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LifeShare Blood Centers to assist Harvest Food Bank in Texarkana

Submitted by wwoods on Friday, December 7th, 10:30 am
LifeShare Blood Centers to assist Harvest Food Bank in Texarkana

LifeShare Blood Centers has decided to make blood donors' life-saving good deeds go a little further: For every blood donation LifeShare Blood Centers collects on Saturday, Dec. 8 and Sunday, Dec. 9, it will donate a food item to the Harvest Food Bank in Texarkana, Ark.

The deal pertains not just to Texarkana but also for the 70 parishes and counties with 3.7 million people that LifeShare serves.

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Holiday Lanes joins Special Olympics fundraiser

Submitted by wwoods on Sunday, December 2nd, 10:30 am
Holiday Lanes joins Special Olympics fundraiser

Holiday Lanes in Bossier City has joined the nationwide fundraising effort Strikes for Special Olympics, which is part of the Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) campaign.

The event will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8 at Holiday Lanes, 3316 Old Minden Road in Bossier City.

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Querbes offers special winter golf rates

Submitted by wwoods on Thursday, November 22nd, 10:30 am
Querbes offers special winter golf rates

Shreveport Public Assembly & Recreation Querbes Golf Course is offering a special winter rate of $14 for green fee and cart after 3 p.m. until dark daily.

The special winter rates will run through February 2013.

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“Miracle Babies” invited to CHRISTUS' 34th Christmas reunion

Submitted by wwoods on Tuesday, November 20th, 10:30 am
“Miracle Babies” invited to CHRISTUS' 34th Christmas reunion

CHRISTUS Sutton Children’s Medical Center is once again calling all “Miracle Babies,” who have overcome the odds of prematurity and developmental problems in the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for the annual NICU Christmas Reunion. 

The event will be from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, December 9 in the Schumpert cafeteria at One St. Mary Place. This will be the 34th annual reunion for the nurses, physicians, parents and patients.

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LA Boardwalk hosting walk to benefit St. Jude Hospital

Submitted by Sean Staggs, Digital Media Manager
Friday, November 16th, 2012, 10:56am
LA Boardwalk hosting walk to benefit St. Jude Hospital

Shreveport/Bossier is one of 90 host cities for the St. Jude Give Thanks Walk, happening at 8 a.m. on Saturday, November 17 at the Louisiana Boardwalk.

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LA Boardwalk hosting walk to benefit St. Jude Hospital

Submitted by Sean Staggs, Digital Media Manager
Friday, November 16th, 2012, 10:56am
LA Boardwalk hosting walk to benefit St. Jude Hospital

Shreveport/Bossier is one of 90 host cities for the St. Jude Give Thanks Walk, happening at 8 a.m. on Saturday, November 17 at the Louisiana Boardwalk.

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Health reform is topic of Oaks event

Submitted by wwoods on Sunday, October 28th, 9:30 am
Health reform is topic of Oaks event

“Health Reform Update: What It Means to You” is the topic of a special presentation by Cliff Broussard, administrator of WK Bossier Health Center.

The free discussion, open to the public, will be Tuesday, Oct. 30, from 5 to 6 p.m. in Tower at The Oaks ballroom.

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