Remembering Hurricane Katrina
This week marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall—a storm that forever changed countless lives, including that of our Founder and CEO, Chef Gary LeBlanc. Watch below to see how Katrina sparked the mission of Mercy Chefs to “just go feed people.”
Looking Back: The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
These images capture just a glimpse of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest and costliest storms in U.S. history. Striking the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, Katrina claimed more than 1,800 lives and displaced over a million people. Amid tragedy, Mercy Chefs was born—a call to bring comfort and hope through a hot meal.