Whitney Community Build Day to Highlight VITA
The Financial Services Roundtable will highlight the partnership between Whitney National Bank and VITA at an Open House and presentation to be held Tuesday, August 14 from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon at the VITA office in the Whitney Bank.
The Financial Services Roundtable represents 100 of the largest integrated financial services companies providing
Cheryl Evans directs Todd Landry in the VITA Computer Lab. Cheryl is one of the Whitney Volunteer Team who mans the lab on Tuesday evenings.
banking, insurance, and investment products and services to the American consumer. Whitney's Community Build Project features the Whitney/VITA partnership with emphasis on Whitney's computer lab tutors who assist with the VITA lab on Tuesday evenings.
Many bankers, government officials, and community leaders will be invited to view how the financial services industry works to build a healthier, better educated and more prosperous community in which they live.

VITA Annual Recognition Banquet
is to be held Sunday, September 30, 2007 at 6 p.m. at Vermilionville.
Tickets will be mailed to tutors, students and friends of VITA.

Bruce Snow tutors VITA Student Yolanda Rodriguez in English reading, writing and speaking skills. As with many VITA tutors, Bruce contributes his time and talents to the literacy program.
Bruce Snow Finds Satisfaction in Tutoring

VITA Tutor Bruce Snow turned his interest in different cultures and foreign travel into a new vocation. Snow had retired from his careers in geology and data management when he volunteered to be a VITA tutor three years ago. Besides assisting with the VITA Computer Lab, he expressed an interest in tutoring Spanish-speaking students. Because of his own extensive travels and knowledge of Spanish, Bruce was the ideal tutor to
help ESL (English as a Second Language) students become acclimated to their new community.

Bruce has tutored students from Cuba, Peru, Spain and even China. Presently, he is tutoring Yolanda Rodriquez from Cuba and Nora Rodriquez from Peru. Bruce says, "One of my favorite parts of traveling is meeting people and sharing cultures, and with tutoring I can do that without leaving town."

Bruce highly recommends tutoring as a very satisfying pastime. "When I retired I worried about losing my identity because I wasn't working. But tutoring gives me a focus and the same effect as working." In addition to his tutoring and computer assistance, Bruce substitutes for the ESL group classes and plays the guitar at VITA functions.

Bruce is a native of Boston, Massachusetts, but has lived in Lafayette for 31 years. He and his wife, Bunny, have a daughter, Heather, who lives in Austin, Texas.
VITA Welcomes New Tutors
Leniqua Coleman
Jenny Fontenot
Ashia Johnson
Christopher Larson
 Barbara Moore
Heather Morgan
John Robert


VITA's Back on the Air!

VITA recently began running recruitment advertisements for new students and tutors on KLFY TV-10. Public service announcements for the program will continue to run during the summer. We hope these reminders will keep VITA in the public eye.

The VITA Book Club recently celebrated the culmination of their book selection, The Incredible Journey, with a Book Club Party. Pictured are Book Club Members (left to right) Connie Kibodeaux, Delores Labbe, Carl Kibodeaux, Jeongah Cho and Lorena Comeaux.
A check for $7,000 was recently presented to VITA by the Associated General Contractors from proceeds from their 18th Annual Charity Golf Tournament. Pictured (from left to right) were Jeanette Barras, VITA executive director; Naomi Vannoy, AGC Golf Committee and CEC Incorporated representative; Jerri Caillier, VITA Board president; Nelda Martin, AGC secretary; Samoa Prejean, AGC Golf Tournament chairman; and Scott Hines, AGC executive director.

Thank You AGC Sponsors!
VITA would like to thank the many sponsors who helped make the AGC Charity Golf Tournament possible:
A la Carte
Albertson's
Barnes & Noble
             Booksellers
Barras Mueschke
             Architects
Begneaud Manufacturing
Begneaud's Pharmacy
Bell's Sporting Goods
Cafe Vermilionville
Caroline & Co.
CC's Coffee
Champagnes Market
Chick-Fil-A
 Cigar Merchant
Classic Golden Pecans
Don's Seafood &
             Steakhouse
Dwyer's Café
Ecco
Filling Station
Golfballs.com
Grand 16 Theatre
Gulf Coast Bank
Hebert's Meats
Home Depot
Hooters
Johnny Carino's
 Judice Inn
Kitchenary
Labor Finders
Lafayette Bowling Lanes
Lafayette Golf Academy
Logan Farms Honey Glazed Hams
Lowe's
Marcello's
Marshall's Nursery
Master Lube Inc.
Natalee
Partner's
Paul's Jewelry
 Pete's on Johnston
Pinhook Auto Laundry
Prejean's Restaurant
Sammy and Lorene Pyle
Sam's Club
Schlotzsky's
Teche Drugs
Tommy and Donette Thomas
Todd's Carwash
Wally Romero
                   State Farm
Wetland's Golf Course
Whitney National Bank
Wild Birds Unlimited
VITA Training Seminar Schedule
VITA training seminars are tentatively planned this year. The following seminar is scheduled in the VITA Training Room on the fourth floor of Whitney Bank in Lafayette.
Dates and Times
Thursday, September 6, 5-7 p.m. and
Saturday, September 8, 9-12 a.m.
Look for Lesson Ideas on The Daily Advertiser Website
Newspapers in Education on The Daily Advertiser website offers a wide variety of lesson plan ideas in different subject areas and on many levels. Under the language arts section, lessons are listed in various skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking. Other sections include social studies, journalism, math and science. The site can be accessed at www.kidscoop.com/lessons/