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|The Latest News from Magic Seasoning Blends & K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen |
|September 30, 2005, 4:00pm CST |
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|Dear Friends of Magic Seasoning Blends and K- Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen - |
|America witnessed first-hand the ravages of mother nature as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita tore through the southern part of the |
|country. Communities were battered and destroyed or swept away with waves that seemed to touch the stars. We still have a large |
|suburban section of New Orleans partially under water and simply praying for the water to go away. Once it does dissipate, houses, |
|businesses, parks, hospitals, schools, etc. will have to either rebuild or be bull-dozed over. |
|The devastation you see in the media is real. However, it is varied throughout the affected areas. Most of the French Quarter and the|
|Business District suffered wind and rain damage, but did not have the heavy flooding in comparison to East New Orleans and St. |
|Bernard Parish or the Lakefront area (which is near to one of the main levees which broke.) |
|Some of our residents and employees are back in their homes and have full services. Many others will not return home for several more|
|weeks because the electricity has not been restored. Others have no homes to return to and are in need of and desperately looking for|
|other housing. This is heart-wrenching because their neighborhoods no longer exist. Every day we learn about the status of others. |
|For example, very few of our dentists and doctors have offices or hospitals at which they can re-establish their practices. |
|So, we had Wave I of the hurricane(s); now we are in Wave II! Events suggest that there will be many more waves ahead. |
|Many of you, your friends and family ask that we keep you informed as to our progress and the “State of the Union”, so to say. Magic |
|is up and running with somewhat of a skeletal crew because approximately half of our workers have returned to the city thus far. We |
|have been receiving and fulfilling orders. |
|Approximately 25% of K- Paul’s staff are back in the city and ready to work. Many more want to come back but have no housing or |
|transportation. K-Paul’s staff has been cooking for the military, the Sheriff’s office, local firemen and civilian volunteers. Over |
|18,000 portions have been delivered or served on site with some of the food and supplies donated, but much still supplied by Magic |
|Seasonings and K- Paul’s. These warm meals seem to work wonders with everyone’s spirit because many of the recipients mainly eat |
|MRE's as their regular diet. |
|We are grateful for the good wishes and generous gestures. Many of you have stated that you would like to donate specifically to Chef|
|Paul’s cooking relief efforts. Others would prefer to donate specifically to either the Magic Seasoning Blends staff or the K-Paul’s |
|staff, especially those who have lost their homes, cars, etc. Three specific ways to assist are : |
|"Chefs Cook for Katrina” Fund : |
|“Chefs Cook for Katrina”, a charity effort by Chef Paul Prudhomme, is a fund at Community Foundation of Acadiana, a 501c3 |
|organization under IRS tax codes. All donations are tax deductible. These donations will be used exclusively to help Chef Paul and |
|other local chefs who are cooking for first responders, police, firemen, volunteers and the military. The fund provides food, |
|supplies, paper goods, etc. to help in Katrina relief efforts. Checks must be made payable to “Community Foundation of Acadiana” and |
|mailed to: |
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|Community Foundation of Acadiana |
|Attn: Chefs Cook for Katrina |
|P. O. Box 3892 |
|Lafayette, LA 70502- 3892 |
|Magic Seasoning Blends Staff: |
|For donations that would directly benefit the Magic Seasoning Blends staff, please designate “Katrina” on your check or money order |
|and make check payable to Magic Seasoning Blends, Inc./Katrina. Please send checks to: |
|Magic Seasoning Blends, Inc./Katrina |
|P.O. Box 23342 |
|New orleans, LA 70183-0342 |
|K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen Staff: |
|For donations that would directly benefit the K-Paul’s staff, please make checks payable to K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen Inc./Katrina |
|and mail checks or monetary contributions to the following: |
|K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen/Katrina |
|c/o Magic Seasoning Blends |
|P.O. Box 23342 |
|New orleans, LA 70183-0342 |
|We realize that there are many large national organizations that you can donate to and they probably serve their purpose in certain |
|situations. However, we personally are not recommending specific charities to anyone because we cannot verify where the donations are|
|going. |
|In closing, we just want to reiterate our mission to move forward with our limited but dedicated staff and continue to produce |
|consistent, quality products and great tasting food, employ as many people as possible in order to keep the companies running |
|efficiently, and to help rebuild New Orleans on a more global scale. |
|We appreciate your friendship and we will continue to need your support. |
|Best regards, |
|Chef Paul Prudhomme |
|Chef and Owner |
|Shawn McBride |
|President and CEO |
|VITAL INFORMATION : The original telephone numbers at Magic Seasoning Blends are operational again. Just to review, the switchboard |
|number is 504-731-3590. The toll-free number is 800-457-2857. The direct lines of all Magic Seasoning Blends employees are functional|
|and as are most of the phone lines at K- Paul’s. Messages left in voice mail are checked daily and all calls will be returned. Magic |
|Seasoning Blends’ original FAX number (504-731-3576) is now up and running also. All e-mail addresses are functioning, so keep the |
|communication flowing! |
|Speaking of communication, the following are the names, e-mails and phone numbers of key Magic Seasonings and K-Paul’s staff members.|
|We have representatives working at both K- Paul’s and Magic Seasoning Blends’ locations: |
|MAGIC SEASONING BLENDS: |
|Shawn McBride smcbride@ (504) 731-3580 |
|John McBride jmcbride@ (504) 731-3578 |
|Paula LaCour placour@ (504) 731-3515 |
|John Alexander jalexander@ (504) 731-3511 |
|Jeff Hanson jhanson@ (504) 731-3566 |
|David Hickey dhickey@ (504) 731-3532 |
|Sol Grishman sgrishman@ (504) 731-3508 |
|Greg Villarrubia gvillarrubia@ (504) 731-3519 |
|Pat Mullins pmullins@ (504) 731-3509 |
|Anna Zuniga azuniga@ (504) 731-3522 |
|Jake Wanda jwanda@ (504) 731-3579 |
|Angela Newitt anewitt@ (504) 731-3574 |
|Carol Mauthe cmauthe@ (504) 731-3581 |
|Ben Beaton bbeaton@ (504) 731-3193 |
|Margie Blaum mblaum@ (504) 731-3582 |
|K-PAUL’S LOUISIANA KITCHEN: |
|Paul Miller pmiller@ (504) 400-2338 |
|Carl Crowder ccrowder@ (504) 596-2534 |
|Joel Poole jpoole@ (504) 947-6992 |
|Marty Cosgrove mcosgrove@ (504) 948-6434 |
|James Williams jwilliams@ (504) 948-6318 |
|Mike Calagna mcalagna@ (504) 731-3590 |
|Dale Strohmeyer dstrohmeyer@ (504) 731-3590 |
|Sandy Crowder (504) 731-3590 |
|Anyone wishing to contact Chef Paul directly should continue to phone Shawn McBride on her cell phone (504) 813-6796. We welcome |
|suggestions and comments. |
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