Northrop Grumman, with the USC Center for Economic Developmnt, is offering free cybersecurity training to small businesses through an Air Force Small Business Office Mentor Protege Program. This workshop is open to all small businesses. Advance Registration is required.

This workshop will be held at the Baton Rouge Marriott, but a webinar is also available!

Click here for more information or to register.

Make a glow in the dark firefly using a plastic bottle and other materials. Classes begin at 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. and are limited to 20 children, ages 4 and up.

Join us for an enchanted mini camp from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Come dressed as your favorite character and learn about fairy tales. In this camp we will discuss 'Beauty and the Beast,' 'Jack and the Beanstalk' and the 'Princess and the Frog!' Games and crafts included. Registration is $30 for non-members and $25 for members, ages 4-9. Please call our office for more details.

Families Helping Families is offering one-on-one literacy training, vocabulary building strategies, and at home reading strategies as well as free books. 

This free training is limited to 10 participants.

Dates available to register: June 15, 18, 20 and 27.

Call or email to register: (337) 436-2570 or info@fhfswla.org

Join us at 11 a.m. for Mad Hatter Science with Joan Vallee Rettke. Children will learn about science at the beach with several hands-on activities. Class is limited to 20 children, ages 4 and up.

Southwest Louisiana is known for being a sportsman’s paradise. Between weekends on the lake fishing, time spent in stadiums cheering on our favorite teams, to back yard barbecues by the pool—most of our summer is spent outdoors in the sunshine. But what does that mean for our skin? Louisiana has the 47th highest incidence and 44th highest death rate of skin cancer in the U.S. To learn about the causes for skin cancer and how to prevent it, join us for a free seminar, For Your Skinformation: Protecting Yourself from Skin Cancer, led by Marissa De La Paz, MD.

Dr. De La Paz comes to Louisiana by way of Arkansas. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and a Bachelor of Science in Biology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where she went on to receive her Graduate Certificate in Gerontology. She attended medical school at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She’s currently a resident here at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital.

For Your Skinformation: Protecting Yourself from Skin Cancer is a free seminar being held Friday June 28th, at 12 noon in the Shearman Conference Center at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital on Oak Park Boulevard. Reservations are required at least 24 hours in advance, and a light lunch will be provided. For more information or to reserve your seat, please visit www.lcmh.com/seminar or call (337) 494-2936. You can also watch this seminar live by visiting www.lcmh/watch. 

$45

Tea Towels & Bandanas

Mayor and Mrs. Nicholas E. Hunter and the City of Lake Charles Mayor’s Armed Forces Commission (MAFC) will host the 13th Annual Red, White, Blue, and You Patriot’s Ball on Saturday, June 29, in the Contraband Room at the Lake Charles Civic Center (900 Lakeshore Dr.). Scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. with a social half-hour, the Patriot’s Ball is the main annual fundraising event for the MAFC, which supports area veterans, patriotic projects and activities. 

Dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. and during the evening, the MAFC will honor four individuals from Southwest Louisiana for their patriotic service to the community: a Civilian Patriot of the Year, Emergency Responder Patriot of the Year, and Military Patriot of the Year. A Patriot of the Year will also be remembered posthumously. 

Dance the night away to the sounds of local variety band, The Tugboats, who will take the stage immediately after the presentations.   

During the evening’s events, Miss Armed Forces 2019 will be introduced. The Miss Armed Forces Pageant will take place at American Legion Post 1 (1530 9^th St.) at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 11, 2019.  Miss Armed Forces represents Lake Charles’ Red, White, Blue and You and the Mayor’s Armed Forces Commission at events, festivals, and fairs across the state to promote patriotism and honor veterans and members of the Armed Forces. 

Tickets are now available for purchase at the Lake Charles Civic Center Box Office (cash or check), or online at https://www.foundationswla.org.  Cost is $50 per ticket. For more information contact Julie Pippin, MAFC Liaison, 337-491-1203. 

This event is sponsored by:  Acadian Ambulance, Ferrara Rev Group, Johnson Funeral Home, Suddenlink by Altice.