Crime has fallen dramatically in the five low-income areas where Community Renewal operates neighborhood Friendship Houses, according to recent reports by the Shreveport and Bossier City Police Departments. Major crime has dropped an average of 52 percent in the four...
20 years, 700 children and still going strong! Sandra Simpson moved into the first Community Renewal Friendship House 20 years ago with a heart for Highland and a passion for helping the children and families who live there. She looks back with no regrets and looks...
Aaliyah Burns dreams of being a doctor. Only 12 years old, she is one of several Friendship House youth who recently participated in a six-week medical careers program. A seed was planted there and Community Renewal has been helping to nourish that dream ever since....
By Ashlee Donnaud 2016 ARA graduate My life started off having a terrible childhood. My dad went to prison when I was 4 and remained in prison throughout my childhood. I got put in foster care at the age of 13. Then I got abducted and raped, after a year of...
Nine-year-old Landen Legrand couldn’t stop smiling at this summer’s groundbreaking for a new Community Renewal Friendship House. “This is exciting for us and for Mrs. Sandra,” he said. “I like it here. I feel happy here.” The new...
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