The Adopt-A-Family Program has launched its 2025 school uniform drive to help needy students in the New Orleans area.

Last year, the program raised $34,473, helping 689 students buy school uniforms.

Kevin Buckel, the program coordinator, works with school counselors who identify students without a uniform. Working with Logo Express, a local uniform shop vendor, the program spends $50 per student to buy two shirts and one pair of pants.

The program is in its 32nd year and has raised more than $1 million, 100% of which has been spent on school uniforms. Donors who sponsor a child get a thank-you note from their student and the original copy of the $50 cash register receipt.

Donations can be made to Adopt-A-Family in suite 300 at 3445 N. Causeway Blvd., in Metairie, or through the organiz

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