Why We Started the Foundation

The M & N Augustine Foundation was founded on November 16, 1992, Marksville, Louisiana, on the 62nd Wedding Anniversary of the late Merlin and Nora Augustine, Sr. The Foundation was established as an expression of appreciation to my parents who in my early years were extremely kind, gentle and compassionate to all who came to them for assistance. During that time there were no social programs as we know them today. I did not fully understand why my parents would ask me to give up my bed to someone else to inhabit it, or why we would share our meager resources with so many other individuals.

- Dr. Merlin J Augustine, Jr.