11th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade

Ongoing Events

• The West Baton Rouge Parish Library is now offering its patrons free access to online technology training hosted by CBT Nuggets. Visit www.cbtnuggets.com for an overview of all courses offered.
  For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Jerry Durden or Luis Interiano at the library, 342-7920.
  
  
• Antioch Missionary Baptist Church has After school care Monday-Thursday from 3:30-6 p.m. with tutoring, homework and snacks.
  For more information, call the church’s office at 749-3251.
  
  
• Port Allen High School class of 1982 is looking to host a class reunion this year.
  Anyone in the class of ‘82 is being asked to contact Sherry Washington Perkins at 572-9600 or 749-2188, or Dwayne Queen at 718-2957.
  
  
• Effective now, Lake After Hours Brusly will have new hours.
  The hours are Mon-Fri, 1-9 p.m., and Sat-Sun, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
  
  
• Volunteers are needed to help with the Therapeutic Horsemanship Program to assist with side-walking, leading, and other special projects.
  Anyone interested in learning more about this volunteer opportunity, please contact Shelley at 766-1614 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  
  
• Many Boys and Girls Clubs are running a car campaign, asking anyone who wishes to donate vehicles, which will be sold to auction and the funds generated to help support their programs.
  
  For more information, call 800-246-0493
  
  
• The Benevolent Society Grave Site is accepting, and in need of, donations for upkeep of the cemetery located on Eleanor St. and Louisiana Ave. in Port Allen.
  For more information, or to make a donation, contact Jocelyn Green at 329-9000
  
  
• Heart of Prisoners Family Support Group will be meeting the first Wednesday of each month from 7-8 p.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Brusly.
  For more information, call 749-2189.
  
  
• Former Sunrise Community Residents would like to have a community reunion and are looking for interested persons willing to work on the planning committee.
  Those interested should call Ray Helen Williams, at 937-0475; or Earlett Buckley, 270-3322.
  
  
• The WBR VA Service Office has a new office day. They will be open Wednesdays only, from 8:45 a.m.-3:45 p.m.
  
  
• The New Poplar Grove Baptist Church Food Bank will be distributing food every Friday from 9 a.m.-noon.
  Please bring proof of income and identification.
  
  For more information, call 343-6479
  
  
• The Poplar Grove Baptist Church Day Care is serving Breakfast, Lunch and a snack to all qualified Day Care participants ages 6-12.
  For more information call 343-6479 or 343-3883.
  
  
• The Addis Museum is open from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. every fourth Tuesday of the month. Special tours can be scheduled by calling the town hall at 687-4844 or by calling 687-6333
  
  
• Fishers of Men Tabernacle (841 S. Lobdell Hwy., Port Allen), can be watched on the Internet, at www.fomt1.org, Sundays at 9:30 a.m., and Wednesday Bible Study 7-8:30 p.m.
  
  
• New Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Port Allen will have Bible study every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. and worship service every Sunday at 7:30 a.m. with communion on the 4th Sunday.
  
  
• Cohn High School Alumni Association will hold monthly meetings on the second Tuesday of each month at The New Sunrise Baptist Church on Maryland Street.
  Membership is open to all who are interested.
  
  Interested persons may contact Wilhemenia W. DeCuir at 775-0658.