Why Did the Canadian Geese Cross the Road?

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CanadianGeese2015july31aCanadian Geese have been seen floating, flying and hanging around Bayou St. John for months. It’s been said they fly south for the winter. Winter ended long ago. Maybe, like some humans who visit Faubourg St. John, they saw what a great place this is and decided to stay.

CanadianGeese2015july31These Canadian Geese climbed out of Bayou St. John, up the banks then ambled across Moss Street near The Esplanade to get to the fresh water that collected by the side of the road during the recent heavy rain.

CN Gives Back

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This beautiful shot, taken by Locomotive Engineer Kieth Biernacki, is the featured photo for December, 2012 in the CN calendar.

Canadian National Railway gave the maximum grant available to employees and their spouses to the Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association. CN authorized $ 1,250 dollars for the volunteer work of Charlie and Brenda London.

CN took note of the hundreds of hours Charlie puts into FSJNAdotORG as well as the neighborhood Facebook and Twitter pages. Charlie also sends out subscription-only (no cost for subscribers) emails from Charlie’s Neighborhood News and patjolly.com. Both sites provide information on community events. Charlie also provides free promotional services to several neighborhood non-profits whose missions are to improve or preserve the quality of life for all residents in our area.

CN was impressed with Brenda’s contribution to the many outreach events in the neighborhood as well as her four years as the previous Treasurer of the Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association.

Many thanks to CN for their generous donation of $ 1,250 to the Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association. CN donates millions each year to many worthy causes all over North America!

Canadian National Donates One Thousand Dollars

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Most of us are familiar with the tune that sings about the train they call the City of New Orleans. It was a train run by Illinois Central when freight lines were still involved with passenger traffic. Freight train companies no longer have passenger trains and the Illinois Central was bought out by Canadian National in 1998.

Canadian National has a program for their employees where they will donate up to 1,000 dollars toward the 501c3 that the employee does volunteer work for. The Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association was the recipient of $1,000 as part of this program.

The goal of the program is to help make CN communities better places to live and work by encouraging and supporting the involvement of their employees, both current and retired.

Canadian National believes that by recognizing and supporting community volunteerism through donations to the charitable organizations, CN can help to strengthen and improve the fabric of our communities.

Does your company have a matching gifts program? If so, please consider the Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association as the recipient of that matching gift.

The Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association is a 501c3 non-profit.
Please write to info@fsjna.org for more information


Canadian National train moving over the Manchac bridge.