NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — This is a list of events commemorating Hurricane Katrina and the impact on our area ten years ago. All events on the list take place Saturday, August 29, 2015.
New Orleans
Katrina Memorial Wreath Laying Ceremony
5056 Canal St
8:29am
Folgers Resilience Run/Walk
2820 St. Claude Avenue
8:29am
K10 Flag Dedication
The Median at Canal and Jeff Davis
10am
Lower 9th Ward Wreath Laying & Resilience Festival
1616 Caffin Avenue
11am – 7:30pm
Citywide Day of Service
To sign up, email dayofservice@networknola.org or call (504)309-2570.
7:30am – 2pm
The Power of Community
Smoothie King Center
5 – 8pm
Doors open at 4pm
Katrina 10 Commemorative Parade
Downtown: Starts at Louis Armstrong Park and ends at Ashe Cultural Center. Begins at 5:30pm.
Uptown: Starts at Booker T. Washington High School and ends at Ashe Cultural Center. Begins at 5:15pm.
Katrina 10 Block Party
1712 O.C. Haley Boulevard
6:30 – 8pm
St. Bernard Parish
St. Bernard Memorial Event
Katrina Memorial at Shell Beach
9am
#SBK10 Celebrating Ten Years of Recovery
Val Riess Park – 1101 Magistrate St., Chalmette
4pm
Plaquemines Parish
Prayer Service
Cozezu Drive & Hwy 23, Buras
6:45am
Family Day
Roger Halphen Park, 210 Cazezu Drive, Buras
9am – Noon
Family Day
Davant Community Park, 15535 Highway 15, Davant
2 – 5pm
St. Tammany Parish
Katrina 10 Memorial Ceremony
2056 Second Street, Slidell
7pm
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Katrina Memorial Observance
MGM Park, Biloxi
9am
New Day in the Bay
Bay St. Louis
10am – 5pm
Ground Zero Hurricane Homecoming
335 Coleman Avenue, Waveland
5 – 8pm
Ringing of the Bells
Churches along the coast will ring their church bells to commemorate landfall.
9:30am