Everyone enjoyed the cook-off and expressed how much fun it was.
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Winners of the Brudley's Wild Game Cook-off:
Wildgame Category:
1. Process Piping/Coastal Production-Bacon wrapped duck
2. Phil Haney Community Project-Bacon wrapped duck & backstrap
3. Bunk Johnson-Spicy smothered wild hog
Jambalaya/Meat Category:
1. La Vie Pour Manger-Bacon quiche
2. New Iberia Quarterback Club-Fried turkey
3. Phil Haney Community Project-Grillades with garlic grits
Seafood Category:
1. Process Piping/ Coastal Production-Batterless fried alligator poppers
2. La Vie Pour Manager-Blackened catfish over shrimp alfredo
3. Ray Kibodeaux-Seafood bisque
Dessert Category:
1. La Vie Pour Manger-Berry Chantilly cake
2. New Iberia Jaycees/Village Bingo-Banana pudding
3. Iberia Medical Center-Sugar berry bread pudding
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Fall Carnival
Every year around Halloween our Clubs hold a Fall Carnival for the members. This is an opportunity for our members to get their face painted and enjoy themselves by being involved in fun Halloween activities.
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ALP
Here at the Boys & Girls Clubs we are always looking for ways to improve. A few of our staff members recently enrolled in the ALP classes. These classes are suppose to help with skills in your daily work life.
Scott Brazda with Stuller and KATC helped the staff with their skit for the final class.
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Gabe Salazar Visits Louisiana for the Taco Bell To Go Program!
Internationally recognized, motivational speaker Gabe
Salazar encouraged students to graduate at local High Schools in Abbeville, Lafayette and New Iberia. Gabe Salazar overcame obstacles of homelessness and gang influence to become the first in his family to go to college. Gabe's message encourages students to make positive choices. There was a Graduate to Go Rally at the Jackie, Abbeville and New Iberia Clubs with food, fun and games.
Graduate to Go is an initiative developed by the Taco Bell Foundation For Teens to fund real-world experiences focused on career, community and education to motivate teens to stay in school. In 2012, Taco Bell Foundation For Teens will distribute more than $3.5 million in local grants to over 300 teen-serving organizations throughout the country. $40,000 of this has gone to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Acadiana in 2012. Since 1995 the Foundation has been the largest teen program donor to Boys & Girls Clubs of America. For more information, go to www.GraduateToGo.com or join Graduate To Go on Facebook.
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Books-A-Million is holding a Toy Drive
Books-A-Million will be holding a toy drive for the kids in our Clubs until December 22nd. Their location is 4419 Ambassador Caffery.
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Frito-Lay holds a Coat Drive
Frito-Lay held a coat drive for the Boys & Girls Clubs in the month of November. They collected quit a few coats. The Hispanic diversity groups held the drives at all of their facilities in the Central Gulf Coast Region, which includes Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and West Virginia. Keeping our members warm during the chilly part of the year is something very important to us.
Tamara Vincent says, "We were just excited to be able to contribute anything we could".
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The Lafayette City Police Department donates bikes to members at the Boys & Girls Clubs
Combined the Lafayette City Police Department gave away 64 bikes to organizations within the community. The 3 organizations were LA Cruisers, Charles Burke Elementary Positive Behavioral Support and the Boys & Girls Clubs. The Boys & Girls Clubs received 11 of the bikes and they will be distributed to the children who need them the most. The bikes given are bikes that have been recovered off the streets. Ms. Mary Chretien with the Lafayette City Police Department says, " We enjoy donating to non-profits. It helps the children that are less fortunate to have gifts for Christmas because some of them don't even get Christmas gifts at home. We give bikes to the organizations twice a year and we are happy to be able to do that for the kids.
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Cox Communications "Joy for the Toys"
Until December 14th people can bring a toy to Cox Communications. The toys will all go to children at the Boys & Girls Clubs as Christmas presents. People who bring in a present will receive a special Holiday Digeez Doll.
Here's a list of the locations participating:
- New Iberia
- Lafayette
- Abbeville
- St. Martin
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We are a 2012 Payless Gives partner
We will be partnering with the Payless ShoeSource through the Payless Gives Shoes 4 Kids program. We will receive gift certificates for some of our members to buy shoes. It is great that Payless is involved and helping our community.
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Thanksgiving Dinner at the Clubs
The Boys & Girls Clubs always hold their own Thanksgiving Dinner for staff and the members. We think of all of our staff and children as one big family. Thank you to all of those volunteers that gave of their time to help with the dinners.
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The Daily Advertiser and The Daily World's Book Drive
Make A Difference Day! 2,000 Books WOW! Thank you! The kids sure will enjoy every single one of them!
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