteers of America’s Fresh Food Factor program.

Cory worked as a chef in the past, but moved on to other jobs. “I liked the idea of being around people who love food,” she says. Cory began volunteering twice a week at Fresh Food Factor, which prepares fresh, healthy meals to nourish both the bodies and minds of local schoolchildren. She makes sandwiches, prepares vegetables and packs lunches along with the staff.

This was the perfect match for Cory. She found an outlet to serve others by pursuing her passion for food. “I like the relationship between the chefs and staff. Everyone is treated with respect. I enjoy the camaraderie and getting to know people I might not meet otherwise.”

Not only does volunteering have a positive impact on the community, it has a positive impact on YOU! Volunteer to make an impact. Learn more at voagno.org.

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