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Turner Industries Received Sustainer Spirit Award
Turner Industries Participates in “Fiesta de los Ninos”
Baton Rouge, La. –
Corpus Christ,
Turner recently re-
Texas – Turner
ceived a “Sustainer
Industries was
Spirit Award” from
a proud partici-
the Cystic Fibrosis
pant in the most
Foundation for our
recent “Fiesta
continued
support
de los Ninos,”
of the organization.
a fundraising
TEAM Turner™ board
event benefit-
member, Kaci Forman,
ting
accepted the award on
Driscoll
Children’s HosKaci Foreman
behalf of Turner at an
Pictured left to right are: Ruben Resendez, Flint Hill Resources; David Arreola, Turner and Lillian Helms, Turner.
pital held February 3rd. The goal for this year was to raise one million
appreciation dinner held at Sullivan’s Steakhouse
dollars for a new outpatient surgery center. This marked the 25th anni-
January 11th.
versary of the annual event and was held at the American Bank Center.
TEAM Turner™ Volunteers at Braille Challenge
Turner Industries Sponsored CASA Mardi Gras Party
Baton Rouge, La. - Each year, the Baton Rouge School for the Visually Impaired
holds
a
Braille Challenge for its students, part of a national contest. The two-stage challenge is
Decatur, Ala. – The Carnegie Car-
designed to motivate
nival Mardi Gras Children’s Pa-
blind students in their
rade has become a yearly event.
study of braille, while
This year, the Court Appointed
rewarding their success
Special Advocates for Children
with
fun-filled,
challenging
but
events.
At the event, Turner volunteers were presented with a gift of appreciation.
Turner, held a pre-parade party
Any visually impaired student
to students of all skills levels with the top-scoring 50
for children in their program,
who reads braille is eligible to
contestants nationally being invited to Los Angeles
which included food games and
participate in the preliminary
for the Final Round. Braille Challenge contest cate-
craft activities. The parade fes-
Challenge contest.
gories include reading comprehension, braille speed
tivities also raised $4,000 to help
and accuracy, proofreading, spelling and reading tac-
in their efforts to advocate for
tile charts and graphs.
abused and neglected children
The Braille Challenge is held at 46 different sites throughout the United States and Canada. The preliminary round is open
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(CASA) of Decatur, together with
After the challenge, Turner volunteers cooked and served lunch to the contestants and their families.
in their community.