NAUW Bi Parish Bayou Branch-Official

The Bi Parish Bayou Branch of NAUW (National Association of University Women) would like to thank everyone who supported our Annual Reading Jubilee 📚this past Saturday which is one of our Signature Programs promoting Literacy.

This year’s Theme was “All Aboard Our Reading Cruise” 🛳 We had nearly 200 participants which ranks as the highest recorded attendance in the program’s history!!💚🎉🎉💚

A special thanks to our Parents, Volunteers, Donors, Vendors, and our kids which contributed to the program’s success.

We would like to thank Assumption Parish Police Jury Office for the opportunity to host our Annual Reading Jubilee at the Napoleonville Community Center (Hwy 308) along with their contributions/donations and support.

A huge thank you to our guest speaker Mrs. Melba Brown Oubre and our superstar special guest dancers Nylah & Nikole Verner!

We would also like to send a very special thank-you to the following Vendors who supported and donated school supplies, food, and provided community/educational and Mental Health resources.

We are truly grateful for your support. We welcome and look forward to your continued support of our Reading Jubilee Program next and beyond!!

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CF Industries
The Haven
Assumption Parish Housing & Community Development
Work Connection
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (BLAAC) Grad Chapter
Assumption Library
Positive Transformation (Mrs. Maisha Davis)
Magnolia Family Services
LPSD McKinney-Vento Program
Candidates for Judge 23rd JDC
Mr. Allen Davis
Mrs. Vicky Jones
Mrs. Keyojuan Turner
Louisiana Healthcare Connections
Rural Health (Mrs. Erin Theriot)
Travel Zone Snow Cone
Finding our Roots African American Mobile Museum
Start Corporation
Robert Harden Photography
Snazzy Décor--- Tamika Brown
Fruits by Nae—Nadine Buggage
Taste of Faith-LaSheeka Dominque
Mike Diaz-Jambalaya
Taste of Faith - LaSheeka Dominque
Mike Diaz - Police Juror
Mt Zion Inner City Baptist Church
(Please see special donations provided by below)

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Get ready for a gathering with a purpose of GLITZ and GLAMOUR✨️as Bi Parish hosts its Phenomenal Woman Gala, "A NIGHT WITH THE STARS"🌟 Saturday, August 26th 5pm-9pm.

Come out to help us recognize and celebrate Phenomenal Women who are making amazing impacts in their businesses, careers and communities.

We greatly appreciate all donations and look forward to your presence!

All proceeds will go towards our Scholarship Fund🌟 which helps local high school seniors defray the high cost of a college education. (Donations are tax deductible.)

Tickets on sale now through August 4th

Click here to purchase: www.paypal.me/NAUWBiParish
(or contact a Bi Parish Bayou member for more details)

Don't wait!!! Get your ticket today!!


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ALL ABOARD our Reading 📚 Cruise Ship!!🛳🛟⚓️

Bi Parish will be hosting our annual Reading📚 Jubliee Saturday, July 22 10am- 1pm at the Assumption Community Center (Hwy 308) in partnership with Assumption Parish Special Programs and Community Action.

We'll have Reading adventures, games, prizes, vendors, back to school supplies, lots of food and more!!!

You don't want your child to miss this event!!

Please come out and support!!💚💚

If you would like to make any donation to this event please contact by Messenger

For monetary donations please use our PayPal link: www.paypal.me/NAUWBiParish

(All donations are tax deductible)

Bi Parish members attended the 63rd Sectional Conference in Shreveport, LA hosted by the Shreveport and Mansfield Branches June 14-16.

We simply had an amazing time!! From the Harlem Nights Gala to the Sneaker Ball Gala to our dynamic workshop speakers who were selected Shreveport and Mansfield along with our fabulous newly reelected Sectional Director, Dionne Frost, put on one of the best conferences!!

We can't wait to spend time with all our NAUW Sisters 💚💚 at our next Sectional Conference next year in Dallas, Texas that will be hosted by the North Texas Branch!!



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Mental Health Awareness Month 📋

Join Joann Glasper and our very own Dr. Raven Dunlap and other Mental Health experts at this FB Live Panel Discussion tomorrow Wednesday, May 31st at 7pm

All are invited!!💚💚

Link: https://www.facebook.com/joann.glasper?mibextid=ZbWKwL

Happy Founder's Day NAUW!!! Celebrating 113 years of community service!!💚💚

This past Sunday, 18 members from Bi Parish attended our Area Founder's Day worship service at New Hope Baptist Church and luncheon at Neyow's in New Orleans.

We enjoyed our fellowship with our International President Betty Wilkerson and our South Central Sectional Director Dionne Frost, National and Sectional officers and with other members from the host NAUW New Orleans Branch, NAUW- Terrebonne Branch and East Baton Rouge Branch.

Congratulations on the New Orleans Branch for hosting a great event!!

We are focused and recommitted to continue the Legacy of our 4 Founders and this great organization!!

April Showers brought us these beautiful May Birthday flowers!!💐💐 Happy Birthday to our sisters!💚💚

Full S.T.E.A.M Ahead!!🚂

The Ladies of Bi Parish joined Labadieville Primary School on hosting their Family Math (S.T.E.A.M) night!! Families were introduced to varies activities that covered Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math.

Young and (older) students alike enjoyed interacting at our NAUW Math BINGO station💚💚. It was a hit!!

Winners left with prizes and some took home top bragging rights as Math Bingo King and Queen!!

Everyone had a blast!!

Special thanks to the LPS Dragons 💚🧡💛 for inviting us!

We look forward to doing this again next year!!

Who's ready to get their eat on? 😋🙋🏾‍♀️ We are!!

Come out to Gonzales Jambalaya Fest happening in Ascension Parish this weekend!!!

Gonzales Jambalaya Festival set for May 26-28 The Jambalaya Festival Association stages one of the largest festivals in Louisiana every year in May in the heart of Gonzales.

Mental Health Awareness Month📋

We had the opportunity to collaborate with St. James Behavioral Health Center in Gonzales. Our organization created positive affirmation cards for the patients at the hospital.

We truly thank Miss Natalie for allowing us to pour positivity in the community, further more in this inpatient hospital.

Teach one, reach one is always our goal.

Job well done ladies of NAUW!💚💚

We are please to announce our 2023 High School Scholarship winners from Assumption Parish and Ascension Parish.

Each of these students exhibited academic and extracurricular success at school and also showed a deep commitment to helping their community and serving in their churches.

Bi Parish President, Denise Roberts, had the opportunity to attend the Assumption High Senior Awards ceremony held on Thursday, May 18 to present to our winners.

Congratulations to Kailey Moreland and Mikayla Fobbs!!

❤️🖤 Kailey will be attending the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and will major in Psychology

💙💛 Mikayla Fobbs will be attending Southern University majoring in Nursing

Congratulations to our Ascension Parish Winners
East Ascension High: Malanna Johnson
Donaldsonville High: Ca'Mya Dorsey (not pictured)

💚💛 Malanna will be attending Southeastern University majoring in Mechanical Engineering

❤️🖤 Ca'Mya will be attending the University of Louisiana at Lafayette majoring in Nursing

We want to commend these outstanding young women on their hard work and dedication throughout their school years and wish them well on their future endeavors!!

Our future is in great hands!!💚💚

We're still over here celebrating the success🎉 of our Bi Parish ladies this grad season!! With not one, not two, but THREE 👌🏾members who PHinishED their doctorates.👩🏾‍🎓

We would like to send a huge congratulations to Dr. Kristy Dandridge who graduated from H.O.P.E. Bible Institute in Psychology.

We are so proud of your accomplishment!!💚💚

‼️Parents! You're gonna want to SAVE this post‼️ (Last Updated 6/05/23)

📰 Here are upcoming Summer 🌞 events for K-12 Students!! Many of them are FREE!!! (post will be updated as new programs are found.)

🔬🧪The Community Sisterhood will host a FREE K-8 STEM Camp from June 19-23
(Register information on flyer)

📚Summer Reading Programs throughout area Parishes (see flyer below)

🏀🏐 Assumption High Volleyball and Girls Basketball Summer Camps (see flyers)

🏕 Girl Scouts Camp Marydale (Open to all girls K-12) - Enjoy session themes: Horseback riding, S.T.E.A.M and Leadership ➡️www.glse.org/camp

👩🏾‍🔬Xavier Pre College Programs (For High School students) Star Programs are for students who plan to take Algebra, Geometry, Biology, Chemistry, or Physics in Fall 2023. ​

FREE TUITION: Visit www.xula.edu/pre-college-programs for more information, see if you qualify for free tuition, and to apply!

🥋Karate Summer Camp Ages 5-7 (Prairieville and Baton Rouge) ➡️ www.americainfamilyma.com

👨‍🚀 NASA Astro Summer Camp in NOLA ( held at Holy Cross College (3rd-6th grade)

⛱️🌊 Introducing our 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝘂𝗻 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗲 & 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱!💦💦💦 Explore a diverse selection of water parks, splash pads, public pools, camps, rivers, a beach, and a wealth of information to ensure an unforgettable summer of water fun!
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🎯💥Ascension Parish Sheriff's Summer Camp at the WAG Center Ages 5 and up 8am-12 Tues-Fri

👩🏾‍🍳🍝 D and D Catering Cooking Camp June 19-22 (2nd-6th grade)

🥁🎷🎼 Middle School Band camp at Nicholls State June 12-16th (5th-8th grade)
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➡️Hosting a program or know of a program to add to share with parents?? Drop it the comments below

They're PHinishED!!👏🏾🎉

We are so proud to have 2 of our Bi Parish sisters crossing that grad stage one last time!! 👩🏾‍🎓

Congratulations again to Dr. Amber McCoy and Dr. Raven Dunlap who are receiving their doctorates from Holy Cross College in New Orleans today!!

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, members of Bi Parish passed out information packets explaining the importance of taking of care our mental health and where to receive support at area churches in Ascension and Assumption Parishes. Congregants were also treated with refreshments.💚

Thank you to those members who were able to come out to support this initiative.

Special thanks to St. Benedict and St. Augustine Catholic churches for graciously allowing us to host these events.

We want to wish all of our members who are educators Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!!!💚💚

Happy Birthday to our April celebrants!!!

Happy International Women's Day!💚💚

It's Healthy Heart 💚💚 Month! Time for a check-up!!

Congratulations to our sister Catherine Davis for being recognized by the River Road African American Museum as being instrumental in educating youth about Black History and as a Living Legend!!!

We are so honored to be blessed with your presence and wealth of knowledge!!💚💚

We're giving this trailblazer her flowers today! Do you know about Catherine Davis? She taught the first program in 1972 at Donaldsonville High. This was the first program in Louisiana. She was also the first Black woman to serve on the Ascension Parish School Board in 1991. She served for 24 years.

On Saturday, Bi Parish Bayou celebrated our Annual Black History Program at New Belmont Baptist Church in Labadieville, LA.

This year's theme was Black Resistance: Thriving Against All Odds with a focus on Black-owned family businesses in both Assumption and Ascension Parishes.

We would like to express a huge thank you to our dynamic guest speaker, Mr. Darryl Hambrick, who is a successful, serial entrepreneur. He is the CEO/owner of Hambrick's Family Mortuary, Co-Founder and Director of the River Road African American Museum located in Donaldsonville, LA, and President of R. Rayborn Private School.

Mr. Hambrick gave a phenomenal speech on how important it is to continue his family's legacy but also the importance of continuing to impact the black community and state, serving as a positive role model for future business leaders.

In addition, our other Black-owned family businesses that were acknowledged were the Williams - Southall Family and the Owens Family.

We also would like to congratulate and say thank you to all of our wonderful local youth program participants for a job well done and to all who came out to support and honor our Black History.🖤❤️💚💛

Black History Month 2023. The theme Black Resistance highlights the institutions and affiliations [that] have lobbied, litigated, legislated, protested, and achieved success.

To resist means to refuse to comply; to challenge the system. Resistance is the meaningful, lasting change created through action such as protests, faith, education, health care, sports, music, and politics can not be understated.

"And so, lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go, struggling and striving, and hoping that the buds and blossoms of our desires will burst into glorious fruition ere long. With courage, born of success achieved in the past, with a keen sense of the responsibility which we shall continue to assume, we look forward to a future large with promise and hope. Seeking no favors because of our color, nor patronage because of our needs, we knock at the bar of justice, asking an equal chance.” ~ Mary Church Terrell 💚

Let us never forget the sacrifice that Dr. King gave to fight against inequalities and injustice both here in America and abroad.

How are you honoring Dr. King's legacy today?

NAUW Bi Parish Bayou has a new Doctor in the House!!!

Congratulations to our sister Raven Dunlap who PHinished her doctorate in Counseling Education and Supervision in December at the University of Holy Cross in New Orleans.

She recently has taken an online faculty position as a professor at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff.

We are so proud of your awesome accomplishment!!💚💚

Happy Birthday to our members celebrating birthdays today!

We love all of our HBCUs!!!💛🖤❤️💚

BUT WHO IS SWAC?

Clearly, we only recognize one team!!💙💛

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Bi Parish joined with East Baton Rouge Branch and our new International President Betty Wilkerson (center) at our national convention to show our support for our local Southern University during our HBCU DAY.

LET'S GEAUX JAGS!! Good Luck at the SWAC Championship!!!💙💛

Congratulations to our sister Jasmin Wilridge for being named the new Head Coach for the Lady Mustang Basketball team!

We want to wish her and the Lady Mustangs Good Luck on their 2022-2023 basketball season!!

Geaux Mustangs!!

This proud Southern Grad💛💙 will be enjoying her Bayou Classic Weekend and she'll be tailgating in style!!

🎉Congratulations again Kimberly Paige Fobbs on being our Grand prize winner and supporting our high school scholarship initiative!!🎉

Enjoy the game!!

NAUW Bi Parish Bayou Branch-Official held our Bayou Classic Raffle last tonight
..And our Grand Prize Winner is
Kimberly Paige Fobbs 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Congratulations Kim!!!

We would like to thank everyone who gave to our Fall fundraisers to help us raise money for scholarships for high school Seniors in both Assumption and Ascension Parishes.

Also, if you participated in our Football Pool Fundraiser, please meet with the member who took your information so you can receive your pool sheets. And don't forget to watch the game to see if you scored big after each quarter.

And to all SU JAGS💙💛 and GramFam 🖤💛, we love you and we hope you have a safe and exciting time at Bayou Classic in New Orleans this weekend!!!

We are so proud of our sister Quentina Brown for being selected as the National Homeless Liaison of the Year!!

Congratulations Quentina!!💚💚

As part of NAUW's HBCU Support Initiative, Bi Parish was proud to co-sponsor and chaperone Junior and Senior students from Assumption High School to Southern University Jag Preview Day!
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Students truly enjoyed themselves and several are planning to attend SU after this experience.

All students were given a campus tour, information about admissions and academic majors, a Jag swag bag with Tshirt, lunch and attended a SU football game to cheer on the team and hear the sounds of the SU Human Jukebox.

Bi Parish President, Denise Roberts and 1st President, Anthanette Thomas both volunteered as chaperones. Nena Verrett Gipson, 2nd Vice President, worked the event as a staff member of SU Intramural Sports. And over 90% of Bi Parish members are proud SU grads and many gave individual donations as well.

Special thanks to SU alumni Kimberly Fobbs for coordinating the trip and Troy Brown for providing transportation, Heather Freeman, SU Director of Admission and AHS alum. And many thanks for the generous donations by others in the community to support the trip.

💚Today is World Mental Health Day! 💚

Take some time today to focus on your well-being. Here are some simple things to do to help release stress and avoid mental burnout.

💚Take a half day or full day off from work
💚Read a book
💚Go for a 30-minute brisk walk
💚Take a spa day
💚Tap a nap
💚Do yoga
💚Do something that brings out your creative side (such as drawing, painting or writing)
💚Write gratitude notes to those who've been supportive of you or journal your thoughts

Most importantly relax, rejuvenate, and restore your mind often.

Can you think of other things we can do to avoid mental stress?
What form of self-care will you do for yourself today?

Comment them below

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*Seek professional help when needed for more severe mental illnesses* IT'S OK TO ASK FOR HELP!!