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CCAA Head Start accepting enrollment applications

Submitted by wwoods on Friday, March 1st, 10:30 am
CCAA Head Start accepting enrollment applications

The Caddo Community Action Agency, Inc. Head Start Program is now accepting enrollment applications for the 2013-14 school year for children betweeen ages 3-5 and living in Caddo Parish. Children with disabilities are encouraged to enroll.

Enrollment applications for Head Start will be screened the second week of May. Applicants applying after the screening process will be placed on the prioritized waiting list.

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LSUS' Greene receives top men's hoops honor

Submitted by wwoods on Thursday, February 28th, 10:30 am
LSUS' Greene receives top men's hoops honor

LSU Shreveport senior Jake Greene is one of 10 men's basketball players in all of college basketball to be named to the inaugural Allstate NABC Good Works Team as announced today by Allstate Insurance Company and the NABC.

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MoJo's sponsors 'Throw Me a Bone' dog park fundraiser

Submitted by wwoods on Monday, February 25th, 10:30 am
MoJo's sponsors 'Throw Me a Bone' dog park fundraiser

MoJo's Nightclub in downtown Shreveport is the site of an on-going effort to keep the Shreveport dog park effort alive.

The Shreveport Dog Park Alliance is holdng a "Throw Me a Bone" fundraiser at MoJo's starting at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 8. Donations at the door will go to the Dog Park Alliance.

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Shreveport Chamber fetes minority entrepreneurs at dinner

Submitted by wwoods on Thursday, February 21st, 10:30 am
Shreveport Chamber fetes minority entrepreneurs at dinner

The Business Development Connection of the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce honors outstanding minority and women business owners, businesses and individuals at the Minority Business Opportunity Awards Dinner.

The Chamber asks that you help them honor these outstanding businesses and individuals from our community at the Minority Business Awards Dinner, “Navigating Economic Tides”, starting with cocktails at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb., 28. Dinner will be held at the Shreveport Convention Center, Shreveport, LA. Individual tickets are $50 and table sponsorships are available.

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February 24 is College Goal Sunday in Louisiana

Submitted by wwoods on Tuesday, February 19th, 1:16 pm
February 24 is College Goal Sunday in Louisiana

Louisiana’s sixth annual College Goal Sunday will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Feb. 24, at thirteen locations around the state. The purpose of College Goal Sunday is to provide students and their families with free professional assistance in completing the primary student financial aid form, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

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Shreveport Chamber fetes minority entrepreneurs at dinner

Submitted by wwoods on Saturday, February 16th, 10:30 am
Shreveport Chamber fetes minority entrepreneurs at dinner

The Business Development Connection of the Greater Shreveport
Chamber of Commerce honors outstanding minority and women business owners, businesses and individuals
at the Minority Business Opportunity Awards Dinner.

Join us in honoring these outstanding businesses and individuals from our community at the Minority Business
Awards Dinner, “Navigating Economic Tides”, starting with cocktails at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb., 28. Dinner will be held at the Shreveport Convention Center, Shreveport, LA. Individual tickets are $50 and table
sponsorships are available.

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BPCC presents Black History Month events

Submitted by wwoods on Wednesday, February 13th, 10:30 am
BPCC presents Black History Month events

Bossier Parish Community College announces events scheduled for Black History Month, including a gospel music tribute and a literary read-in:

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