The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), presented Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF) Kids’ Chance Scholarship Program with a check at the NCCI Advisory Forum today in Baton Rouge.
Pictured left to right are Matt Richards, Chair of LBF Kids’ Chance; Brett Foster, NCCI Manager & Associate Actuary; and Clarissa Preston, NCCI State Relations Executive.
The LWCC hosted their 16th Annual Kids' Chance Invitational Golf Tournament in Baton Rouge. Some of the 2019-20 LBF Kids' Chance Scholarship recipients enjoyed lunch and received checks prior to the tournament. This year LBF awarded 16 scholarships totaling $55,500. Applications for the 2020-21 academic year will be available online December 1. Contact the LBF if you would like information about the LBF Kids' Chance Scholarship Program.
LBF Kids’ Chance Celebrated Kids’ Chance Awareness Week with a Meet and Greet at Urban South Brewery on November 13. Former scholarship recipients spoke about how important Kids’ Chance support was to them. Kids’ Chance is a scholarship program for dependents of workers killed or permanently and totally disabled in a work accident.
Kids’ Chance Awareness Week is designed to increase our visibility and spread the word about Kids’ Chance to potential donors, sponsors, and scholarship recipients.
Click here to find out more about LBF Kids’ Chance.
Click here to donate to LBF Kids’ Chance.
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Every year the entire Kids’ Chance community (now in 47 states) dedicates one special week to raising awareness of Kids’ Chance nationwide. This year, Kids’ Chance Awareness Week will be held November 11-15, 2019. In Louisiana, Governor John Bel Edwards has proclaimed it LBF Kids’ Chance Awareness Week. During this week the committee will be sending care packages to our current Kids’ Chance scholarship recipients. Attend our “Kids’ Chance Awareness Meet and Greet” at Urban South Brewery in New Orleans on Wednesday, November 13, from 5-7.
The Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF) Kids’ Chance Scholarship Program is for dependents of Louisiana Workers’ killed or permanently and totally disabled in a work accident. Applications for the 2020-21 academic year will be available online December 1, 2019.
Click here for more info about LBF Kids’ Chance.
Click here for program guidelines.
You can help with Awareness Week this year-
· We are looking for donations of your company swag and gift cards to include in the Kids’ Chance Care packages.
· You can host a “Dress Down for Kids’ Chance Day,” with donors getting to wear jeans to work for the day.
· Host a “Pizza Party for Kids’ Chance,” letting donors have a fun pizza party at work.
· Attend our “Kids’ Chance Awareness Meet and Greet” at Urban South Brewery in New Orleans on Wednesday, November 13, from 5-7.
Contact Dee Jones if you have questions or want to get involved with helping families of Louisiana workers’ killed or permanently and totally disabled in a work accident, call 504-561-1046 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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