[StBernard] Celebrate St. Bernard and Stand Up and Be Counted community event Thursday, March 18 at Nunez Community College from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

[Westley Annis]

Celebrate St. Bernard and Stand Up and Be Counted community event Thursday,
March 18 at Nunez Community College from 5:30 to 7 p.m. 

Event will be a mini festival/pep rally, complete with entertainment. free
food and giveaways 

 

The Celebrate St. Bernard Committee is holding its annual event to promote
the 2010 Census on March 18 that will be a mini festival/pep rally, complete
with entertainment, singing, dancing, cheer leaders, free food and free
t-shirts and giveaways.

 

Celebrate St. Bernard and Stand Up and Be Counted will be held Thursday,
March 18 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Nunez Community College and will focus on
letting people know how important it is to fill out their Census 2010 forms
and how easy it will be with the revised forms being mailed to homes on
March 15. Residents are asked to mail them back in within two weeks of
CENSUS DAY, which is APRIL 1, 2010. Nunez Community College is located at
3710 Paris Road in Chalmette, and the event will be held in front of the
Nunez Auditorium. 

 

Completing the Census form is critical to St. Bernard because Census data
help determine how more than $400 billion per year in federal funding is
distributed to tribal, state and local governments for services that affect
local communities like ours. Census data can help fund services for people
in poverty, and establish facilities for people with disabilities, children
and the elderly. 

 

Census data help forecast future transportation needs and determine how we
are represented in all levels of government. Basically, the 2010 Census is
about the future and well being of our community and country.

 

Completing and mailing back your form is the easiest and most efficient
method of participating. This is one of the shortest census forms in U.S.
Census history. It asks 10 questions and only takes about 10 minutes to
complete. All of your answers are safe and confidential. By law,

 

This party is a continuation of last year's May kick-off rally by the
Celebration St. Bernard committee that asks residents to join in the ongoing
campaign that is meant to celebrate our accomplishments, our historic past
and promising future. 

 

The event will be moderated by Barry Lemoine and Will Schneider of the St.
Bernard School Board and Shine Productions, and Krystal Boothe-Gonzales,
former television news personality and a Chalmette High School teacher. It
will include brief updates from Nunez Community College Chancellor Tommy
Warner, who chairs the Celebrate St. Bernard Committee and Parish President
Craig P. Taffaro, Jr. 

 

The marketing effort was kicked off with a $60,000 grant from the St.
Bernard Community Foundation. To learn more about the effort, visit the
following websites: www.sbpg.net <http://www.sbpg.net/> ,
www.stbernardchamber.org <http://www.stbernardchamber.org/> , or
www.visitstbernard.com <http://www.visitstbernard.com/> .  Neighborhood
garden flags with the Celebrate St. Bernard logo will be available for $15,
including the stands so people can proudly show their spirit. There also
will be Celebrate St. Bernard holiday ornaments and a set of drinking
glasses. Look for the Celebrate St. Bernard items at upcoming community
events or call the St. Bernard Chamber at 504-250-6121 or St. Bernard
Tourism Office at 504-278-4242.

 

 



 

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