Mayor Manufacturing Proclamation
In recognition of the vital role American manufacturing plays on the local economy, the local Manufacturing Day Committee, consisting of Amber Mize with Sam Hebert Financial Group, Becky Franks of Manpower, and Erin Davison of Business Health Partners, celebrated National Manufacturing Day by hosting a reception to honor the hardworking men and women that make the American manufacturing industry thrive. Lake Charles Mayor, Randy Roach, proclaimed the first Friday in October Manufacturing Day for our local community.
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Arts Council Releases Grant Deadlines for 2014-2015
CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital Named Consumer Choice
With the investments of regional partners, the Arts Council of SWLA distributes nearly $150,000 in grants each year to schools, nonprofits, libraries, and civic groups throughout the five parish region, and these allocations are awarded through four competitive grant programs that are available to qualified applicants February through June. For more information or to schedule a personalized consultation, contact the Arts Council at (337) 439-ARTS or visit www.artsandhumanitiesswla.org.
National Research Corporation announced that CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital has been named a 2013/2014 Consumer Choice Award Winner for the fifth consecutive year. The categories evaluated for the award are best overall quality, doctors, nurses and image. Winners are determined by consumer perceptions on multiple quality and image ratings collected in the company’s Market Insights Survey.
Our Lady School Students are Care Helpers Executive Director, Jody Farnum welcomed Our Lady School students to a morning at Care Help. The students came to Care Help with their Prayer Buddies of 8th and 2nd Graders volunteering working towards the second grader’s first Communion. Teachers Beth Mouton and Erica O’Quinn were helping out right along with the children. For more information, call (337) 528-2273.
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