Caring Krewes: N.O. Carnival Groups Give More Than Free Trinkets
New Orleans City Business › February 02, 2008
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Free Carnival parades are a main tourist lure, but krewe members also provide charitable contributions to the city, particularly since Hurricane Katrina.
Rex members, for example, began a concentrated effort to rebuild New Orleans just three weeks after Katrina by creating the Pro Bono Publico Foundation to consolidate their philanthropic efforts. They have since raised more than $30,000 to pay for overtime expenses of police officers during Mardi Gras.See the full content of this document
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Caring Krewes: N.O. Carnival Groups Give More Than Free Trinkets
Pro Bono Publico, Latin "for the public good," has been Rex's motto since its inception in 1872.
"Rex has always been comprised of civic leaders from within the community, who on their own spend a lot of time working ...See the full content of this document
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