DONALDSONVILLE — The River Road African American Museum hosted a Community Fall Fest on Saturday afternoon to feed its residents, but also to bring light to their community garden.

The Freedom Garden at the Museum has been in the works for more than 15 years, helping to address food insecurity.

To help continue feeding the Donaldsonville community during the government shutdown, the museum handed out free boxes of produce to reduce and provided health screenings and resources to families during the fall fest.

Building on these efforts, AETNA Better Health of Louisiana presented a $15,000 check at the event to help revitalize the museum's garden and outdoor kitchen area.

Nikesha Rodrigue, Lead Director of Marketing and Community Development for AETNA Better Health of Louisiana, explaine

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