Movin' Acadiana

In this episode we sit down with Ben Broussard of Catholic Charities of Acadian. Ben explains to us the impact Catholic Charities has in the Acadiana area and all the services they provide. The reason we sit down is that we are nearing the end of our bi-annual food drive. We have set a goal to collect and donate 20,000 lbs of food to FoodNet Food Bank, a division of Catholic Charities. It just so happened that 20,000 lbs is the amount of food needed to serve the people that FoodNet serves each month.

If you would like get involved or become a monthly donor of Catholic Charities, you can find out more information on their website https://catholiccharitiesacadiana.org

In this episode, John Ray and Ben talk about the importance of how you volunteer. What volunteering under VOAD does to ensure that people don't fall through the cracks. And how important it is to build awareness in the first two weeks, cause the cameras are going to go away and this is a recovery that will take years. Get involved at xhttp://catholiccharitiesacadiana.org/

Our guest on today's show is my good friend Paul Hood. Paul served in the Catholic Church as a professional minster for 20 years. We talk about his journey as a minister and the moments he saw God showed up in BIG ways. Last year, Paul was the recipient of a double organ transplant and was literally in recovery when the world shut down due to COViD-19. He shares a little of that story. Today Paul is a travel agent with Enchanted Journeys Travel. He and I spend some time talking about what the world travel looks like in a COViD world. Thank you for tuning in. Be sure to let us know what you think by subscribing and leaving us a review.

Movin Acadiana will launch in the Fall of 2021. We are working on a teaser episode. For now, let's get excited!!