There’s a classic Mardi Gras song whose lyrics bemoan the fact that “on Mardi Gras Day, there ain’t no place to go.” Here’s a fundraiser you’ll only find in New Orleans: Wee, oui:
For the second Carnival season in a row, Ariel Howell, 11, is spending much of her free time manning a portable toilet set up on the Napoleon Avenue neutral ground along the Uptown parade route. In $1 increments, parade-goers get relief and the sixth-grader helps raise money for a year-end trip to France taken by fifth-grade students enrolled in the Audubon Charter School’s French immersion program. Ariel started the drive, aptly named “Pee for Paris,” last year as part of fund-raising efforts to ensure all the students in her class would be able to participate in the trip.
Gee, and we thought we had it tough selling that World’s Finest Chocolate!
