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We had a wonderful time at the Fête de famille in Lafayette October 13th 2011
Several members of the Boudreaux Family Association joined us in the Cajundome to celebrate our Acadian heritage with othe Acadian families
Our Association had three tables dedicated to our family history, family genealogy, and souviners. We had items like coffee mugs, lapel pins, T-shirts, etc. available for sale.
Click to see our November 2011 Newsletter with details regarding the celebrations
If you could not make the celebration in Lafayette - look at our e-shop to purchase Boudreaux Family merchandise.
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7th Annual
Acadian Memorial Festival
March 19th.
The Boudreaux and Guillot families Were honored as one of the first Acadian families to settle in Louisiana in a ceremony welcoming representatives of each family coming to the Evangeline Oak down the Bayou Tech.
The Boudreaux Association had a booth set up on the banks next to the Evangeline Oake to help folks with Boudreaux genealogy, accept new memberships along with sales of donated items to help finance some to the organization's projects.
Click here to see the Etoile Acadienne Special Photo Edition Newsletter covering the Acadian Memorial Festival that was held on March 19, 2011.
We have also includeed the Calling All Cajuns a newsletter from the Acadian Memorial Association
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It's 2011- We need faster communications
We ask that all members share their email address with us so we can contact them, if need be, on occasions between newsletter publications.
Email them to: Charles@BoudreauxFamilies.org
You can suggest interesting articles for the Newsletter
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2011 Grand Reveil Acadien
CAFA Scolarship
Universitie Sainte-Anne of Nova Scotia
In above photo: Don Boudreaux, Hailey Vincent, Ray Trahan, and Loubert Trahan
Every year the Universitie Sainte-Anne of Nova Scotia awards a $1,500 scholarship for a six-week summer program to a French Immersion student. Confederation of Associations of Families Acadian received three entrants this year and one was picked (from a hat.)
The winner was Hailey Vincent from Kaplan, LA
Besides the $1,500 scholarship, Hailey also received donations of $1,000 from CAFA, $500 from the Boudreaux Family Association, and $500 from the Trahan Family Association to help her travel and living expenses.
Click here for more information.
Submit now for 2012
The Boudreaux Family Association feels like this is an important project designed to keep our young people interested in our Acadian language and culture.
We ask for you to submit the names of interested canditates for the 2012 Scholarship to contact our president, Don Boudreaux, before the next selection is made in March 2012
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