NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans City Council is partnering with the City of New Orleans and Mayor Latoya Cantrell to offer free sandbags to residents across the city to help them prepare for Tropical Storm Laura.
There will be four distribution sites in Algiers, Central City, Gentilly and New Orleans East on Tuesday, August 25, from 8 AM to 12 NOON.
No documentation is required, and sandbags are limited to four per person.
Free sandbags available tomorrow, August 25, at the following locations:
- Algiers
Arthur Monday Center, 1111 Newton St, New Orleans, LA 70114 - Central City
Dryades YMCA, 2220 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70113
(Enter parking lot on Jackson Avenue) - Gentilly
St. Raymond Church, 2916 Paris Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119 - New Orleans East
Saint Maria Goretti Church, 7300 Crowder Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70126