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To make a tax-deductible financial donation to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank (GBRFB), please make checks payable to Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank and mail to:

GBRFB
c/o Patricke Peartree
P.O. Box 2996
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-2996

NOTE: For every $1 collected by a food bank, more than $10 worth of food is distributed.

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"Obstacles are the frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." -- Henry Ford

George Michael "Mike" Bourgeois, founder of Bourgeois Enterprises, displaying two Southern Public Relations Federation (SPRF) Lantern Awards he won in a regional SPRF competition.

Background

Bourgeois Enterprises, a public relations consulting firm, was founded in the year 2000 by George Michael “Mike” Bourgeois as a part-time endeavor in anticipation of his retirement from his Public Affairs Director position with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) in 2004. Bourgeois diversified the business to include publishing in 2005.

Since retiring from state government, Bourgeois has operated the organization full-time and has written and published an award winning pre-teen book to help food banks procure more fresh grown produce. “Patricke Peartree: A Modern-Day Johnny Appleseed,” the SPRF award winning book, encourages individuals and organizations to create edible landscaped yards and properties with donation orchards and gardens and give all or a portion of their harvests to food banks.

Bourgeois also organized and co-edited “It’s What we do Together That Counts,” the inspirational autobiography of Earl Heard, founder of the Business and Industry Connection (BIC), BIC magazine, a leading 25 year old industrial publication with national circulation, and the regionally distributed Leisure Connection magazine.

Clients

In addition to the Business and Industry Connection, other clients have included the Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge, Blue Flash Express, LLC, a trucking firm, Venco, a start-up steel fabrication company, and Maxiflex, a medical equipment manufacturer.

Related Experience

In addition to his position at LADOTD, Bourgeois also served as Public Information Director for the United Way in Baton Rouge and in New Orleans and for the Louisiana Department of Economic Development. He also served as Public Relations and Business Development Officer for a bank.

Awards

Bourgeois has garnered a number of writing and public relations awards for innovativeness and creativity over the course of his career, has been a volunteer with numerous organizations and is a graduate of the LSU Manship School of Mass Communications. His book, award winning “Patricke Peartree: A Modern-Day Johnny Appleseed", was also nominated for a 2006 IPPY Award by the Independent Publisher Book Awards program.

The Bourgeois Enterprises Logo

Thein the Bourgeois Enterprises logo is actually the registered cattle brand Bourgeois has maintained since childhood. It is called the Rocking Seven W Seven brand. Enterprising and innovative early on, Bourgeois picked cotton on his grandfather’s farm and cattle ranch in the summertime during his elementary school years. Realizing that cattle would multiply more than the money he would be paid for picking cotton, Bourgeois accepted his grandfather’s offer of an option to be paid in cash or a calf and opted for the calf. As a result, Bourgeois was able to pay for a used car and a portion of his college education by selling the cattle he raised with his grandfather. Since corporate branding is a part of his consulting business, Bourgeois decided to incorporate the cattle brand into his company logo.

Things are really looking up for Patricke Peartree. Way up! First, this hot air balloon passed over the Baton Rouge, Louisiana home of the imaginary character's grandfather - barely over treetop level on 6/23/07! Then on 6/28/07, a graphic image of Patricke was launched from Siberia into Earth's orbit atop a Russian rocket for an 8-13 year mission onboard Genesis 2 by Bigelow Aerospace of Las Vegas, Nevada. You can track Genesis 2 and Patricke in space at www.bigelowaerospace.com.