The latest edition of The Rapides Foundation's newsletter is available.

This edition features grant awards made under the Foundation's Healthcare Occupations Program, information about the Healthy Lifestyle Program and its new PreventT2 diabetes prevention program, and the graduates from the 2021 Cenla Boardbuilders and Cenla Execbuilders programs.

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The Rapides Foundation's ninth annual Symposium will be held Thursday, September 1, from

3:30-5 p.m. at the Randolph Riverfront Center in downtown Alexandria.

The 2022 Symposium will focus on early childhood literacy and will feature Super Bowl Champion, Author, and Founder/CEO of Share the Magic Foundation Malcolm Mitchell.

Mitchell's presentation, Read to a Better Future, focuses on the transformational power of reading through his personal story and literacy-based research. Central to his message is self-empowerment, cultural relevancy and reading as a super power.

The Symposium will be presented in person and also online through the Zoom webinar platform. Registration for the Symposium will open in June.

Community Development Works is recruiting participants and nonprofit partners for the 2022 session of Cenla Boardbuilders, a program aimed at developing emerging leaders for service on boards of local nonprofit organizations.

The deadline to apply is July 15. The free program runs August through November and consists of a series of sessions about the roles and responsibilities of being an effective board member.

To learn more about the program, click the button to visit CDW's website.

The Rapides Foundation wants to make it easy for you to stay healthy. Our YouTube Channel offers dozens of videos to help you achieve your goals.

Our videos include healthy recipe demonstrations, exercises you can do at home, tips on getting the most out of walking and ideas for healthy snacking and lunches for working parents. Bookmark the playlist now!