City of New Orleans to offer free or discounted rides to vaccine sites
New transportation partnership ensuring New Orleanians can get vaccines By Nicole Mumphrey | March 16, 2021 at 10:33 AM CDT - Updated March 16 at 5:18 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -The City of New Orleans Tuesday announced a partnership that will provide 20,000 free or discounted rides connecting residents to vaccine sites in Orleans Parish, including the mass vaccination site at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
The 20,000 rides are being donated to the Greater New Orleans Foundation for use by the City of New Orleans and LCMC Health to bolster their vaccination efforts.
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NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, the non-profit organization that owns the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, announced today that it has reopened applications for the Jazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund – a statewide relief fund to support Louisiana’s music community who have lost income amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The collapse of the live music industry has affected not only musicians, but thousands of music industry workers and culture bearers who work alongside them. The pandemic has triggered a “domino effect” in the music sector with cancelled music events disrupting income for so many.
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Jazz & Heritage Foundation Reopens Relief Fund for Musicians
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, the non-profit organization that owns the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, has re-opened applications for the Jazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund – a statewide relief fund to support Louisiana musicians and industry workers who have lost income amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The collapse of the live music industry has affected not only musicians, but thousands of music industry workers and cultural bearers who work alongside them. The pandemic has triggered a “domino effect” in the music sector with cancelled music events disrupting income for so many. The deadline to apply as a musician is March 31. For industry workers the deadline is April 6.