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First Ladies of Louisiana and Baton Rouge to speak at Girl Scout fundraising luncheon

JANUARY 2009

 

Supriya Jindal

First Lady of Louisiana, Supriya Jindal, and First Lady of Baton Rouge, Lois Holden, will speak at the Girl Scouts Louisiana East’s "Our Girls Our Future" Luncheon in March in Baton Rouge, Jindal as keynote speaker and Holden as of ceremonies. 

Girl Scout volunteers, alumnae, and friends of Girl Scouting are invited to attend this free fundraising luncheon set for Wednesday, March 25, 2009 from 12 to 1 p.m. at the Lod Cook Alumni Center, 3838 W. Lakeshore Dr., on LSU's campus in Baton Rouge.

The theme for this year’s luncheon is ‘Invest in Tomorrow’s Leaders’ as a reminder that

Lois Holden and some Baton
Rouge Girl Scouts at the 2008
luncheon.

Girl Scouting is the nation’s premier leadership development program for girls.

Luncheon sponsors include Valero Energy Corporation and Kean Miller, but additional sponsors, as well as table captains who are those who host a table of their friends at the luncheon, are needed. The actual luncheon itself is free to attend, but cash and pledges will be solicited.

For more information about becoming a table captain or to RSVP, contact Cerise McClendon, Development Special Events Coordinator at (800) 644-7571, ext. 222.

Girl Scouting’s mission is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. The local council, Girl Scouts Louisiana East, serves girls 5 to 17 in the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana.

Media contact: Marianne Addy, VP of Communications
(504) 733-8220, ext. 226 or maddy@gsle.org

 

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