Acadiana Disaster Response Fund grants $228,000 to local organizations, churches

LAFAYETTE — The Acadiana Disaster Response Fund, at Community Foundation of Acadiana (CFA), awarded a total of $228,000 to 13 local organizations and churches on Sept. 16 to benefit flood victims.
Grantees include the Catholic Diocese of Lafayette, Catholic Charities; the Disch-Declouet Social Services Center; Vermilion Faith Community of Care, Inc.; FoodNet; Lutheran Social Services Disaster Response, Inc.; Our Savior’s Church; Second Harvest Food Bank; St. Francis of Assisi Church; St. Landry-Evangeline United Way; St. Martin de Tours Church; Southern Mutual Help Association, United Way of Acadiana and United Way of New Iberia.
The Acadiana Disaster Response Fund received contributions from generous donors and proceeds from various fundraising endeavors to benefit those affected. Thanks to CFA Ambassadors, 100% of all contributions to CFA are being used to benefit those affected by the floods. Furthermore, grantee organizations have agreed to waive administrative fees to ensure donor dollars directly benefit flood victims.
The grants will support programs for flood victims as well as provide direct assistance to individuals. (CFA is not accepting applications for individual assistance, but will instead, rely on the expertise of grantee organizations to qualify and confirm eligibility.)
“CFA’s core purpose is to connect all generous people to the causes they care about,” said Community Foundation of Acadiana President & CEO Raymond J. Hébert. “The Acadiana Disaster Response Fund and these grants serve as a great illustration of our purpose and role in the community. Thanks to Acadiana’s outstanding generosity, these funds will help our neighbors and communities rebuild.”
Donations from individuals, corporations and others may be made online at www.cfacadiana.org/flood. Checks may also be made payable and mailed to Community Foundation of Acadiana (Memo: Acadiana Disaster Response Fund), 1035 Camellia Blvd., Suite 100, Lafayette, LA, 70508. Donations are tax-deductible and 100% of your contribution, less standard credit card fees, will benefit our neighbors.
For more information about CFA’s Acadiana Disaster Response Fund, please call Communications and Development Director Erin Winder at 337.769.4842.
Community Foundation of Acadiana’s (CFA) core purpose is to connect all generous people to the causes they care about. CFA is south Louisiana’s premier philanthropic organization benefiting our region, with a particular focus on the parishes of Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Mary, St. Martin and Vermilion. CFA has realized cumulative gifts exceeding $170 million and has made cumulative grants of over $86 million. Learn more at www.cfacadiana.org.