Other Contributions

Hope for the Holidays

There are hundreds of families in the greater New Orleans area that are still displaced from the catastrophic storms of 2005 – living in FEMA trailers, doubled or tripled up in family homes, or living in gutted or partially complete homes or apartments they cannot afford. New Orleans Saints player, Roman Harper and former teammate Darren Sharper sponsored and funded the rebuild of two families’ homes. Jahri Evans, Malcolm Jenkins, and Lance Moore have joined Harper and Sharper in teaming up with United Way of Southeast Louisiana. With the help of Phoenix of New Orleans (PNOLA), the St. Bernard Project, IrvingMorris, United Way of Southeast Louisiana, and the Mark W. Graham Foundation they have already funded the rebuild of three families’ homes. The players host the Hope for the Holidays Gala sponsored by Black Elk Energy and The Westin with the hopes to raise even more funds to build additional homes. Click here to learn more.

Fisher House

The dedication and compassion the U.S. Army and its medical personnel shown to Mark and his family was extraordinary. In return, one of the Foundation’s objectives is to strengthen its commitment to those in military service by contributing to the Fisher House.

The Fisher House program is a unique private-public partnership that supports America’s military in their time of need. The program recognizes the special sacrifices of our men and women in uniform and the hardships of military service by meeting a humanitarian need beyond that normally provided by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.

Louisiana HonorAir

The Mark W. Graham Foundation also became a contributing sponsor of the Louisiana HonorAir, which is an organization of local people whose mission is to provide every WW II veteran, who is physically able to travel, the opportunity to view their World War II Memorial.

So many of the men and women who fought and sacrificed for our country have not had an opportunity, or ability, to visit the memorial and the Louisiana HonorAir is dedicated to schedule trips until every Louisiana WW II veteran, who may otherwise never see the memorial, has an opportunity to go.