• 29% (1 in 3) of adults in NWLA cannot read

• 52% of children enter kindergarten UNPREPARED

• Half of 8th graders will never finish high school

• 92,533 households in NWLA are struggling to make ends meet (Centurylink Center holds 14,000)

• 33% of NWLA residents do not have a bank account

• NWLA has the HIGHEST teen birth rate

• 36% of children in Louisiana are obese

• Louisiana has the highest rate for STDs

• 311,059 children are living in poverty in Louisiana (Tiger Stadium can hold 102,321)

• 1⁄3 of seniors need assistance

• 2,687 cases of child abuse/neglect occurred in NWLA (The average movie theater holds 251 people)