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Would you like to support a historical area of New Orleans?

Oct. 15November 29, 2012 Dear Mrs. Kathryn Kissam:, New Orleans is full of historical places that need to be preserved for this generation and future generations to come. The Bywater neighborhood is located from Press Street to the Industrial Canal and is rich with unique history. The Bywater Community Development Corporation was started initially to focus on the areas improvement. Their mission statement is to promote the safety and well being of all New Orleans' Bywater residents by nurturing a sense of community through strong support for the arts, commerce, home ownership, and education. This neighborhood is filled with so much history from the beginning of working-class New Orleans. It is filled with historic churches, small businesses, warehouse structures and residences. Although the Bywater Community Development Corporation is a strong group, it still needs support monetarily to keep it as well as the neighborhood associations afloat. We are contacting you, Kathryn, in hopes that you and Denovo Communications will aid in the efforts for our BR PRessworks event, which will be held on Nov.ember 10, 2012. We are a public relations service-learning firm based out of Louisiana State University that is putting on a SCVNGR event for the aArt wWalk on St. Claude. SCVNGR is a mobile app that is similar to a scavenger hunt. A participant earnsParticipants earn points every challenge they complete. This is where your help can come in! We are hoping to raise money for our grand prize winner. The Bywater Community Development Corporation is a nonprofit organization that aims to promote business toboost business for its local vendors and artists. All

profitsmoney that goes through them eventually returngets returned to the Bywater neighborhood in some fashion,n. This is particularly through events such as the Mirliton Festival, PhotoNOLA and the Fringe Festival. For this reason, we are left with a very small budget that will not cover all of the costs for ourthe art walk event. Please be a part of keeping this historical place alive. With your donation, we will be able to have the event and award someone with a grand prize. Your contribution will help . This will fulfillpromote the Bywater Community Developments Corporations mission andto allow more people in the Bywater area to have access to the benefits the nonprofit has to offer. Sincerely,

Kirsti Ortego BR PRessworks aAccount lLiaison