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Wright Charter Middle School during Carnival parades.</span></span></span>for some of the schools and churches located on the parade routes, it means a lot of hard work for volunteers, staff and members.<p>they make and sell food and drinks and, sometimes, provide parking and restrooms to the crowds of parade-goers. and all those red beans, sodas and nachos add up to lots of green.</p><p>the Mardi Gras Madness event happening today through Monday at St. Stephen Elementary School, 1027 Napoleon Ave., is "our major fundraiser, " said Principal Peggy LeBlanc. "It's how we buy our textbooks."</p><p>There's a school sign that says "Mardi Gras Food Festival" outside Sophie B. Wright Charter School, at the prime location of Napoleon and St. Charles avenues. it was paid for, in part, by the gumbo, fried catfish plates and hot dogs sold to parade-goers out of the school cafeteria during Carnival.</p><p>Assistant Principal Tiranus Edwards said the school chooses a big project to finance with the money raised each year. this year, the money will buy uniforms for the middle school's Warrior band, which is marching in several parades this season.</p><p>Sophie B. Wright's food, potty and parking sales opened for the first weekend's parades. this is the fourth year of its food festival.</p><p>Nearby, the members of St. George's Episcopal Church at 4600 St. Charles Ave. have been doing this since 1987, said Mardi Gras Spirits coordinator Ed Brown. He's also the man in charge of all the roast beef for the po-boys, a recipe that is "pretty tightly held."</p><p>Repeat customers, including many out-of-towners, visit the school and church locations every year. in 2006, after a hurricane-related membership slump, Brown said St. George's put out a call for volunteers from other churches to help with the event. they came from around the country, and some are still coming.</p><p>a group of six from Marietta, Ga. are here for their third Carnival. the wives help with Carnival sales while the husbands volunteer in local rebuilding projects, Brown said.</p><p>Youth groups at Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church, at 3900 St. Charles Ave. near Louisiana Avenue, operate an outdoor snacks and potty concession and use the money for their summer mission trips, said Barbara Gay Rigney, director of special ministries.</p><p>the older teen group wants to take a trip to Mexico to repair homes, and the younger ones are going to a Heifer International summer action program in Arkansas.</p><p></p><span style="display: inline;" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo"><span class="photo-breakout photo-left medium"><img alt="food.sales.chef.fish.JPG" src="http://media.nola.com/food_impact/photo/foodsalescheffishjpg-37b834e899d60c9a_medium.jpg"><span class="byline">Matthew Hinton / the Times-Picayune</span><span class="caption">Sophie B. Wright Charter School's cafeteria chef, Peter Riley, batters catfish for parade patrons.</span></span></span>outside on the circle driveway this year, the Rayne group will sell sodas, water and prepackaged snacks such as chips, as well as passes to portable toilets. in other years, they sold food as well.<p>"At this point, it looks like we'll have enough parents next year to get the food up and running again, " Rigney said. "We're looking at jambalaya and hot dogs. a lot of people have not been happy that we're not doing food."</p><p>One church on the Endymion parade route, Grace Episcopal Church at 3700 Canal St., has been selling food for parades "for more than 25 years, for years and years. we used to have five parades coming by here, " said volunteer administrator Betty Zachary.</p><p>It's the church's only fundraiser, and the money supports the church and its outreach programs. the parade specialty is chili. also very popular are the dishes made by Hispanic members of the congregation, who prepare enchiladas, beef and chicken tacos, tamales and yuca con chicharrones. they also sell hot dogs, nachos, bathroom passes and parking.</p><p>the volunteers at Grace Episcopal put in a long Endymion Saturday, arriving at 7 a.m. to start selling coffee around 9 a.m. the food is hot and ready to sell by about 11 a.m. when the superkrewe's parade finally arrives, "It usually takes three or four hours just to pass in front of us, " Zachary said. the day ends around 10:30 p.m.</p><p>the schools prepare food in, and sell from, their cafeterias. At Sophie B. Wright, staff and teachers, plus a few parents, volunteer their time to sell hot dogs, fried chicken plates, fried fish plates, hot dogs with chili, nachos, jambalayas and drinks. Parents donate some of the food to help keep costs down.</p><p>the best-seller and favorite dish is seafood gumbo made by school chef Peter Riley, Edwards said, adding, "It's some really good gumbo."</p><p>if they are marching in both daytime and nighttime parades on one day, some bands, including St. Augustine High School's famous one, make arrangements for members to eat there, Edwards said.</p><p>All the food at Wright, St. George's, Grace and St. Stephen's is prepared from scratch, from fresh foods, and some people in their communities come in just to make their specialties.</p><p>"We have cooks, " LeBlanc said of St. Stephen's. "It's not like cafeteria food. Some are our regular cafeteria cooks, and some we bring in."</p><p>St. Stephen's even has an off-the-menu special.</p><p>"Sometimes, if you request it, they will do a special. It's red beans with chili and cheese on the top, " LeBlanc said. "It seems to be pretty popular."</p><p>At St. George's, "We make a tremendous amount of bread pudding, " Brown said. "People just love it."</p><p>the red beans and rice are popular, he said, as are the grilled chicken quarters and potato salad. also on the menu are burritos, hamburgers, jambalaya and more. they also sell draft Abita beer and wine.</p><p>Brown, who has been the coordinator of St. George's for 20 years, said it's been at least 15 years since he saw a parade, and he's getting close to retiring. the money raised this week goes toward the church's capital improvement projects. Traditionally, it's used to repair the stained-glass windows in the 110-year-old church. Brown said it costs $5,000 to $50,000 to repair each window, depending on its size. the lead in each window lasts about 50 years, then "they have to be taken out, all taken apart, all the lead replaced. and sometimes the glass cracks."</p><p>the Mardi Gras event finances that, plus "we've used it since Katrina for other emergencies. There are things you just can't budget for sometimes."</p><p>At Sophie B. Wright, "People typically want to know if the money is going to the school, and once they find out it is, they're delighted to help out that cause, " Edwards said. "That's the No. 1 question. and, 'are y'all going to be open every parade?'"</p><p>the answer is almost. Sophie B. Wright closes on Mardi Gras, as does St. Stephen's. Rayne, near the middle of the Uptown route, will be open, as will St. George's.</p><p>Bacchus Sunday, with three day parades and three night ones, is the longest day of all for the groups. St. George's serves breakfast, opening at 8 a.m. if parades roll on time, crews can clean up and get home by 11 or so, but if breakdowns occur, it's sometimes midnight.</p><p>and, yes, each location has somebody who cleans the bathrooms. often.</p><p>At Rayne, it's the kids. St. Stephen's pays somebody. Volunteers do the chores at Sophie B. Wright and St. George's.</p><p>Actually, St. George's operation has a rare Carnival commodity.</p><p>"We have free bathrooms, " Brown said. "You don't have to eat. we have a tip jar for the bathroom, Tips for Trips, and I'll tell you, people are so appreciative to have a clean bathroom that we get $20 bills in it routinely. 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<a href="http://blog.nola.com/mardigras/2010/02/schools_and_churches_along_the/3187/atom.xml" title="RSS feed" class="rss">RSS</a></div><div class="right"><div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a comment</a></div></div><div class="page_sorting">Oldest comments are shown first. <a href="http://www.nola.com/mardigras/index.ssf/2010/02/schools_and_churches_along_the/3187/comments-newest.html" title="Newest comments first">show newest comments first</a></div><div class="clear"><!-- --></div></div><div class="comment" id="comment-9494877"><a name="comment-9494877"></a><div class="img_container"><!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --><div class="user-pic"><!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --><a href="http://connect.nola.com/user/CajunChefRyan/index.html"><img src="http://media.nola.com//avatars/userpic-8260369-100x100.png" width="40" height="40" alt="CajunChefRyan" /></a><!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --></div><!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --><div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.nola.com/user/CajunChefRyan/index.html" title="View Cajun Chef Ryan's profile">Cajun Chef Ryan</a></div><div>February 11, 2010, 9:12AM</div></div><div class="text_container"><p>you know, some of the best Red Beans and Rice and Gumbo I ever tasted was in the cafeterias of the new Orleans Public Schools. every Monday you could count on getting a big plate of red beans and rice with greens, and big old square of corn bread. Dat's rite babe! <br /><a href="http://cajunchefryan.rymocs.com/blog2/recipes/gumbo-mardi-gras-2010/">http://cajunchefryan.rymocs.com/blog2/recipes/gumbo-mardi-gras-2010/</a> </p><div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment?&nbsp;<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.nola.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.nola.com/mardigras_impact&amp;comment_id=9494877');">Alert us.</a></div><div class="actions"><div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(9494877, 'Cajun Chef Ryan');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div></div></div></div><div class="comment" id="comment-9496064"><a name="comment-9496064"></a><div class="img_container"><!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --><div class="user-pic"><!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --><a href="http://connect.nola.com/user/notcaringanymore/index.html"><img src="http://media.nola.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" width="40" height="40" alt="notcaringanymore" /></a><!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --></div><!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --><div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.nola.com/user/notcaringanymore/index.html" title="View notcaringanymore's profile">notcaringanymore</a></div><div>February 11, 2010, 10:32AM</div></div><div class="text_container"><p>this is a wonderful story. I had no idea these schools did these sort of things. if I am out and about this weekend will definitely check them out.</p><div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment?&nbsp;<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.nola.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.nola.com/mardigras_impact&amp;comment_id=9496064');">Alert us.</a></div><div class="actions"><div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(9496064, 'notcaringanymore');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div></div></div></div><div class="comment" id="comment-9499423"><a name="comment-9499423"></a><div class="img_container"><!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --><div class="user-pic"><!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --><a href="http://connect.nola.com/user/saintswrath/index.html"><img src="http://media.nola.com//avatars/userpic-1731729-100x100.png" width="40" height="40" alt="saintswrath" /></a><!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --></div><!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --><div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.nola.com/user/saintswrath/index.html" title="View saintswrath's profile">saintswrath</a></div><div>February 11, 2010, 1:52PM</div></div><div class="text_container"><p>damn i wanna go back to school so i can eat right! <br />and you cannot say the same in any other schools around the Nation.. 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