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Parents get help with challenges of handling special-needs education
BY EVA JACOB BARKOFF Contributing writer
With a new school year beginning, parents metrowide are helping their children get back into the swing of education. For parents of students with disabilities, however, the challenge can be much greater. Families Helping Families of Greater New Orleans is there to help them navigate a sometimes confusing school system, offering one-to-one advice as well as seminars on students’ rights and help with other classroom issues. One student who has benefitted from FHF is Kevin Scallan, who was born with Down syndrome and a congenital heart defect. During his first 18 months, Kevin was in and out of the hospital, living through several surgeries. “By the time Kevin was about 2 years old, I knew he would be in special education,” said his mother, Karen Scallan. “I reached out to Families Helping Families of Greater New Orleans for help in understanding the special education process and our rights, how to advocate for Kevin and helping him the to get the services he needed.” Families who have children of any age with a disability can turn to Families Helping Families, located at 700 Hickory Ave. in Harahan. The independent, nonprofit family research center has nine additional centers throughout the state. Each center provides parents with resources and education information to help them address the specific needs of their child. “Any good nonprofit will tell you diversification of funding is important,” said Laura Nata, executive director of FHF. “We receive federal grants along with several state regional and local contracts, individual and corporate donations.” There also are fundraisers, including a golf tournament planned for Oct. 27 at the Audubon Golf Course in New Orleans. “When the centers originally began, there were only a few contracts with state agencies. And there were no brick-and-mortar locations for people to visit, no internet and no social media. We have come a long way since then. The first federal grant we received was from the
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Jermain Johnson, 5, dances with Camilla Hill, who like many of the volunteers was dressed as a crayon.
Denise Anderson, dressed as a blue crayon, serves cotton candy to kids during the event.
The annual Back to School giveaway was held recently at the New Orleans Women & Children’s Shelter in New Orleans. Now in its 19th year, the shelter is the only one for intact families (including fathers) and one of the largest shelters for women and children in the region. Supplies were given to families who are transitioning out, so kids are ready for success in the new school year.
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Remembering a ‘silent hero’ Marker celebrates Black pharmacy opening almost 80 year ago
BY JULIA GUILBEAU Staff writer
Nearly 80 years after the opening of a local pharmacy gave Black residents of New Orleans’ St. Bernard neighborhood better access to medicine and health care, officials honored the business and its founder by adding the site to the state’s Historic Marker Registry. Bynum Pharmacy, opened in 1947 by pharmacist and civil rights leader Horace C. Bynum Sr., was formally rec-
ognized recently as community leaders and relatives unveiled the new marker at 3840 St. Bernard Ave. “Mr. Bynum was a trailblazer, not only in healthcare but in creating economic opportunities for the Black community,” Liz Sherman, executive director of the Pharmacy Museum, said during the ceremony. The event was attended by several members of the Bynum family — Adolph Bynum Sr., Adolph Bynum Jr., and Saran Bynum — along with city council members Eugene Green and Oliver Thomas and Judge Arthur Hunter. The pharmacy, which was in operation until Hurricane Katrina, served as a vital resource during segregation. The new recognition, which family mem-
bers worked for the last year to get through the governor’s office, stands as remembrance of the community sanctuary that once stood on the now empty lot. For Saran Bynum, the monument is also a proud symbol of her grandfather’s impact as an activist. “He was a silent hero to me. He never boasted about it,” she said. Born in Monroe, Bynum spent most of his life in New Orleans, graduating from both McDonogh No. 35 High School and Xavier University, where he earned a degree in pharmacy in 1936 as one of the program’s earliest graduates. Back then, Black pharmacists weren’t
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