<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD>
<BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><IMG SRC="cid:X.MA1.1229573576@aol.com" height=218 width=578 v:shapes="_x0000_i1025" DATASIZE="24934" ID="MA1.1229573576" ><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * *<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=5>COMMUNITY ADVISORY<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * *<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U><STRONG><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>BYWATER COMMUNITY TO BUILD
<o:p></o:p></STRONG></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U><STRONG><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“LITTLE HANDS” NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYGROUND
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></STRONG></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><U><STRONG> </STRONG></U></SPAN></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Markey</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Park</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> to be site of the newest community playground for
kids <o:p></o:p></SPAN></EM></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><STRONG> </STRONG></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -1in"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">WHAT:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN></SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Markey</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Park</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> neighborhood volunteers will join
sponsors from the Allstate Foundation, the Injury Free Coalition for Kids and
Operation Kids to build a state-of-the-art safe recreational space for children.
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">WHEN:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008 – 8:00 a.m. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">WHERE:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN></SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Markey</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Park</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN><EM><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">700
Block of </SPAN></EM></SPAN><st1:Street><st1:address><EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Piety
Street</SPAN></EM></st1:address></st1:Street><EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></EM></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN></SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Bywater</SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Piety between Royal and
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:State><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dauphine</SPAN></st1:State></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -1in"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">NOTES:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN></SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Markey</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Park</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> residents have
partnered with the Allstate Foundation, the Injury Free Coalition for Kids and
Operation Kids in their campaign to build a safe recreational space for kids in
our neighborhood. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -1in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in"><st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Markey</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Park</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> successfully bid for
the playground as part of the “Little Hands Neighborhood Playground
Partnership”; a plan that will build as many as five new safe recreational
spaces across </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">New
Orleans</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> during the next three
years. <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">CONTACT:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Erika
Knott 504.452.6610; <A href="mailto:eknott59@aol.com">eknott59@aol.com</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV CLASS="aol_ad_footer" ID="2ef310dc28bf55709dec5d68a912afa7"><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. <a href="http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025">Try it now</a>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>