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Contact: David West (west@alpha.nsula.edu
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News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466
10/18/2001
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NATCHITOCHES - Northwestern State University will take part in the City of Natchitoches celebration of Make a Difference Day Saturday, Oct. 27.
Those attending Saturday's NSU Jacksonville State game are encouraged to arrive at Turpin Stadium at 1 p.m., one hour prior to kickoff for a special ceremony. At 1 p.m., participants will join hands in a circle around the field to symbolize how people working together can make a difference in their community.
Fifteen Natchitoches groups and organizations are planning projects to help the community.
The Natchitoches Art Guild and Gallery will have volunteer artists teach art lessons to children at the Boys and Girls Club. The young artists will display their paintings on Oct. 27.
D.A.R.E. will sponsor a program, "Spotlight on Seniors" in which neighborhoods will be canvassed to make senior citizens aware of available services.
The D.A.R.E. Advisory Board will sponsor a track meet for children in grades five through seven to raise money to purchase fans and blankets for Natchitoches Parish families.
The Natchitoches Chapter of Habitat for Humanity is working towards constructing a home for a local family.
The Natchitoches chapter of Business and Professional Women will donate books on tape to the new Natchitoches Parish Library.
The Natchitoches Parish Council on Aging is holding fundraisers to purchases needed items for women and children who will use the battered women's shelter.
NSU Elementary Lab School's Key Kids, the junior branch of Kiwanis International is collecting children's clothing to be distributed by Loving Care Missions or other organizations which contact them with a need.
Natchitoches Central High School's Key Club will hold a canned food drive to help area food banks.
The Women's Resource Center of Natchitoches distributed baby bottles to "Help us save and change lives." Customers and businesspeople are asked to deposit loose change in the bottles which will be picked up and used to buy needed supplies such as diapers and other items for clients.
The Keep Natchitoches Beautiful program and the Mayor's Youth Council are working on two projects. Trees will be planted at all city parks on Friday, Oct. 26. Area fifth graders will recycle aluminum cans for the Natchitoches Lions Club. Phone books and catalogs will also be recycled as insulation and packing material.
Natchitoches Parish Senior Olympics will provide lap robes for 117 residents of Natchitoches Parish Long-Term Care.
Northwestern's Department of Psychology will introduce children to games that will make them aware of and stress the importance of mental health.
R.S.V.P. of Natchitoches Parish will team with NSU social work students to form two six-person teams who will visit area nursing home residents, provide activities and serve refreshments.
The Natchitoches Fire Department will be at Northwestern before the Jacksonville State game cooking hamburgers outside the Health and Human Performance Building.