also painted Throw Me Something FEMA and You Can't Drown the Blues. Following those releases, Rodrigue launched a campaign for New Orleans levee protection. He sent prints of To Stay Alive We Need Levee 5 to every member of the U.S. Congress. Sales proceeds from silkscreen prints and related campaign materials — including T-shirts, lapel pins, bumper stickers and buttons — were donated to NOMA. Rodrigue donated his Cut Through the Red Tape image to the United Way for use in promoting the Louisiana 2-1-1 phone system. Louisiana 2-1-1 (an easy-to-remember Information & Referral phone number) seeks to eliminate barriers to reaching human-service agencies — particularly in the wake of disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. As of September 2006, the donation tally to Blue Dog Relief beneficiaries was $700,000, including a check for $100,000 that Rodrigue presented to NOMA on March 3, 2006, to help kick off its grand re-opening: "The HeART of New Orleans," a three-day weekend celebration of the arts. George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts In 2009, Rodrigue formed the George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts (GRFA), a non-profit organization which advocates the importance of the visual arts in children's development. GRFA encourages the use of art within all curricula and supports a variety of art educational programs. Programs of the Rodrigue Foundation include an annual Scholarship Art Contest, and George's Art Closet, which donates art supplies to schools and Louisiana A+ Schools (LAA+). LAA+ trains hundreds of teachers annually in arts integration so that students can unlock their traditional subjects through the arts. Publications The Cajuns of George Rodrigue (Oxmoor House, 1976) A Couple of Local Boys: Paintings by George Rodrigue, Poetry by Gus Weill (Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishing Division, 1981); Gus Weill is a political consultant and novelist originally from Lafayette, Louisiana, who resides in New York City. Le Petit Cajun: Conversations with André Rodrigue, from his son's perspective Bayou; text by Chris Segura, paintings by George Rodrigue (Inkwell, 1984) Blue Dog by George Rodrigue and Lawrence Freundlich (Viking / Penguin, 1994; a Book of the Month Club selection) George Rodrigue; A Cajun Artist (Penguin Studio, 1997) Blue Dog Man (foreword by Tom Brokaw, Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1999) A Blue Dog Christmas (Stewart Tabori & Chang, 2000) Blue Dog Love (Stewart Tabori & Chang, 2001) "Why is Blue Dog Blue?" (Abrams, 2002) The Art of George Rodrigue a 40-year retrospective by Ginger Danto &