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On November 21, 2011, BISCO hosted a memorial celebration honoring America's veterans. The event was held at Peltier Park Recreation Center in Thibodaux and was a wonderful tribute to the men and women who have served our country. Local veterans from various branches of the military were honored. As in all BISCO functions, prayers were a major part of the program, and the prayers offered at this celebration were those who served, those who were injured or killed, those who are serving today, and the families and loved ones of all soldiers. Entertainment was by Joey Roddy, James Aitkens, Jr., and Les Danceurs de Bonne Terre. Door prizes were awarded through the kindness of local donors: Cane's, Wal-Mart and Starbucks.
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On January 10, 2009 BISCO brought a bus filled with our leaders to the Rebuilding Lives Summit held in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and hosted by America Speaks in conjunction with the Louisiana Recovery Authority. We had the largest delegation of community members present. BISCO advocated that coastal land loss was the number one issue facing the State of Louisiana, and that position WAS selected as the number one issue. This all occurred five months after Hurricanes Gustav and Ike severely damaged our region of southeastern Louisiana while still trying to recover from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. Impacts from these storms was worsened by the lack of coastal barrier islands and marshes to protect communities.
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The Thibodaux BISCO Group held its regular monthly meeting on November 15, 2011, beginning at 6:30 pm. Our gracious hosts for this meeting were Richard Johnson and Dolores Jones Dabney, congregants of Calvary United Methodist Church in Thibodaux. The meeting was great, and the spaghettii dinner was just as great!!
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Workshop for the University of Texas Medical Branch regarding a seafood safety study for specific communities impacted by the BP Oil Disaster, including communities covered by BISCO. Studies sponsored by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences at the National Institute of Health.
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The BISCO Office located at 406 West Second Street in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
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Senior Staff from Oxfam America visited the Bayou Region to meet with the Coastal Community Partners in the area (BISCO, Bayou Grace Community Services and TRAC) and present the results of a new Social Vulnerability study specific to the southernmost communities of Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes and conducted at the request of the Partners. They also enjoyed a Enviro-History Tour of southern Terrebonne.
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BISCO was proud to bring a busload of our leaders to Baton Rouge to participate in the Entergy Low Income Statewide Summit in the summer of 2009. Organizer Patty Whitney and Director Sharon Gauthe each made presentations concerning coastal land loss in our area. Success ! The attendees voted that coastal land loss is the number one issue facing Louisiana today and efforts should be made across the state to address this issue.
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These photos are of Blake Lovell age 3 , taken in August 2009. He is one of 5 generations of shrimpers and the grandson of Pamela Parfait of Dulac, LA
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BISCO hosted a Department of Environmental Quaility Enviroschool on April 22, 2010 at the Catholic Charities office in Houma. Topics covered included DEQ's role in disaster clean-up; the roles of other government entities; DEQ's National Incident Management System (NIMS), along with several other topics. Pat Breaux and Tammy Toups from the Lockport DEQ station spoke, along with John Rogers.
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