The Vessel Project of La

A huge thank you to everyone who came out and supported our Earth Month Community Event: Clean the Block, Paint the Future! 💚🌎 We are so grateful for every volunteer, community member, family, and partner who helped make this weekend such a success. Your time, energy, and love for our community made a real impact. Special thank you to A Better Bayou for generously sponsoring the gift cards for our Art Contest winners! 🎨🏆 Your support helped celebrate the creativity and talent of our youth while making this day even more special. Together, we are creating a cleaner, stronger, and brighter future for Lake Charles. 💙💚 #CleanTheBlockPaintTheFuture #EarthMonth #CommunityStrong #VesselProject

🌎✨ TODAY IS THE DAY! Join us for the Earth Month Community Event: Clean the Block, Paint the Future 💚💙 Come out and make a difference in our community through clean-up, beautification, fun, and celebration! 🗓 Today, Saturday April 18, 2026 🕘 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Starting at Mary Belle Williams Park 📍 Important Update: We will now start and end at Mary Belle Williams Park. We will no longer be ending at Riverside Park. 🎶 Food • Music • Games • Community Fun 🎉 FREE Event & Everyone Welcome! Let’s show up for Lake Charles and create a cleaner, brighter future together. Bring your family, friends, and positive energy! #EarthMonth #CleanTheBlock #PaintTheFuture #LakeCharles #VesselProject

The Vessel Project of Louisiana is looking for volunteers to help us bring our “Clean the Block, Paint the Future” Earth Month event to life! 🙌🏽 Join us on Saturday, April 18 as we come together to clean, beautify, and uplift our community. Whether you can help with clean-up, setup, activities, or just bringing good energy—we need YOU! ✨ Great way to give back ✨ Meet amazing people ✨ Be part of real change in Lake Charles 📍 Starts at Mary Belle Williams Park → ends at Riverside Park 🕘 9AM–2PM 💬 Comment below or message us to sign up to volunteer! Let’s show up for our community and make an impact together 💚🌍 #earthmonth #volunteerswla #vesselprojectoflouisiana

🌍 Join Us for Our Earth Day Community Event!🌿 Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 18, 2026, and get ready to make a difference in our community! We’re excited to invite everyone to “Clean the Block, Paint the Future” a day filled with action, fun, and celebration. Schedule: - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM:Clean-Up & Beautification starting at Mary Belle Williams Park (2298 Knapp St, Lake Charles, LA) - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM:Community Celebration at Riverside Park (1701 Fitzenreiter Rd, Lake Charles, LA) Come enjoy: - Delicious food - Engaging music - Fun games - An exciting art contest This is a free event open to everyone! Let’s come together to beautify our community and celebrate our community spirit. For more information, visit us at [vesselprojectoflouisiana.org]() or call 337-426-0198. Let’s clean up and paint a brighter future together! 🎨✨

April Fools! We’re told plastic pollution starts with us. But in Southwest Louisiana, it starts long before it reaches our homes—at industrial chemical facilities producing the plastics that end up in our waterways, our soil, and our bodies. We’re connecting the dots with @breakfreefromplastic #brandaudits

♻️ It's no joke. The real #AprilFools are residents thinking plastic pollution starts with us instead of where it’s actually made. Plastic pollution in #SWLA begins long before it reaches our streets and waterways. It starts with industrial chemical production, where fossil fuels are turned into the plastics we use every day. These materials become single-use items that quickly turn into waste in our neighborhoods and waterways, breaking down into microplastics that contaminate our water, soil, and even our bodies. Industry's production processes release harmful pollutants that impact air, water, and land quality as well as public health. In collaboration with Break Free From Plastic, we are connecting the dots between plastic production and the harm it causes in our communities, working to raise awareness and support real solutions that address the problem at its source. Through our community cleanup, we will analyze the plastic collected from our neighborhoods—identifying brands, materials, and patterns to better understand exactly where this pollution originates and how it connects back to larger industrial systems. Join us in the fight against pollution for Blessing of The Commons, a day of community cleanup, connection, and care for our shared spaces. Together, we will pick up litter, sort and analyze the plastics we collect, and transform those materials into our “From Reclaimed to Renewed” community art installation. This will be unveiled at our Earth Day Extravaganza on April 18—a free celebration featuring live music, activities, and opportunities to learn and take action. Volunteer for the cleanup in the link in our bio!

🏀🌍 It’s time to step onto the court—because protecting our planet takes a team, and this is our home game. Methane pollution isn’t just happening somewhere else—it’s happening right here in Southwest Louisiana, with real consequences for our air, our health, and our future. Methane leaks are coming from oil and gas wells, LNG facilities, storage tanks, and pipelines across Lake Charles, Westlake, Sulphur, and Cameron Parish. Many of these systems are aging, and much of the pollution comes from leaks, flaring, and equipment failures that are preventable. Louisiana alone has wasted 27.2 billion cubic feet of gas, with 81% of that coming from leaks. Some wells are leaking enough gas to power millions of homes—energy that is being lost while pollution is released into the air we breathe. Methane emissions also come with other harmful pollutants that impact air quality and public health in nearby communities. This isn’t a game we can sit out. It’s time for Southwest Louisiana to come together as a team and push back. We can beat polluters at their own game by staying informed, speaking up, supporting strong methane protections, and showing up for our community. Our communities need slam dunk solutions to #CutMethane like the common sense @EPA Methane Rule. You can take action by sharing this information, joining local efforts, supporting policies that cut methane, and demanding accountability from the industries operating in our region. Serve justice. Love mercy. Walk humbly.

✨ Happening TONIGHT! ✨ Don’t miss The Vessel Project Community Meeting at 5PM! Food, guest speakers, and real conversations about climate change and our future. See you there!

Join us this Sunday for our Vessel Project Community Meeting! 🌍✨ We’ll be discussing climate change, its impact on our community, and ways we can make a difference together. 📅 Sunday, March 29 ⏰ 5 PM 📍 2118 Hodges St Free & open to the public — plus food and drinks will be served! Come learn, connect, and be part of the change. 💙

We had such a great time this past Sunday participating in the Bunny Hop Community Event hosted by Gamma Lambda Sigma Philo Affiliates of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. 💙💛 Events like this bring so much joy to our youth and families, and we’re grateful for the opportunity to connect, serve, and spread love throughout our community. ✨ #VesselProject #CommunityImpact #BunnyHop #LakeCharles #ServiceInAction

We were so honored to participate in the 4th Annual FHF Bunny Stop & Hop 💛 It was such a beautiful day filled with smiles, connection, and community for individuals with disabilities and their families. Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table, supported us, and helped make the event so special! We love showing up for our community and creating spaces where everyone feels included and celebrated. 🌎✨ We’re already looking forward to the next one! 💐 #VesselProject #CommunityImpact #BunnyStopAndHop #LakeCharles #ServeWithLove #EasterEvent

🍀 Luck has nothing to do with it. Real change happens when people speak up. Today is the LAST day to submit comments on the Lake Charles Lateral CO₂ Pipeline. Protect our communities, waterways, and health by making your voice heard. Submit your comment: Subject: Lake Charles Lateral CO₂ Pipeline (PL Order No. 7203) Send to: [email protected] CC: [email protected] Include your name and address. 👉 Take action now: /get-involved/