Driver's License Class Offered | ||
Daytime students were able to improve their understanding of Louisiana driving laws and regulations in November and December with the help of volunteer tutor, Michael Lell. A UL student, Lell designed and taught | the class to help VITA students take and successfully pass the driving test. Students learned about road signs, road markings, defensive driving, and safe-driving techniques. "I really like the way Michael is teaching the class," | said Brenda Daniel, a VITA student. "I'm learning a lot, and I'm more confident because he's helping me understand it better than if I studied on my own." The class will be offered again later in 2011. |
Downtown Alive! Good Music, Great Raffle | ||||
VITA was the featured non-profit organization at a recent Downtown Alive! concert on Friday, November 5, 2010. The popular South Louisiana band, Lil' Band of Gold, performed at Parc San Souci. VITA hosted a booth where event participants learned more about becoming a tutor and bought 50/50 raffle tickets. Tickets were drawn at 8:00 pm. Braxton Perez of Baton Rouge won, with the rest of the proceeds going to VITA. |
Downtown Alive events are scheduled in the fall and spring on Friday nights at Parc San Souci and Parc Internationale. Each week, a non-profit has an opportunity to be featured. Throughout the event announcements are made about the non-profits and their missions.
Special thanks to the staff, to all who purchased raffle tickets and to our tutors, Carissa McDaniel and Angela Fangue who helped with the raffle. |
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VITA Student Becomes US Citizen | ||||
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Natasha Allgood, a VITA student of four years, recently became an American citizen on May 27, 2010. Natasha, a physician in her home country of Russia, is currently working as a technician in a local Ear, Nose, and Throat and Allergy Clinic but hopes to become an accredited doctor in the United States. A big step in that plan was to become a citizen.
Natasha came to America in 1994 and married her husband, John. She learned about VITA from |
a friend and was soon matched with Faith Hamilton, her tutor. "Faith is not just my tutor, she is my best friend too," states Natasha.
Natasha credits her success to the student/ tutor coordinators at VITA as well as her husband, relatives, friends, and colleagues. |