Giving BackTo The Community

French Quarter Fest is back! Starting April 13 – 16, New Orleanians and visitors can explore a French Quarter filled to the brim with live music. Morris Bart has been a sponsor of this festival in one form or another since 2016, and this year we’re excited to be musician sponsors for: Lynn Drury, performing …

Jazz Fest 2023 may have ended, but if you did it right, you’re probably still hearing the vibrant tones of the festival ringing in your ears. Even with a dash of bad weather and no crawfish bread, this year’s festival brought in huge crowds. Among them were the friends and family of performing local church …

Morris Bart employees closed out January by volunteering for the Louisiana Red Cross. With the sun rising in the rearview mirror, nine employees drove to Kenner on Saturday, January 29 to participate in their “Sound the alarm, save a life” program. “Home fires claim seven lives every day, but having working smoke alarms can cut …

Today, October 7, 2022, marks the grand opening celebration of the new Gayle and Tom Benson Food and Nutrition Center at Second Harvest Food Bank. With this event, Morris Bart, along with his wife, Cathy, were pleased to announce the opening of the Cathy and Morris Bart Volunteer Center which will be a permanent feature …

Monday, September 19th, 2022, saw the dedication ceremony of the new The Joy and Boysie Bollinger Performing Arts Building at the Isidore Newman School. With this event, Cathy and Morris Bart were pleased to announce the Bart Gallery which is located inside the building.  The gallery will feature student artwork alongside the school’s permanent collection …

As part of their ongoing commitment to their community, Morris and Cathy Bart have donated $1 million dollars to the Second Harvest Food Bank, a cornerstone piece of Second Harvest’s ongoing capital campaign to renovate its facilities. Second Harvest currently serves over 30 million meals a year, but the organization hopes to more than double …

At Morris Bart, we believe every child should have a gift to be excited about during the holiday season. That is why the Morris Bart law firm proudly works in partnership with iHeart Media to sponsor an annual toy giveaway. This year, due to an abundance of caution regarding COVID-19, the December Toy Giveaway was …

Sista Strut is a national walk to heighten breast cancer awareness in women of color. African American women are more likely to be diagnosed with larger tumors and have a higher death rate from breast cancer in comparison to Caucasian women. Through awareness, we can increase these survival rates by promoting early detection. Early detection …

Messiah University student Jessie Morgan has won the Morris Bart Anti-Distracted Driving Scholarship, an award worth $2,500. The scholarship required applicants to create a short PSA about the dangers of distracted driving. Morgan’s entry featured a humorous montage of her performing tasks in her car that are obviously unsuited to vehicles. For example, fed her …

Morris Bart, LLC is proud to announce that this year, two students will receive the Morris Bart, LLC Community Service Scholarship.  For the first time since we established this national scholarship, two of the entrants were so strong that we decided to award each of them the $2,500 scholarship. Congratulations to Na’Lani Zeno and Brooke …

From ghost tours in above ground cemeteries to spooky parades, nobody does Halloween quite like New Orleans. Due to COVID 19, our city had to get creative on how to celebrate Halloween in a safe and family-friendly way. That’s why iHeart Media’s Halloween Trunk or Treat in New Orleans transitioned to a Drive-Thru event. What …