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Chartered on=20 August 29, 1996

2009=20 Annual Fishing Rodeo

An = annual=20 Fishing Rodeo is held each Spring for Gulf=20 Coast Teaching Family Services (GCTFS), a social = services=20 agency serving children with disabilities & foster = children. In=20 addition to the usual prize categories, trophies are awarded = for=20 cutest fish, best smelling fish, happiest fish, most unusual = catch,=20 etc. Everyone leaves a winner. The fishing rodeo is held in=20 conjunction with GCTFS's annual picnic.

GCTFS = website: http://brgov.com/Dept/OCD/gc= tfs.htm

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Fire Prevention = Poster=20 Contest

Partnering with=20 the Baton Rouge Fire Department in an annual Fire Prevention Poster Contest = for=20 children in grades K - 5 receive certificates and prizes at = the=20 BRFD's annual banquet. An essay contest was begun in 2002 in = which=20 students in grades 6-8 compete for U.S. Savings Bonds and = other=20 prizes. They also attend the annual banquet.

Website = for the=20 BRFD: http://brgov.com/dept/fire

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Youth of=20 Month

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Prevent Child=20 Abuse

Fishing=20 Rodeo

Fire=20 Prevention

Freedom=20 Shrine

Flag=20 Waving

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"Youth of the = Year" and=20 "ACE" Awards

Two of our most=20 popular youth projects are the Youth of the Year Award which = recognizes industrious high school students who have = attained high=20 levels of scholastic achievement, community involvement and=20 leadership and our ACE Award which recognizes outstanding = youths=20 that have overcome great difficulty to achieve success in = both Life=20 and their academic pursuits.

All = awards were=20 funded by Exchange this year. The club received Youth = of the=20 Year and ACE applicants from = East=20 Baton Rouge Parish public, private, and parochial = schools. The=20 top applicants were chosen from those received.

Thanks to = all of the=20 school representatives that helped with this = project.

2009 Youth of the = Month Award=20 Winners

Gisele Calderon (St. = Joseph's=20 Academy) Angela = Chun=20 (Baton Rouge Magnet High)

=20 John-Pierre LaFleur (BR Magnet = = High) &n= bsp; =20 Malerie Thornton (McKinley=20 High)

&nbs= p; =20 2009 ACE Award = Winners

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&n= bsp; =20 Craig Young (Catholic=20 = High) &n= bsp; &nb= sp; =20 Jessica Aucoin (St. Michael's High) =20

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Adopt-A-Teacher

Several new=20 elementary school teachers in Baton Rouge are adopted each = year and=20 provided financial support to purchase start-up materials = and=20 supplies for their classrooms. Since 1997, a total of 323 = new=20 teachers (representing 57 different schools) have received = over=20 $100,000 in gift certificates to School Aids. =

This=20 year promises to be the biggest year ever. Teachers complete = applications for Adopt-A-Teacher=20 funding; a panel of ten judges from throughout the community = reviews=20 the applications as part of the selection and allocation = process.=20 Presentations to the newest group of teachers will be made = at an=20 upcoming meeting of the East Baton Rouge Parish School = Board. In=20 addition to the Exchange Club providing substantial funding, = this=20 project has been successful as a result of the generous = support of=20 other local organizations, businesses and individuals. =

East=20 Baton Rouge Parish School Board website: http://www.ebrpss.k12.la.us/=

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Prevent Child Abuse=20 Program

Child abuse=20 prevention has been the primary focus of Exchange Clubs = around the=20 United States since 1979. Locally, the Exchange Club of = Baton Rouge=20 has partnered with PCAL (Prevent = Child Abuse=20 Louisiana) on various projects including: school = poster=20 contests; distribution of literature and blue ribbons = throughout the=20 community; sponsorship of the "Night of the=20 Child" annual PCAL fundraiser; holding = professionally=20 conducted free public seminars on important child rearing = and=20 protection issues; and assisting PCAL at their annual = statewide=20 conference. Also, donations have been made to the Baton Rouge Child Advocacy Center = (which=20 opened in 2002), with a commitment to continue supporting = this=20 important program in the future.

PCAL website: http://www.pcal.org/

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Annual Fishing=20 Rodeo

Freedom=20 Shrine

Replicas of over=20 thirty important documents tracing our great nation's = history are=20 permanently displayed at the Goodwood=20 Library and the USS Kid=20 Museum in Baton Rouge. More of these educational = and=20 patriotic displays are on public display at Baton Rouge Community College's = Library.=20 Included in the Freedom Shrine display are the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, = the Emancipation Proclamation, = Jackson's Letter Describing the Battle of = New=20 Orleans, Lincoln's = Gettysburg=20 Address, John F. = Kennedy's "Ask=20 Not ..." Inaugural Address, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a Dream" = Speech.

A = virtual=20 Freedom Shrine can be viewed at: http://www.freedomshrine.com/

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"Giveakidaflagtowave"

Our "Giveakidaflagtowave" = project is=20 always fun. At the 4th of July Kelilworth Parade, the=20 Exchangites rode in a Hummer and walked the route as we gave = out=20 1,500 flags to children along the route. Both the = flags and=20 the use of the Hummer were donated by Gerry Lane=20 Enterprise.

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