Community Calendar: June 16, 2011 Daily Comet

16.06.11

June 17-19

Steubenville on the Bayou Youth Conference is scheduled for June 17-19 at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, 346 Civic Center Blvd. Pre-registration is required. For information, visit www.steubenvilleonthebayou.com or call the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux Conference Office at 872-1810.

June 18

Project Learn La-Terre and Friends of the Bayou’s inaugural Great Gator Race is scheduled for 10 a.m. June 18 near Bayou Terrebonne in downtown Houma. Admission is free. Project Learn La-Terre is a nonprofit that provides GED classes and literacy programs, health fairs and community outreach. The upcoming race will raise money for the project’s community-outreach programs and annual Children’s Health Fair. The toy gators used for the event are 16 inches in length and made of wood. Each gator will have a number on it. The first 30 gators to cross the finish line will receive prizes — first place being a five-day cruise for two. The inaugural event will also feature live music in Courthouse Square, homemade arts and crafts for sale, food, drinks, carnival games and various activities for children, including a meet and greet with New York author Paul Rodriguez, author of the children’s book, “Goldysocks and the 5 Bayous,” which teaches children about land loss and coastal erosion. For information, call Natalie Bergeron or Paul Rodriguez at 631-588-6269.

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