Louisiana Blue Volunteers Pack More Than Half a Million Meals in Support of Statewide Campaign to Restock Food Banks

BATON ROUGE, La. – Since January, more than 2,000 volunteers from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana (Louisiana Blue), Entergy Louisiana, Healthy Blue Louisiana and other organizations packed more than half a million red beans and rice meals, including Louisiana-grown rice donated by Cajun Country Rice.

Volunteers participated in 10 statewide pack parties in each region of Louisiana to assemble the meals, which supported the second Million Meals for MLK campaign from Volunteer Louisiana and Feeding Louisiana. The meals will be distributed through food banks and other organizations fighting hunger to share with families in need. 

“We are grateful to our employees and the volunteers from other sponsoring organizations and community partners who came together to live out Martin Luther King Jr.’s spirit of service,” said Michael Tipton, Louisiana Blue Foundation president and vice president, Community Relations. “After the holiday season and severe winter weather in areas of the state, the food banks needed our donations of time, money and meals to restock shelves and keep providing for families in need.” 

Volunteer Louisiana and Feeding Louisiana will soon share the statewide results of the Million Meals for MLK campaign, which ran through January into early February. 

There are many ways Louisianians can share, serve and support local food banks year-round. Visit MillionMealsforMLK.org to find events near you, donate to your local food bank and see how you can help. 

About Louisiana Blue

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, or Louisiana Blue, is committed to our mission to improve the health and lives of Louisianians. Founded in New Orleans in 1934, we are a taxpaying, not-for-profit health insurer with offices in every major region of Louisiana to serve our customers. We have been recognized for the past seven years as an honoree of The Civic 50, named by Points of Light as one of the 50 most community-minded companies in the United States. J.D. Power’s 2025 U.S. Commercial Member Health Plan Satisfaction Study ranked us #1 in member satisfaction among commercial health plans in the East South Central Region. Louisiana Blue also was nationally recognized for exceptional customer service by USA Today’s America’s Best Customer Service 2025.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. We invite all Louisianians to visit our website at lablue.com or talk to us on social media @MyLouisianaBlue.

About Healthy Blue

Healthy Blue is a managed healthcare provider that has been serving the state since 2012, and currently serves the state’s Medicaid, Medicaid Expansion and LaCHIP programs. Healthy Blue, a joint venture between Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana and Anthem Partnership Holding Company, LLC (parent company, Anthem, Inc.), recognizes the challenges low-income and underserved individuals face, and tailors its programs such that health plan members are assured care that is not only accessible, but also accountable, comprehensive, integrated and patient-centered. Healthy Blue provides ongoing community relations and outreach to encourage members to become active participants in their healthcare. Also, through health education programs, members are empowered to choose and sustain healthy lifestyles. To learn more about Healthy Blue, visit www.myhealthybluela.com and follow the company on Facebook and Twitter @HealthyBlueLA and LinkedIn @healthy-blue-louisiana.

About Entergy Louisiana

Entergy Louisiana, LLC provides electric service to more than 1 million customers in 58 parishes and natural gas service to more than 94,000 customers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Entergy Louisiana is a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR), an integrated energy company engaged in electric power production, transmission and retail distribution operations. Entergy delivers electricity to 3 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy owns and operates one of the cleanest large-scale U.S. power generating fleets with approximately 24,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, including 5,000 megawatts of nuclear power. Headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, Entergy has annual revenues of $10 billion and approximately 12,000 employees.