August brings us
the start of another school year.
The
City of
Central Chamber of Commerce
believes in not only helping to improve our business community but also in
supporting events that strengthen the lives of our young people, their families
and our community schools.
We are excited to have
the opportunity to sponsor and support two very important events at the start
of this school year.
The Central Student Prayer Banquet is
in its twelfth year!
This
nondenominational event sponsored by the City of
Central Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to
all students and their schools in the Central Community. Our guest speaker this
year is Bob Lenz.
He has an intense
passion to instill hope in our youth.
He
connects with the hearts and minds of youth like no other speaker can, sharing
personal stories and experiences that help others deal with real life while
challenging them to make a difference in their world.
This year’s event will take place on Wednesday
evening, September 15, 2010 at Central High’s Gymnasium.
Prime Time Family Reading is
a six-week (September 21- October 26) event
that will be sponsored by the
CentralIntermediateSchool,
who received a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.
Even though I hate to admit it, I was raised
in a time when you had one or maybe two television stations to choose from,
movies were something you traveled to the city to see and beta was just on the
distant horizon.
Reading books was our
only way to escape into another world of adventure!
Prime Time Family
Reading will reach about
75 students, parents and siblings in the Central area.
Even though we live in an age of ever
changing technology, the importance of a child’s reading ability and
opportunities for families to read together cannot be over emphasized.
For more information on this program call CIS
Librarian
Cindy Blanchard at 261-1390.
The Chamber is currently
collecting sponsors to provide door prizes, food and drinks for the six evening
meetings that will be held.
For more
information on either of these exciting programs give us a call at the Chamber office
at
261-5818 or go to
cityofcentralchamber.com.
