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Our New Orleans office maintains
a key presence each year in the Preservation Resource Center's
annual Rebuilding Together (formerly Christmas in October)
event. Dedicated to preserving historical buildings and
restoring blighted homes in the metropolitan area, Rebuilding
Together brings volunteers together to assist lower income
individuals in creating their dream homes. Events of this
nature give our New Orleans personnel an opportunity to
work with one another outside of the office, while enhancing
the community in which we live.
In addition, the firm
has been a major sponsor for several years of the Children's
Hospital Sugarplum Ball, which raises funds for one of the
Gulf South's leading pediatric medical centers. For example,
proceeds raised at the 2002 ball helped fund the extensive
renovation and expansion of the Jack M. Weiss Emergency
Care Center; 2001 funds purchased new heart monitors for
the Michael Jeffrey Lupin Pediatric Intensive Care Unit;
and 2000 proceeds were used to support Rehabilitation Services.
Concern about issues
facing children is also evident in the firm's participation
in various Junior Achievement initiatives every year, particularly
the elementary, middle, and high school educational programs.
Based on outstanding service to the organization's mission,
Phelps Dunbar was named to Junior Achievement's "1998 Honor
Roll" of businesses in the greater New Orleans area.
Phelps continues the
work started with students in Junior Achievement by sponsoring
MetroVision, a partnership of business, education, labor,
government, and civic organizations working together to
create jobs in the New Orleans metropolitan area. The MetroVision
alliance strives to bolster the local economic community
with the hope that students who have developed an early
interest in business and economics will have the opportunity
to apply their skills locally.
New Orleans personnel
also take part annually in the Cystic Fibrosis Sports Challenge
to raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis, as well as the Louisiana
State Bar Association Secret Santa program, which provides
Christmas gifts to disadvantaged children in the New Orleans
area. Also, the firm was a major sponsor in 2001 of the
American Cancer Society's "Making Strides Against Breast
Cancer" walk to raise money for research and a cure.
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