New louisiana specialty plate promotes Hunters for the Hungry- michael towner

The newest specialty plate in Louisiana promotes Hunters for the Hungry.
Jimmy Anthony, a retired wildlife biologist with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, is familiar with the specialty plate program.
"It is a walking advertisement for people who want to support certain programs,” Anthony said.
Some of the cost of each plate goes to each cause -- and the plates provide work for people behind bars. "They are made by Prison Enterprises, which is at Angola, where all license plates are made Louisiana,” Anthony said.  Angola is a maximum-security prison farm in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. It is named "Angola" after the former slave plantation that occupied this territory
The newly issued Hunters 4 the Hungry plate will be available in less than two months -- and if you order now you may be able to choose a number that is special to you.
And in conjunction with the focus on fighting hunger, September 23 is "clean out your freezer day”, a program in which hunters can donate venison to the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana. People can drop off donations at First United Methodist Church at the head of Texas Street in Shreveport that day.

​Michael Towner

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