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"Youth of the
Year" and "ACE" Awards
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Two of our
most popular youth projects are the Youth of the Year
Award which recognizes
industrious high school students who have attained high levels of scholastic
achievement, community involvement and leadership and our
ACE Award which
recognizes outstanding youths that have overcome great difficulty to achieve
success in both Life and their academic pursuits.
All awards were funded by
Exchange this year. The club received Youth of the Year and ACE applicants
from East Baton Rouge Parish public, private, and parochial schools. The
top applicants were chosen from those received.
Thanks to all of the
school representatives that helped with this project.
2009
TLGC District Youth Award Winner
Henry Lessen (and family) - Alexandria, LA
2009
TLGC District ACE Award Winner
Craig Young (Catholic High) - Baton Rouge, LA
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2009
Youth
of the Month Award Winners
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Gisele Calderon
(St. Joseph's Academy) Angela
Chun (Baton Rouge Magnet High)
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John-Pierre LaFleur
(BR Magnet High) Malerie Thornton
(McKinley High)
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A. C. Turner
(Parkview Bapt. High)
Mark Rolfsen
(Catholic High)
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Craig Young (Catholic High)
Jessica Aucoin (St. Michael's High)
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Adopt-A-Teacher
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Several new elementary school teachers in Baton Rouge are adopted each year
and provided financial support to purchase start-up materials and supplies
for their classrooms. Since 1997, a total of 323 new teachers (representing 57
different schools) have received over $100,000 in gift certificates to School
Aids.
This year promises to be the best year ever. Teachers complete
applications for Adopt-A-Teacher
funding; a panel of ten judges from throughout the community reviews the
applications as part of the selection and allocation process. Presentations
to the newest group of teachers will be made at an upcoming meeting of the
East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. In addition to the Exchange Club
providing substantial funding, this project has been successful as a result
of the generous support of other local organizations, businesses and
individuals.
Winning Teachers, Exchange Club, and School
Aids at the EBR School Board Meeting
Front row (from
left): Ruth Linder, Ffion Thomas, Hillary Thornhill, Jennifer Lucas,
and Andrea Watson. Second row (from left) Lizz Sanchez, Janet
Barnes, Gee McGee, Janet Marquette, and Scott Couper. Third
row (from left):
Ted Firnberg,
Jeffrey Bender, Daniel Fuchs, John Yount, Allison Sterling, Christine
Griffith, Nadine Couper and Richard Flicker.
East Baton Rouge Parish School Board website:
www.ebrpss.k12.la.us |
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Prevent Child
Abuse Program
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Child
abuse prevention has been the primary focus of Exchange Clubs around the
United States since 1979. Locally, the Exchange Club of Baton Rouge has
partnered with PCAL (Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana)
on various projects including: school poster contests; distribution of
literature and blue ribbons throughout the community; sponsorship of the
"Night of the Child" annual PCAL
fundraiser; holding professionally conducted free public seminars on
important child rearing and protection issues; and assisting PCAL at their
annual statewide conference. Also, donations have been made to the
Baton Rouge Child Advocacy Center (which
opened in 2002), with a commitment to continue supporting this important
program in the future.
PCAL website:
www.PCAL.org |
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2009 Annual Fishing Rodeo
An
annual Fishing Rodeo is held each Spring for
Gulf
Coast Teaching Family Services (GCTFS), a social services agency
serving children with disabilities & foster children is held at
Waddill Outdoors Education Center, 4142 North
Flannery Road. In addition to the
usual prize categories, trophies are awarded for cutest fish, best smelling
fish, happiest fish, most unusual catch, etc. Everyone leaves a winner. The
fishing rodeo is held in conjunction with GCTFS's annual picnic.
GCTFS website:
www.ci.baton-rouge.la.us/Dept/OCD/gctfs.htm |
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Fire
Prevention Poster Contest
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Partnering
with the Baton Rouge Fire Department in an annual
Fire Prevention Poster Contest for children in grades K - 5
receive certificates and prizes at the BRFD's annual banquet. An essay
contest was begun in 2002 in which students in grades 6-8 compete for U.S.
Savings Bonds and other prizes. They also attend the annual banquet.
2009 Fire Prevention Poster Winners
Daijah Landry (Wedgewood Elem) -- 3rd Grade & Overall
Winner Sierra Allyn (Parkview Baptist School) -- 2nd
Grade & Overall Runner-Up Tushan Lanka (University Terrace
Elem) -- Kindergarden
Alyssa Peters (Wedgewood Elem) -- 1st Grade
Briza Teran (Wedgewood Elem) -- 4th Grade
Aliciyia Johnson (Delmont Elem) -- 5th Grade
Website for the BRFD:
www.ci.baton-rouge.la.us/dept/fire/ |
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Replicas of over thirty
important documents tracing our great nation's history are permanently
displayed at the Goodwood Library and
the USS Kid Museum in Baton Rouge. More
of these educational and patriotic displays are on public display at
Baton Rouge Community College's Library.
Included in the Freedom Shrine display are the
Constitution, the Declaration of
Independence, the Emancipation
Proclamation, Jackson's Letter
Describing the Battle of New Orleans,
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, John F.
Kennedy's "Ask Not ..." Inaugural Address, and
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a Dream" Speech.
A virtual Freedom
Shrine can be viewed at:
www.freedomshrine.com |
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Our "Giveakidaflagtowave" project
is always fun. At the 4th of July Kelilworth Parade, the Exchangites
rode in a Hummer and walked the route as
we gave out 1,500 flags to children along the route. Both the flags and the use of the
Hummer were donated by Gerry Lane Enterprise. |
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