Together Baton Rouge

• Monday, March 4th, 6:30 PM, at the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge, 8470 Goodwood Blvd., there will be a Citywide Civic Academy on Healthcare and Medicaid Expansion in Louisiana. At this gathering, the Healthcare Team of Together Baton Rouge will share, for the first time, a presentation about healthcare in our State, including a detailed analysis of the issue of expanding Medicaid to cover several hundred thousand people in our State. This is an incredibly important issue for our State, and accurate information is the precondition to informed public discourse. If you plan to attend on Monday, March 4th, please email contact@togetherbr.org, and put "Healthcare" in the subject heading.

Together Baton Rouge - The Scotlandville Mobile Pantry is a collaborative venture of Together Baton Rouge and The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank to provide access to healthy foods for the residents of Scotlandville and surrounding areas. Distribution is not restricted to residents of Scotlandville but open to all who come on a first come first served basis. We have had 5 pantries thus far servicing 3,063 households touching 10.154 liveswith 117, 848 pounds of food. The success of the pantry is because you and people like you have volunteered their time forthis community project.

Can you be part of the solution?  Volunteers are asked to arrive at 8:15am. Distribution of food is scheduled to begin at 9:30am until 12pm, or while supplies last.  To download a flier with information about the Mobile Pantry, please click here. The Mobile Pantry is located at St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 1620 77th Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70807.  If you can help out , please email Edgar Cage at edgarcage@att.net with the date you can help out.

Thanks to all of our church members that participated with Together Baton Rouge in our effort to bring transit reform to our city. The relationships we have formed by engaging with other churches and non-profits will be invaluable in the future. There is still much work to do to be done. This is only the beginning. There will be many more volunteer opportunities. Stay tuned for our next mission to make this a better world.