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THURSDAY DECEMBER 24, 2015
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Advocate staff photos by HILARY SCHEINUK
Audrey Levins, 13, sticks her tongue out to sample the snow as it falls during Santa Rocks the Rowe on Saturday at Perkins Rowe.
From left, Dr. Griff Martin joins his father, Steve Martin, in photographing his children, Jude, 3, left, and Blake, 6, as they sit with Santa and Mrs. Claus during Santa Rocks the Rowe on Saturday at Perkins Rowe.
Flurries, families & fun
Visitors enjoy a horse-drawn carriage ride through Perkins Rowe.
Share your holiday Darlene celebrations Denstorff with us ON THE SOUTHSIDE
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The holidays are family time for many in our area. Bountiful family dinners, festive gathering and gala parties take up much of our time until the end of the year. The Advocate family extends holiday greetings to our readers. As you get together in the
next few weeks, don’t forget to share a few photos with The Advocate. It’s easy to send photos and information to us. Simply email photos — cellphone photos are fine — to southside@theadvocate.com. Include the names of the äSee SOUTHSIDE, page 2G
St.Jude the Apostle’s Beta Club gives bicycles
LSU Lab School turns 100, raises over $10K
Advocate staff report St. Jude the Apostle School’s Junior Beta Club, a service organization open to seventh- and eighthgrade students, regularly partners with Wildwood Elementary School for various projects and field trips throughout the year. The Beta students voted to collect donations in early December to purchase bicycles for Cynthia Murphy’s prekindergarten class at Wildwood. St. Jude collected $980.18 used to purchase 18 bikes. Several club members’ fathers volunteered their time to assemble and transport the bikes and eighth-grade club representatives to Wildwood, where they surprised their prekindergarten buddies.
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Photo provided by STARR DRIESSE
Wildwood Elementary School pre-kindergartner Cristian Valenzuela, left, rides his new bicycle alongside Christopher Grand, a member of St. Jude the Apostle School’s Beta Club.
Philanthropy and service to community has long been a part of the LSU Laboratory School’s internal culture, said Adrienne Gale, project manager of the school’s Centennial Celebration. Gale has documented service projects as far back as the 1940s, she said, and it’s a component the school tries to incorporate early on in the education process. This year, LSU Lab School celebrated 100 years since its founding and, as part of the centennial year, asked the
student body to raise at least $10,000 for good causes during the holiday season. The project, $100 for 100, challenged at least 100 groups on campus to fundraise a minimum of $100 each for a charity of their choosing. “I’m proud to say we exceeded that goal,” Gale said, with 113 clubs, groups, classes or organizations within the school coming up with their own fundraising ideas and successfully turning in the $100 minimum, and in many cases, more. äSee 100, page 3G