The best way to serve a community is to invest in the people that live there. As Your Financial Family for LifeSM, we strive to serve you financially and support your Louisiana community. We wanted to show our support in Ascension Parish by giving back to our branch community in Prairieville. On Tuesday morning of May 23, 2017, we welcomed …
Pelican’s Monroe Grand Opening: A Celebration of Members
One of the best parts of our job is serving our members and their communities. When we grow and add a new branch and new team members to a community, we are able to take a more hands-on approach at working to make our members’ financial lives even better. It’s part of Pelican’s mission to give back in any way …
History of Cajun Mardi Gras and the Chicken Chase
When most people think Mardi Gras, they think parades, beads, and the French Quarter. For a large part of Louisiana, this isn’t the true Mardi Gras. We’re talking about local, Cajun Mardi Gras—complete with a chicken chase! The Cajun Mardi Gras, traditionally known as Courir de Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday Run, has been a staple in southern Louisiana for …
Spotlight On: Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival
As an Alabama native, I’ve always considered myself fairly “outdoorsy”. I grew up hunting and fishing, just like a lot of southern kids, but in adulthood, I embraced my inner “millennial” and strayed away from a lot of those things I grew up doing. But every January for the last three years, I’ve gone down to Cameron Parish for the …
Denham Springs Free Kids Bike Race Recap
“You cannot let him ride that bike in public,” said my husband Wes. Our 3-year-old son had hit a growth spurt and suddenly looked like a clown on his tiny red tricycle. After enduring a heavy guilt trip, I gave my blessing for Wes to take Parker to Academy Sports to buy a new bike at 8 pm (bedtime) the …
Spotlight On: Baton Rouge Community Financial Wellness Workshop
If you haven’t heard of a Financial Wellness Workshop, it’s one of the ways our Financial Outreach team helps to educate the public on different finance topics. We host these for businesses and organizations we partner with, where we set everything up at no cost to them. We also host community workshops that are completely free to Pelican members and …