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Your guide to King Cakes in Baton Rouge and Beyond – 2017

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We have yet to ring in 2017 but King Cake season is just days away! It’s time to celebrate new beginnings and count down to more fun!  We’re sure you’ve noticed that King Cakes are popping up at your favorite local markets and bakeries are taking orders so we thought it best to kick off our 2017 guide to King Cakes in Baton Rouge.

On the Christian calendar, the 12th day after Christmas is celebrated as the date that the gift-bearing Magi visited the baby Jesus. This day, January 6, is known by several names, including “Epiphany”, “Twelfth Night”, or “Kings Day”. The King Cake is a traditional reenactment of Epiphany, the day the Magi arrived in Bethlehem and presented gifts to baby Jesus the twelfth night after his birth. “Epiphany cakes” are found throughout Europe–in England, it is known as a Twelfth Night cake, Roscón de reyes or rosca de reyes (kings’ ring) is a Spanish and Latin American King Cake pastry and in France, the King Cake is known as the Gteau De Rois. All very similar and all delicious!

King Cakes in Baton Rouge

There are numerous places to get King Cakes in Baton Rouge and a plethora of flavors to choose from… Traditional, Cream-cheese, Chocolate, Praline, Strawberry, Apple,  Raspberry to Bacon, Boudin and Maple! Below we’ve listed 25 places to get your King Cake fix in Baton Rouge and beyond. Check back at the end of the week to see the top 5 from the list via our Facebook poll!

Your guide to King Cakes in Baton Rouge and Beyond:

  1. Alexander’s – 18111 Highland Market Drive – Phone: 615-7800
  2. Ambrosia Bakery – 8546 Siegen Lane – Phone: 763-6489
  3. Another Piece of Cake – 14112 Greenwell Springs Rd. Central, LA Phone: 810-3377
  4. Baums – Florida Blvd Location 8046 Florida Blvd. Phone: 927-0760 – Perkins Road Location 10550 Perkins Rd. Phone: 767-4838
  5. Brew Ha Ha – 711 Jefferson Hwy Suite 2-A – Phone: 923-1923
  6. Cake Jewels – King Cake Balls – Phone: 337-0253
  7. Calandro’s – Government Street: 383-7815 • Perkins Road: 767-6659
  8. Cupcake Allie – 753 Perkins Road, Suite #6 Phone: 302-7096
  9. Daily Donut – Gonzales– 12503 Airline Hwy
  10. Dawn’s Sweet Tooth – 13623 Hooper Rd Ste A Central, Louisiana (225) 261-0090
  11. Gambino’s– 8646 Goodwood Blvd – Phone: 928-7000
  12. Gourmet Girls– 3025 Perkins Rd – Phone: 252-0999
  13. LeBlanc’s (Now Rouses}– 8 locations in Louisiana
  14. 11826 Coursey Blvd – Phone: 293-8115
  15. Mr. Ronnies– 216 Lee Dr, Ste D Phone: 223-6116
  16. My Sugar Belle– 5151 Plank Rd, Ste 42 Phone: 355-8080
  17. Nanette Mayhall Phone: 343-4530.
  18. Navarre’s Famous King Cakes – 31545 Highway 22 Springfield, Louisiana (225) 294-3438
  19. NY Bagel– 8342 Perkins Rd – Phone: 218-6070
  20. Oak Point Fresh Market – Watson and Central locations
  21. Ralphs– 15013 Hwy 44 Gonzales – 622-4044 – 6431 Hwy 44 (Pelican Point) Gonzales – 473-1004
  22. Randazzos– You can get your Baton Rouge Randazzo’s at Carnival Mart off Florida BLVD and at Capital City Crawfish!
  23. Rouses – Many locations (225) 448-0050
  24. Strands Cafe– 226 LAUREL ST.- Phone: 344-5346
  25. Thee Heavenly Donut– 17732 Highland Rd – 753.7711 5830 –  S. Sherwood Forest Blvd. – 368.0090 – 15507 Hwy 44 Gonzales – 622.7797
  26. Tiger Deaux-Nuts– 5162 Government St Phone: 421-1091

These are not the only places to find King Cake in the Baton Rouge area but this is a great start! If we have missed one of your favorites, please let us know. Check our Facebook page for King Cake giveaways and be sure to check back for our Mardi Gras Parade Guide, tomorrow!

Walmart Online Grocery Pickup Service in the Baton Rouge Area

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If there is one thing moms rarely look forward to, it’s grocery shopping. Time always seems to be an issue and if you go with kids in tow it can make for a longer, more expensive trip. Between kids, rushing through isles, standing in line and going back and forth for the three items you forgot… I think it’s safe to say most would opt for a grocery shopping fairy if they could. Well, now you can! There’s a new service in the Baton Rouge area that can make every grocery shopping woe disappear… Walmart Online Grocery Pickup Service!

Walmart shoppers are now able to order grocery items online and pick them up curbside at no additional charge at three Baton Rouge area stores, 308 N. Airline Highway in Gonzales; 904 S. Range Ave. in Denham Springs; and 17585 Airline Highway in Prairieville.

How Walmart Online Grocery Pickup Service Works

We recently tried the Walmart online grocery pickup service and it was quick, user-friendly and saved us money! It never fails, you can go into the grocery store prepared with a list in hand but you add 10 to 20 items that you forgot or impulse buy on the spot. The first thing I realized with ordering our groceries online was that I followed my list and only purchased what I needed, in turn, saving us money. When illness strikes or during busy seasons such as the holidays, this service is a priceless life saver! I found this out firsthand when I became ill last month and ended up home-bound for close to thirty days. LIFE-SAVER!

Walmart Online Grocery Pickup Service Baton Rouge

You can shop by searching for your items or shopping by department, with more than 30,000 items available for pickup, ranging from fresh produce and meat to canned goods and diapers.  Choose a day and time for pickup, pay for your items and your done. The Walmart Grocery interface is seamless, fast, easy. My entire online shopping experience took 30 minutes, saving me a ton of time! 

Specially trained Walmart employees go through your order and select items, including produce, they pick the freshest items – guaranteed, or your money back.

Once you arrive at Walmart you will see signs leading to the pickup area, park at the designated curbside pickup and call the number listed on the sign in front of your parking space.  When you call the number an employee will notify someone to bring and load your groceries for you. You never have to leave the comfort of your car. (Can I get an Amen!)

You can also use Online Grocery Mobile Check-in by downloading the “Walmart Grocery” app. The app will not show the store your exact location, but will let them know how many minutes away you are so they can prepare for your arrival.

What happens if they don’t have what you ordered?

Walmart will make substitutions for items that are unavailable on the day your order is packed unless you change your substitutions setting in My Account. In cases of expensive items such as electronics or items where features are very important, they will contact you by phone to describe alternatives and get your approval before they substitute that item. If they are unable to contact you, the unavailable item will be canceled. If you choose not to allow substitutions, any items that are not available will be left off of your order.

When I picked up our groceries the Walmart associates showed me the substitutions that were chosen and I was able to accept or decline them on the spot. Your order will not be charged to your card until you have signed and accepted your groceries.

Walmart Stores Offering Online Grocery in the Baton Rouge area:

Walmart Supercenter
308 N Airline Hwy
Gonzales, LA 70737

Walmart Supercenter
904 S Range Ave
Denham Springs, LA 70726

Walmart Supercenter
17585 Ailine Hwy
Prairieville, LA 70769

Ladies, it’s definitely worth a try and we have a coupon code to share that will take $10 off your first online order HERE! There’s still time to purchase the rest of your holiday goods, shop from the comfort of your home and get to clicking! 

Have you tried the service? Share your experience in the comments HERE.

Disclosure: This is a “sponsored post.” The company who sponsored it compensated BRM via a cash payment, gift, or giveaway. Opinions expressed herein are that of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of the sponsor.

Thin RedLine Project – Baton Rouge Spotlight

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“This is what it feels like to heard… It feels like being trapped inside a dark room with no windows or lights. There is a singular door locked from the outside. You scream but the room is soundproof; no one hears you. One day someone opens the door and the light rushes in, blinding you. Someone takes you by the hand and leads you. You look around and there’s a room full of people who you never knew were there and you know that you are seen, that you are heard, that you are not invisible.”

It has been my goal over the last few years to give people a platform to tell their stories, to be heard. When I brought the Listen to Your Mother show to Baton Rouge in 2015 I realized the enormity of the impact felt by those who were able to share their experiences with others. I have a very even left brain/right brain split so sometimes my creative energies are battling with my detail-oriented perfectionistic historian, but I knew there was something else in my heart that needed to be breathed to life.

After the tragic Summer of ’16 I found myself deeply saddened-as we all were- not only by the horrific events that had transpired, but also by the response of people around me to the suffering and pain felt by so many in our community. As men and women took to the street to protest what they understood to be injustice, thousands of angry folks flooded the internet with their opinions of them, and having read many of the comments you would have thought we were flashing back to the 1950s. I saw so many assumptions made about my black brothers and sisters regarding them being lazy or ignorant or dangerous. I remembered how Martin Luther King, Jr. was treated during the first Civil Rights movement and the awful hate speech that was poured against him and those who fought beside him. I checked that place in my heart that wanted to help people tell their truths, and a vision began.

Thin RedLine Project

I shared my vision with a high school friend who is very involved in the community to be sure that the idea would be respectful and never feel exploitative. Walter “Geno” McLaughlin jumped on-board and added his creativity, background and expertise, and within a month the Thin RedLine Project was born. He has been the perfect partner for this project and has elevated it in fresh and powerful ways. 

Thin RedLine Project

The name “Thin RedLine Project” comes from the act of redlining- the official practice of grouping black people into specific communities and then denying those same neighborhoods of resources, infrastructure, and investment. Though no longer officially sanctioned, the effects of decades of these practices and others like them are still felt strongly today. Many people feel that the realities of some African-Americans are solely a result of poor choices rather than a product of institutions and policies. But in fact, through systemic issues in our structures and laws we have created and maintained generations of inequality in a cycle that seems stuck on “repeat.

We all know that the mainstream media picks and chooses what stories to tell and sadly, they too often continue the false narrative that black people are inferior, less educated, criminal or come from broken families. We hope to shine a positive light on hard-working individuals, close-knit families, and creative souls- dispelling myths and crushing stereotypes. We also hope to help educate the public about the policies and practices like redlining and others that continue to hinder progress in certain communities.

We hope you will join us as we offer stories of hope to the world from across the Thin RedLine.

You can check out our website at thinredlineproject.com, follow us on Facebook or Instagram and nominate people or events to be featured by emailing meghanmatt@gmail.com.

You can read more about the Thin RedLine Project in this months 225 Magazine.

Thin RedLine Project

 

Weiler Plastic Surgery Christmas – {GIVEAWAY}

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Between the hustle and bustle of the holidays and the many things on your ever-growing to-do list, we think you deserve a little pampering. We want to help make your life a little smoother with hair-free legs, FOREVER! I am excited to announce: Weiler Plastic Surgery is teaming up with Baton Rouge Moms for an exclusive offer for Laser Hair Removal of the lower legs –that’s EIGHT whole sessions… {$2,800 VALUE!!}

What’s better? Each session only takes about 15 minutes out of your busy schedule to say “goodbye” to shaving those legs for good.

Baton Rouge Christmas

Laser hair removal is an energy-based laser treatment that provides permanent hair reduction for unwanted hair anywhere on the body. Laser hair removal is also effective in the treatment of Pseudofolliculitis barbae (razor bumps). At Weiler Plastic Surgery, Dr. Weiler utilizes The High Speed Lumenis LightSheer DUET. This laser hair removal equipment uses state-of-the-art diode lasers with vacuum-assist technology to remove unwanted hair and with greater speed and comfort than other methods. This laser hair removal procedure is able to safely treat men and women of all skin types and colors. It can also be used to treat a wide range of hair types from coarse to thin and from dark to light, laser hair removal can be used to provide silky smooth skin.

Weiler Plastic Surgery Clinic

Weiler Plastic Surgery clinic offers some of the latest, state-of-the-art plastic surgery equipment available today. Thier welcoming office not only features advanced equipment but you can assure that you will be greeted and assisted by their friendly, professional staff. If you would like to learn more about our facility and what we have to offer,  Weiler Plastic Surgery clinic offers complimentary consultation and give us a visit!

Dr. Jonathan Weiler

Dr. Jonathan Weiler, a native of New Orleans, is a plastic surgeon dedicated to providing quality patient opyare and surgical excellence to Baton Rouge, Hammond, Gonzales, and the surrounding North Shore community.

 

Weiler Plastic surgery 

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Baton Rouge Location
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4212 Bluebonnet Blvd. Suite A
Baton Rouge LA 70809
1-225-399-0004

Disclosure: This is a “sponsored post.” The company who sponsored it compensated BRM via a cash payment, gift, or giveaway. Opinions expressed herein are that of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of the sponsor.

Give Baton Rouge – #GiveBR

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Baton Rouge Moms was created with the hope that we could find ways to collectively give back to the place we call home. Last year we started a new series “Baton Rouge Gives Back”, when many of you asked for ways to help and volunteer right here in our community. Today is Giving Tuesday #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that brings people together around the values of service and giving back to others, the perfect time to bring back our Baton Rouge Gives Back series!

Our local Giving Tuesday effort, “#GiveBR” Give Baton Rouge highlights 100 nonprofit organizations who uplift and strengthen our community. As part of our series, we will be hosting a “#GiveBR” takeover across our website and our social media platforms. Throughout the day, we will highlight some of the organizations taking part in this year’s “#GiveBR”. You can also go to GiveBR.org to learn more about the participating organizations!

Give Baton Rouge “#GiveBR” is an online giving event that encourages those who love Greater Baton Rouge-whether near or far- to support the nonprofit organizations who uplift and strengthen our community. #GiveBR is held on Tuesday, November 29th, which is also the National Day of Giving, #GivingTuesday.  

Give Baton Rouge

This holiday season and throughout the year we can make a difference right here at home by giving and or volunteering.  There are over 100 nonprofit organizations to support in the Baton Rouge area. Make it a family effort, go through the list of organizations and ask the kids who they would like to support and why. There is no better way to teach our children that we value our community and our neighbors than by giving back as a family.

Collectively, we can strive to make a difference in the lives of those in need; our efforts will in turn help create a stronger, healthier Baton Rouge for all! Join your neighbors today and become part of a growing tradition of helping and giving. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to learn more about this year’s Give Baton Rouge participants!

List of Participating Give Baton Rouge Organizations

 
Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area
  Anna’s Grace Foundation
Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre
 Baton Rouge Blues Foundation
 Baton Rouge Epicurean Society
Baton Rouge General Foundation
 Baton Rouge Wheelchair Tennis Association
Beat The Streets
Big Buddy Program
 Bike Baton Rouge
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Baton Rouge
 Big River Economic and Agricultural Development Alliance (BREADA)
Cajun Relief Foundation 
 Cancer Services
Capital Area CASA Association
Capital Area United Way
Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX)
 Child Evangelism Fellowship of Louisiana
City Year Baton Rouge
Companion Animal Alliance
Crisis Intervention Center
Diocese of Baton Rouge Program for Exceptional Students
 Downtown Business Association
 Epilepsy Foundation Louisiana
Face to Face Enrichment Center
Families Helping Families of Greater Baton Rouge, Inc.
Family Service of Greater Baton Rouge
Forum 35 
Foundation for Historical Louisiana
Foundation for East Baton Rouge School System
 Friends of the Animals BR
 Friends of the Louisiana Museum of Natural History Foundation
 GaitWay Therapeutic Horsemanship
 Gardere Community Christian School
 Gardere Initiative
  Gateway Transition Center
Girl Scouts Louisiana East
Girls on the Run South Louisiana
 Gloryland Educational Research Center
Grief Recovery Center
  H.O.P.E. Ministry of Pointe Coupee
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge
Heritage Ranch Christian Children’s Home
HOPE Ministries of Baton Rouge
  LATAN (Louisiana Assistive Technology Access Network)
 Launch
Lexlee’s Kids, Inc.
 Lighthouse Louisiana
 Louisiana Youth Leadership Seminar Corp (HOBY)  
 Louisiana Architectural Foundation
Louisiana Area Women in Ministry
 Louisiana Art & Science Museum
Louisiana MOWW Patriotic Education Foundation
Louisiana Partnership for Children and Families
 Louisiana Wildlife Federation
  LouisianaChildren.org
LSU Museum of Art
 Manners of the Heart
 Manship Theatre
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
Mental Health Association for Greater Baton Rouge
Metromorphosis
 Mid City Redevelopment Alliance
 New Venture Theatre
O’Brien House
 Open Health Care Clinic
 Opera Louisiane, Inc.
 Playmakers of Baton Rouge
Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana
 Rebuild Livingston
Red Stick German Shepherd Rescue
Red Stick Project
Sexual Trauma Awareness & Response (STAR)
 Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
St. Elizabeth Foundation
 Stand for Children Louisiana
Susan G. Komen Baton Rouge
 Swine Palace
 The Capital Area Animal Welfare Society (CAAWS)
The Emerge Center
 The Life of A Single Mom
The Salvation Army of Greater Baton Rouge
 The Walls Project
 Theatre Baton Rouge
U.S. Green Building Council Louisiana Chapter
Up Alliance
UpLIFTD
 Women’s Council of GBR
 Yelp! Baton Rouge
 YMCA of the Capital Area
 YWCA of Greater Baton Rouge

National Adoption Day in Louisiana – Meet Elijah

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Elijah Evans, a then 15-year-old young man from LaFayette, Louisiana, defied every one of the many myths of adoption and foster care. Like most children, he entered foster care through no fault of his own. Tragically, he suffered abuse at the hands of the very person who was supposed to love and protect him, his biological mother.

Needing special care to address the damage left from being placed in a bathtub of scalding water as a baby, he met a nurse named Lynore who not only helped him heal, but ultimately became his mother. Today he is a thriving teenager who through his foundation, No Use for Abuse, is reaching out a loving hand to kids just like him to offer them hope and help achieving their dreams.

2013 New Orleans Saints Season New Orleans Saints 23- San Fran 49ers 20 in the Mercedes Benz Super Dome on November 17th.

National Adoption Day

This annual, one-day event has made the dreams of thousands of children come true by working with policymakers, practitioners and advocates to finalize adoptions, and create and celebrate adoptive families. Communities across the county celebrate every Saturday before Thanksgiving.

It is one day each year set aside to raise awareness of the more than 100,000 children in foster care still waiting for their forever family. This year, National Adoption Day is particularly focused on the more than 23,000 children each year who reach the age of 18 without ever finding forever families. That’s nearly 1 in 4 children from foster care who age out of the system with no place to call home, no family to support them, no table to join for Thanksgiving.

The fact is that the current U.S. foster care system is very much built to support the false premise that the older a child gets, the less they need a family. As both a daughter and a mother, my life experience has shown me that we never outgrow our need for a family. I am 41 years old and still rely on both my parents and my siblings for guidance and support in life. And my soon to be 10 year old daughter, Grace, very much looks to her dad and me to help support her in her quest to discover who she is as a person and what she wants to be one day. There is no doubt in my mind that both her courage and confidence comes directly from her knowledge that we are there to catch her when she falls. This is no less true for kids in foster care.
National Adoption Day

So what can be done to bring about change? First, more people need to help in challenging the general public’s belief that there is such a thing as an unadoptable child. There is no such things as unadoptable children – there are just unfound families.  And while one would think that most people would agree, a recent Harris poll sponsored by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption found that only 51% of those surveyed agreed that every child is adoptable. And an even smaller number (27%) said that they would personally consider adopting a child over 12.

Second, if you have not already, consider stepping up to play a role in the life of an older child in foster care. Those who have already answered their calling to parent these children will be the first to tell you that becoming a parent to a teenage child is no less magical than the birth of an infant. In fact, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption recently captured some of these parent’s hearts in a moving video.


And finally, speak out for these children. Tell your local, state and federal policymakers it is unacceptable that our system is putting more than 23,000 kids out on the streets to fend for themselves each year. Demand better for them than group homes. Push for more programs that are specifically designed to connect these children with permanent, loving families.

If you are already an adoptive parent, you can help too. The National Adoption Day Coalition has created the One Day Project to give hope to children waiting in foster care, and to encourage others to adopt, by sharing their stories of what their “one day” in the adoption process is like. Help us spread the message that adoption changes lives by submitting a short video about your adoption story, a few words of encouragement or why you support National Adoption Day.

For more information about the events taking place locally and foster care adoption, please visit nationaladoptionday.org.

National Adotpion Day

Kathleen Strottman
Kathleen Strottman served as executive director of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI). National Adoption Day is supported by a coalition that includes CCAI, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, Freddie Mac Foundation, Children’s Action Network, and Alliance for Children’s Rights.

 

BATON ROUGE HALLOWEEN – TRICK-OR-TREATING HOURS

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Grab your ghosts and goblins and join us for some Baton Rouge Halloween family fun, we have all of the details for Trick or Treat times, the Halloween parade, festival and more!

BATON ROUGE HALLOWEEN TRICK-OR-TREATING HOURS

Baton Rouge Halloween trick-or-treat

East Baton Rouge Parish — 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Monday, Oct. 31
West Baton Rouge Parish — 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31
Ascension Parish — 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Monday, Oct. 31
East Feliciana Parish — 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Monday, Oct. 31
Livingston Parish — 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Monday, Oct. 31
Pointe Coupee Parish — 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday, Oct. 31
West Feliciana Parish — 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31

Baton Rouge Halloween Parade

Baton Rouge Halloween Festivities

October 29th – Grab your ghosts and goblins and join us for a day of Baton Rouge Halloween family fun with 10/31 Consortium’s Halloween Parade, Fun Run & Halloween Festival!
http://bit.ly/BRHalloweenParade

Baton Rouhge Halloween Trick or Treat

October 30th – Join Baton Rouge Moms at Mall of Louisiana for Boo on the Boulevard, Sunday October 30th, from 2pm-4pm. Baton Rouge Moms will be doing take home crafts with the kids and filling bags with tricks or treats! Come enjoy games and Trick or Treating on the Boulevard. *****Bring a canned good for the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank and receive a free carousel ride!*****

Saving in Baton Rouge with Albertsons just for U App

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With the recent floods we have all been trying to pinch our pennies whenever possible. If your home flooded, you’re investing time into your home and many whose homes did not flood are helping friends and family with gift cards, meals and monetary donations. It’s safe to say that we are under hard times while we recover and work to get back on our feet. We want to share one way that you can start saving in the Baton Rouge area.

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Not too soon has Albertsons launched two ways to save with their new app, just for U, for shoppers in Baton Rouge. Just for U helps shoppers save in two ways, a gas rewards program where shoppers can redeem up to 20 cents per gallon at participating Chevron and Texaco stations and coupons where shoppers can save with over $300 in weekly savings.

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Albertsons just for U App

Here’s how it works:

Simply put… you shop, save, earn and redeem!

It’s easy to earn Gas Reward Points just by shopping at Albertsons with your registered phone number; you will accumulate points towards gas and can redeem up to 20 cents per gallon at participating Chevron and Texaco stations. Your Gas Reward Points are available for use at participating Chevron or Texaco stations approximately 4 hours after earning them.

  • Every $1 spent on eligible groceries = 1 point
  • Every $1 spent on select gift cards = 2 points
  • Every $1 spent on qualifying pharmacy items = 1 point

You can redeem your Gas Reward Points at participating Chevron or Texaco stations by providing your registered phone number. To redeem at the pump, follow the pump screen prompts. Gas Reward Points cannot be redeemed after pumping.

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When menu planning, you will be able to look through the available coupons in the just for U app to see what items are on sale. Select the coupons that apply to your menu plan or menu plan around the coupons available each week. To redeem the coupons at the checkout, you input your phone number. Easy peasy! Digitized manufacturer coupons will automatically be added to your purchase in-store, no paper coupons needed!

No more clipping coupons or rummaging through papers, it’s all on the app and organized by categories. There are a great variety of coupons in every department for instant savings at the store, including real foods! Not only will you save but you can also create and maintain your shopping list right from the app. Juggling kids and lists is enough to give any mama a headache, especially if you forget or lose said list. Now you can head to Albertsons, open up your app, shop with your list and enter your phone number at the register and just like that, you save!

Just for U organizes and personalizes the shopping experience by what is most important to each shopper.  Once the app collects enough information about a customer’s buying habits, more personalized coupons will appear in the app along with manufacturer’s coupons —providing significant savings.

Simply download the just for U app on your smart phone or tablet, create an account and you’ll receive personalized deals, digital coupons and start earning Gas Rewards. You’ll be able to keep track of all your savings and deals right on your phone or tablet!

Available on the App Store and Google Play. Visit justforu.com for more information.

Disclosure: This is a “sponsored post.” The company who sponsored it compensated BRM via a cash payment, gift, or giveaway. Opinions expressed herein are that of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of the sponsor.

East Baton Rouge Schools Information & Instructions

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As Baton Rouge area communities begin to rebuild and recover, East Baton Rouge Parish schools are set to reopen this week. Here is the latest information and instructions for parents.

WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW:
East Baton Rouge Parish School System Instructions!!!
Elementary School Students must have the following information when they head back to school on the 24th:
  • Name
  • School
  • Current Home Address
  • Current Emergency Contact Number

East Baton Rouge parish students are to report to school on Wednesday, Aug. 24 and teachers were to return to work on Monday, Aug. 22. PreK and kindergarten students are to return on Monday, Aug. 29.

EBR School realize that it may not be feasible for parents to send children back to school on the 24th; hey are asking parents to contact their child’s school principal if they will not be able to attend school on the 24th.

East Baton Rouge Parish Schools

 

 

How You Can Help the Victims of Louisiana’s Floods

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This is my home, these are my people. You will never meet a community more generous than this, sadly, they are going through unimaginable tragedy and loss. It’ll be days before the water recedes and months before life gets back to normal for South Louisiana. Louisiana will need help getting back on its feet. As many as 30,000 people were rescued from their homes, and approximately 10,000 people are currently in shelters. Ninety percent of some communities are under water. With such widespread damage and so many displaced residents, many want to know how they can help the Louisiana flooding victims. If you’d like to help with the recovery effort – hands-on or from afar – we have compiled a list of ways that you can make a difference and help the great people of Louisiana.

Baton Rouge Flood

How to Help Flood Victims in Louisiana: Please Donate!

Red Cross: You can help people affected by the Louisiana Floods by visiting redcross.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS or texting the word LAFLOODS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.

Save the Children: Save the Children has deploying an emergency response team to Baton Rouge to establish Child-Friendly Spaces in emergency shelters and assess children’s most urgent needs in the wake of severe flooding in southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi.

Rouses Markets: In partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank, Rouses Markets are accepting cash donations and donations of non-perishable food, cleaning supplies and toiletries. You can make donations at the cash register or online.

Salvation Army: A makeshift Salvation Army command center has been set up at 4025 West Brookstown Drive. Volunteers are welcome to report to the Brookstown location to help with food service and more. Donate Here.

Samaritan’s Purse: Samaritan’s Purse is preparing a response to help homeowners in the wake of terrible flooding.

Baton Rouge Area Foundation: Would you like to assist with the flood recovery? You can do so by contributing to the Louisiana Flood Relief Fund. The fund makes grants to nonprofits that are caring for needs of our neighbors, and with long-term recovery of South Louisiana.

A+PEL Disaster Relief Fund: Due to the horrific flooding experienced in both North and South Louisiana this year, A+PEL has established a relief fund to assist teachers with classroom supplies. We will distribute support to as many classrooms as possible.

Giggles: Toys might not seem like something that is needed at the moment but many children in our community have lost their homes and favorite toys. Baton Rouge Moms has partnered with Giggles to put a smile on Louisiana kids and give back! NEW toys and items for kids can be dropped off at Giggles during our regular business hours. We will work with local non-profits to distribute to children in need.

Baton Rouge Food Bank:  The food bank is currently seeking financial donations, but will soon be calling for volunteers to help them get back up and running. To donate financially, visit brfoodbank.org.

Baton Rouge Flood

Baton Rouge Food Bank

Second Harvest Food Bank of Southern Louisiana: Accepting donations online to help support their efforts to donate thousands of pounds of food and water to flood victims.

Lexlees Kids – Child Safety and Injury Prevention: In addition to car seats, another need that should be brought to light is the need for safe sleeping areas for children. Sleep deaths are the #1 cause of death for children ages 1 and under. There is a desperate need for PACK-N-PLAYs/PORTABLE CRIBS for children, as many of them will be utilizing shelters or living mobile until they find permanent residence. Please donate if you can.

Southern University Foundation: We have many Lab School families that are in need of assistance.  We ask that you please help us support them during as they recover from this devastation and transition back to normalcy. 100% of your donation will help replenish school supplies, uniforms and meet some of the basic needs we often take for granted. 

Jefferson Parish Parent: Jefferson Parish Parent has teamed up with some local businesses and we will be collecting donations around the Parish for those affected by this week’s floods.  Donations will be collected through the end of the week and we will pick them up and bring them to local non-profits in the Baton Rouge area that will distribute them to those in need. 

ASPCA: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA) is a national leader in the areas of rescue, adoption and welfare and has worked tirelessly for over 150 years to put an end to animal abuse and neglect. When you become an ASPCA Guardian, you will be a part of the nationwide work that the ASPCA does every day to improve the lives of animals.

If you are local and would like to volunteer please check our Louisiana Flood Guide for volunteer opportunities as well as Volunteer Louisiana.

As additional opportunities to give or volunteer  are identified, we will post them here.

Thank you for your interest in giving and serving our citizens who are need. We will keep you informed to the best of our ability in the coming days and weeks on response activities and then into recovery efforts that will rebuild southern Louisiana.