Community Contributor$ L’Auberge Donates Tasting on the Terrace Proceeds Family & Youth’s Children’s Advocacy Center received $10,000 from L’Auberge Resort & Casino Lake Charles. The funds were raised at the sold-out Tasting on the Terrace Event hosted by L’Auberge. For more information on Family & Youth, call (337) 436-9533. L to R: Julio Galan, Family & Youth president & CEO; Stephanie Miller, director food & beverage, L’Auberge Resort & Casino Lake Charles; Keith Henson, general manager, L’Auberge Resort & Casino Lake Charles; Erika Simon, senior coordinator, Children’s Advocacy Center; Candice Fast, executive administrative assistant, L’Auberge Resort & Casino Lake Charles.
L’Auberge Sponsors La Familia Resource Center Fashion Show L’Auberge Casino Resort Lake Charles hosted the La Familia Extravaganza Fashion Show. L’Auberge’s $6,875 inkind donation consisted of ballroom space, beverages, and dinner and one-night stay as an auction item. The event benefited the La Familia Resource Center, a bilingual, multi-service nonprofit organization developed to meet the needs of Latino and other multicultural families. L to R: Daryl Boyd, La Familia Resource Center marketing and public relations director; Sylvia Stelly, La Familia Resource Center executive director; Keith W. Henson, L’Auberge Casino Resort senior vice president and general manager.
WCCH Auxiliary Donates Money To Hospital’s Foundation The West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital (WCCH) Foundation received a $9,000 donation from the WCCH Auxiliary. The donation, made possible by proceeds from sales in the Auxiliary’s Gift Shoppe, was made to assist the WCCH Foundation achieve its core mission of assisting the hospital in providing advanced, quality health care to the community. For more information, call (337) 527-4144.
L’Auberge Sponsors Louisiana State Trooper Foundation Luncheon L’Auberge Casino Resort Lake Charles hosted a Louisiana State Trooper Foundation Luncheon. L’Auberge’s $15,475 in-kind donation consisted of ballroom space, food and beverage, and an auction item.
L to R: Captain Chris Guillory, State Trooper; Sean Demeule, assistant general manager L’Auberge Casino Resort; Billy Navarre, Foundation volunteer coordinator; Brett Travis, Senior Trooper.
Capital One Donation to Junior Achievement Junior Achievement of Southwest Louisiana is grateful to Capital One Bank for its donation of $6,000 in support of financial literacy programs for students in Southwest Louisiana.
McNeese Alumni Association Receives Donation CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital donated $5,000 to the McNeese State University Alumni Association to help sponsor 2013 Homecoming week activities. L to R: Heather Hidalgo, Christus St. Patrick Hospital director of marketing and communications; Blake McCaskill, alumni association president, and Donald Lloyd II, Christus St. Patrick Hospital administrator.
Toys for Tots Literacy Program Donate to Charter Schools Lake Charles Charter Academy and Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy students received 1,600 books donated by Toys for Tots Literacy Program. For more information, visit www.lakecharlescharter.org or L to R: Students, Claire Betrand, Alaina Hartley, Khya Gilliam, Nathan Gray, Madyson Watkins, www.swlouisianacharter.org. and Grayson Boulard.
L to R: Sharon Comeaux, WCCH Auxiliary president, Ira Fontenot, WCCH Foundation CEO and president, Janie Fruge’, WCCH CEO, and Debby Nabours, WCCH Foundation executive director.
United Way of SWLA Donates to Sulphur High JAG Program United Way of Southwest Louisiana donated $1,000 and 5 computers to Sulphur High School’s “Jobs for America’s Graduates” program today. Front L to R: Sulphur High students Chelsea Cook, Shelbee Barrios, Jayleen Lantier, Daniel Hickson; Tyrella Bushnell, Sulphur High teacher; Denise Durel, President and CEO of United Way of SWLA. Back L to R: Dr. Jason VanMetre, assistant principal of Sulphur High School; Sulphur High students Cameron Skinner, Austin McCartney, and Alexis Robertson. 80 www.thriveswla.com
Capital One Bank and SOWELA Technical Community College Partner Capital One Bank has provided a grant of more than $80,000 to go toward workforce development scholarships at SOWELA Technical Community College. Students seeking high demand jobs as machinists and welders in southwestern Louisiana have the opportunity to enroll in SOWELA’s 24-week Workforce Development program with scholarship assistance provided by Capital One Bank. For more information, visit www.sowela.edu.
Thrive Magazine for Better Living
November 2013