I want them to go to the next level

I want them to go to the next level

“I want them to go to the next level” Le’Andrea Taylor’s passion for helping youth has taken her from basketball courts to a neighborhood corner – the corner that is home to a Queensborough Friendship House. Raised in nearby Mooringsport, graduating from Northwood...
Celebration Church shows a little love can go a long way

Celebration Church shows a little love can go a long way

When a trailer stolen from a Shreveport church turned up in the Queensborough neighborhood a few years ago, church members discovered a new place for a new outreach. Members believed God used the theft of that trailer to show them a neighborhood where they needed to...
Crime plummets in Friendship House areas

Crime plummets in Friendship House areas

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...
President Carter Celebrates 20 Years of Caring with Community Renewal

President Carter Celebrates 20 Years of Caring with Community Renewal

President Carter Celebrates 20 Years of Caring with Community Renewal On October 30, 2014, former President Jimmy Carter visited the Shreveport-Bossier area in honor of Community Renewal’s 20th anniversary. He toured area neighborhoods: Highland, Allendale, and...