Club Spotlight
THE WEEK OF AUGUST 18, 2008

LOUISIANA FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN

Last year, our clubs contributed more than 6,500 dictionaries to children throughout Louisiana. This year will be no exception as we have already begun our 2008 drive. The aim of the project is to distribute dictionaries to school children. Every book features a Republican elephant, the Louisiana FRW label and the club name. Just think of the good we will be garnering for the Republican Party, our presidential candidate and all our Republican office seekers, and most importantly our children.

Professional Women of Caddo (46 members) is prepared to distribute 96 dictionaries to third graders. The chair of the project is Helen Baird. Thank you, Helen, and congratulations on your leadership, Pat Roach.

Betty Corbeille of RWC of Jefferson Parish (21 members) reports that her club was nationally recognized on the web site of the Dictionary Project for distributing 1,150 books last year. Her club gave dictionaries to third graders in 16 Jefferson Parish Schools and thesauruses to fifth graders in two more. What an achievement. Betty says that her club is hoping to do even better this coming year.

Five clubs from St. Tammany Parish have worked together on the project. They include Northlake Republican Women (18 members), Slidell Republican Women (93 members), Bayou Women Republican Club (18 members), Mandeville Republican Women (120 members) and Republican Professional Women of St. Tammany (37 members). They are ready to distribute 380 dictionaries to the third graders of their parish. Under Chair Lynn Pablovich, the project gave five clubs the opportunity to unite and build fellowship among members.

- Argiro L. Morgan, Louisiana FRW executive vice president

 

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