Doing Good - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

Nonprofit organizations make a huge impact in the community. With
decreased government funding for badly needed social services,
nonprofits are more important than ever. But assessing need,
figuring out how to make the most impact, and then raising money is
a challenge. There are all sorts of ways to make it work, but you
have to be creative and very determined. Jennifer Maggio founded
The Life of a Single Mom in 2007. The organization is based in
Baton Rouge and in 10 years has become one of the largest, single
mom support groups in the nation. Life of a Single Mom not only
offers support to single mothers in the Baton Rouge community, it
works to launch other support groups in cities around the country.
To date, Life of a single mom has launched 1,500 support groups and
serves more than 50 thousand single parent families. Jennifer
herself was once a single mom so she knows the need first hand and
has quite an incredible story to share. Sam Trevathan is Education
Director of Kids Orchestra, a nonprofit that is making a huge
impact in the lives of local children. Kids Orchestra was founded
in 2011 and in the nearly 7 years since has engaged thousands of
Baton Rouge kids in grades K 5 in an afterschool immersive music
program. In addition to music instructions, Kids Orchestra provides
tutoring, homework help, and a healthy snack They produce two
concerts a year. Out to Lunch is recorded live over lunch at
Mansurs on the Boulevard in Baton Rouge.

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