Update on Our Hurricane Response

Applications for Hurricanes Helene and Milton are now closed.

Cases are processed in the order in which they were received. We are distributing weekly updates regarding processing time; please watch for emails from our team!

If you applied for assistance unrelated to these disasters, we are working as quickly as possible to process your case. Please reach out to your case manager directly or casemanagement@southernsmoke.org for any updates. Thank you for your patience during this time of unprecedented volume.

We are so grateful for the outpouring of support, and thanks to generous donors, to date we have granted $680,800 to 487 F+B workers affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton with 2,500 more being processed.

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Marjie’s Grill
WHERE WILL I BE COOKING:

After a decade & half of cooking in Ohio, California, Japan & New Orleans, Marcus Jacobs set out with his PIC, Caitlin Carney, to open Marjie’s Grill; a live fire centric restaurant near OPP serving BBQ, seafood & veggies from Louisiana & the Gulf South seasoned with bright Vietnamese, Thai & Laos flavors.

In May of 2021 the duo opened Seafood Sally’s: a casual modern Louisiana Seafood Restaurant in The Pigeon Town Neighborhood uptown. It’s been nothing but Love, Crabs & BBQ since then.