L’Observateur / September 25, 2000

LaPlace girls between the ages of 5 and 17 (both new and returning Girl Scouts) and their parents are invited to attend a recruitment/registration event today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at McDonald’s indoor playhouse, 1608 W.Airline Highway in LaPlace.

Information about the Girl Scout program will be available at the registration along with information on Girl Scout volunteer opportunities.

There are five program age levels for Girl Scouts – Daisy Girl Scouts, ages 5- 6; Brownie Girl Scouts, ages 6-8; Junior Girl Scouts, ages 8-11; Cadette Girl Scouts, ages 11-14; and Senior Girl Scouts, ages 14-17.

“We currently serve over 16,000 girls throughout southeast Louisiana,” said Jackie Alexander, the council’s assistant director of membership and marketing, “but want to make Girl Scouting available to all girls. We can onlydo that when adults step forward to volunteer.

“As a Girl Scout volunteer, you will make a visible difference in the lives of girls – yet volunteers tell me they gain as much as they give. It is rewardingto be a part of an organization that helps girls develop confidence and self- worth as they successfully master new skills and have fun in the process.”According to Alexander, there are a variety of volunteer opportunities available from leading a troop to managing other adults in an administrative capacity.

“Volunteers do not have to be mothers of Girl Scouts. We need dads andgrandparents as well as other adults in the local community to get involved,” emphasized Alexander. She said leaders and co-leaders are especially neededwith girls typically put on waiting lists until volunteers can be found and trained. Alexander said that although the core of the Girl Scouts program isset by the national organization, troop activities are planned by the girls with the guidance from their leaders. Girl Scouts meet in groups or troops,typically once a week or every other week. Each troop must have at leasttwo leaders.

Volunteer training is provided at no cost to volunteers, and there is also a network of Girl Scout volunteers and staff members to provide support and advice.

For more information about Girl Scouting in southeast Louisiana, attend the recruitment event or call Jack Castro at the council office at (504) 733- 8220.

The Girl Scout Council of Southeast Louisiana serves area parishes including St. John, St. Charles and St. James parishes.*** The first Native American Heritage Festival takes place Sept. 30 from 9 a.m.to 7 p.m. at the site of the Cannes Brulee Native American Exhibit, locatedat the Wildlife and Fisheries Museum at Rivertown, 303 Williams Blvd. inKenner.

There will be ongoing performances and demonstrations of Native American music, dancing, food and crafters. Featured performers include the BayouHealers and Bayou Eagles Dancers, from 10:30-11:45 a.m. and 3-4 p.m.;Kostini Native American band, from noon to 3 p.m.; and Treater all NativeAmerican band, from 4-7 p.m. Demonstrations take place from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. and will include Roy Parfait of Houma with wood carving, Eva Austin(Navajo) with Navajo beadwork, Lora Ann Chaisson of Houma with palmetto weaving, Grayhawk of Houma with storytelling and the Luster Family with chickee hut building.

Admission to the festival is included in the price of tickets to the Wildlife and Fisheries Museum. Cost is $3 for adults, $2.50 for seniors (grandparentsadmitted free with purchase of child’s ticket) and $2 for children. Ticketsmay be purchased at the Rivertown Exhibition Hall, 415 Williams Blvd.

Call 468-7231, Ext. 220 for more information.

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