Lifestyle

ERATH — For the last 23 years, Doug and Jackie Vincent were keepers of the old Erath Middle School (EMS) bell that their son, Robert, salvaged after EMS burned on March 7, 2000.
On Tuesday morning, the Vincents decided it was time they donated the large bell that once hung in the main hall in Erath Middle School.
“Today marks the 23rd anniversary the school burned,” said Jackie. “Doug and I figured this would be a good day to let Erath Middle have the bell back. Robert would have wanted them to have the bell.”

There’s always a positive difference that can be made.
It’s the kind of difference the Vermilion Boys & Girls Club works to make with youth in the community every day.
On a Saturday in February, the community stepped up to lend a helping hand to the local club.
More than 70 volunteers from Vermilion Reach Group (VRG) and others gathered for a clean-up day at A.A. Comeaux Park, where the club is located.
“We had a lot of help from the community,” Vermilion Boys & Girls Club Director Kimberly Bessard said.

Confrerie d’Abbeville, a member of the international fraternity of French-speaking areas of the world promoting French language and heritage, recently donated $500 to Les Amis du Français en Vermillon (Friends of French in Vermilion), a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of French language, heritage and culture, and to the continued success of French education in Vermilion parish.