Upcoming BIG Events
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| Monthly Luncheon Monday, March 10 Speaker: Jessica Thornton, FTCC
Monthly Luncheon Monday, April 14
BIG SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE Tuesday, April 15
BIG Crawfish Crawl for Higher Education Saturday, April 26 4:00 - 9:00 pm Peltier Park
Remember: Members attend our monthly luncheon at no charge! If you cannot attend a meeting, don't let your perk go to waste -- send someone in your place!! _____________
2014 Board of Directors
President:
Dr. Ricky Melancon,
Houma - Thibodaux Spine and Rehabilitation
Executive Vice-President:
Howell Chiasson,
Nicholls State University
Vice-President:
Dwayne Bourgeois, North Lafourche Levee District
Treasurer:
Steve Gaubert, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center
Past President:
Jimmy Ledet,
T. Baker Smith
Raylan Alleman, Raylan Alleman, CPA Denny Borne, Bollinger Shipyards
Henri Boulet,
LA 1 Coalition
Monique Crochet,
NSU Alumni Association
Shane Guin,
Carlton Real Estate
Lori LeBlanc,
Lori LeBlanc, LLC
Raymond Richard,
MidSouth Bank
Jennifer Armand,
Executive Director
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| New "Deepwater Center for WorkForce Excellence" Is Topic of March 10 Lunch
| Bayou Industrial Group is pleased to welcome Jessica Thornton of Fletcher Technical-Community College as guest speaker for our next monthly membership luncheon on Monday, March 10. Jessica will give us a preview of the school's new Integrated Production Technologies Center, set to open this month. Fletcher was also recently designated by the LA Board of Regents as the "Deepwater Center for WorkForce Excellence."
The meeting begins at Noon on at the Bayou Country Club in Thibodaux. We hope to see you and your guests there!
___________________________________________________ March 10 Meeting Notice
Reservation Deadline: Thursday, March 6, 2014
Bring a Guest to Lunch with You or Send Someone in Your Place if You are Unable to Attend!
There is no charge for BIG members; $20 fee for reserved guests; $25 for walk-ins. Since BIG is required to pay for total number of reservations, all reserved guests will be billed for payment regardless of attendance. |
| Calling All Runners and Crawfish Boiling Teams to the BIG Crawfish Crawl!
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 The 2nd Annual BIG Crawfish Crawl for Higher Education is scheduled for Saturday, April 26 from 4 - 9 pm at the Peltier Park Pavilion in Thibodaux. The education fundraiser will once again feature a 5K race, family fun run/walk, an exciting crawfish boil-off, and boiled crawfish for sale for everyone! All proceeds will be used to expand BIG scholarships for local students attending NSU, FTCC and SCLTC-Lafourche, as well as to support education efforts at these schools. 5K Race and Fun Run Registration Forms available here. Boil-Off Team Registration and Sponsorship Information available here. Winning Crawfish Boil-Off Team will win this traveling paddle trophy with their name painted on the handle!
Please consider running, boiling, and eating with us at Peltier Park on April 26th!
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 | Congratulations to our 2014 BIG Achievers!
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Thanks to all of our sponsors and guests who attended our BIG Annual Membership Banquet on February 11 at Cypress Columns! In addition to installation of officers and a keynote address by
Nicholls State University President Dr. Bruce Muphy, the banquet also featured the presentation of our
2014 BIG Achiever Awards.
Congratulations to Individual BIG Achiever Hugh Caffery and to Company AchieverJohn Deere!
Your contributions to our Bayou Region are worth cheering about and we are pleased to have your BIG support.
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