The International Trends and Services Facet of The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated introduced Mary McLeod Bethune students to the history of Mardi Gras and the associated roots of the New Orleans Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club. The students also honed their arts skills in the...
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Giving Makes A Difference
The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated's 2nd Annual Trunksgiving event at English Turn benefitted Boystown of New Orleans , Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana, and Ozanam Inn. We are privileged to be able to make a difference in the lives of those...
New Orleans (LA) Links giving back during the Holiday Season
The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated's Trunks-giving for a Worthy Cause was a great success. In partnership with the English Turn Property Owners Association, the collaborative endeavor brought in donations from across the city that benefitted five worthy local non-profits that have been uplifting the Greater New...
International Trends and Services Supporting Watford Primary School in Jamaica
One Mission, One Love, a Signature Initiative of the Southern Area of The Links, Incorporated, in partnership with Region 4 of the Jamaican Ministry of Education, broke ground at Watford Hill Primary School, in Hopewell, Hanover, Jamaica to build a pre-school classroom during The Links January 2017 Global Delegation to Jamaica. At that...
International Trends and Services and Bethune students at the Infinity Science Center
Understanding that advances in science and technology is a global collaborative, Mary McLeod Bethune students received a premier in Robotics at the Infinity Science Center. The one-hour lab challenged the students to use engineering processes to modify and control an ROV to meet the requirements of several tasks/missions. Students worked...
Bethune Students Participate in Girls in Politics
On October 20, 2018, the International Trends and Services Facet of the New Orleans Chapter sponsored five Bethune students to participate in Camp Congress with the Girls in Politics Initiative. Camp Congress for Girls is a leadership program that introduces girls ages 8 to 15 to politics. Camp began with a girl-friendly...
Girls in Politics Initiative
The New Orleans Chapter, through its International Trends and Services Facet, sponsored 3 students from Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School to attend Camp United Nations for Girls in New Orleans in April 2018. The program is a part of the Girls in Politics Initiative (“GIP”), a program created and administered by the Political...
Mission to Haiti
In March 2018, New Orleans Chapter members, Germaine Davillier and Tracey Flemings-Davillier, accompanied The Pontchartrain Chapter and its International Trends and Services Chair, Leila Eames, on the Pontchartrain Chapter's annual mission to Haiti. Links members visited the Foyer Espoir Les Enfants (FEPE) orphanage and Ecole Foyer Espoir (EFE) School in...
International Trends and Services Facet Exploring Global Opportunities at Dillard University
On March 16, 2018, the International Trends and Services Facet of The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated provided 7th and 8th grade Bethune Elementary students the opportunity to explore one of the City’s revered HBCU institutions, Dillard University, and to learn more about International Studies – –...
One Million Invested by The Links, Incorporated in Jamaica’s Economy
Nearly 200 members of The Links, Incorporated returned to Montego Bay, Jamaica for the group’s third humanitarian trip, Global Linkage Initiative, to enhance the education, health and welfare of the nation’s schools and students that began in 2016. The group was on the island January 23-26, 2018. The Links, Incorporated’s members...
International Trends and Services Continues to Serve Jamaica
One Mission, One Love, a Signature Initiative of The Southern Area of The Links, Incorporated, in partnership with Region 4 of the Jamaican Ministry of Education, broke ground at Watford Hill Primary School, in Hopewell Hanover, Jamaica to build a pre-school classroom during The Links, Incorporated's January 2017 Global Delegation to Jamaica. The...
Jamaica Day 2017 at Bethune
What a great Jamaica Day at Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School! On February 3, 2017, The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated partnered with Bethune to bring our signature brand of service while impacting and enriching the lives of students at Bethune. We opened the students' global vision...
Links Connecting with Jamaica
On January 11, 2017, the International Trends and Services facet of the New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated spent the evening preparing hygiene packs for Watford Hill Primary School in Jamaica. New Orleans Chapter International Trends and Services facet Chairperson Germaine Davillier, thereafter, traveled to Atlanta, Georgia and,...
Bethune Celebrates Christmas Around the World
On December 9th, members of the International Trends facet hosted a Christmas Social at Bethune School. Fifty of the school’s Young Ladies of Destiny participated in the event. During the social, students participated in a Christmas art competition and games that introduced Christmas traditions and ideas from around the world. Prizes were...
School Supply Give-Away in Haiti
Dropout rates for primary students are high in Haiti. According to some estimates, more than half of Haiti’s urban primary-school students dropped out before completing the six year primary cycle. In rural areas, the dropout rate is 80 percent. In addition, dropout and repetition rates in rural areas are so...