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Mulberry Elementary School Beta Club students delivered on their promise to provide Birthday Blessings boxes to CASA of Terrebonne. “This is such a blessing! Many of the children we serve don’t get to celebrate birthdays. This is a wonderful way for our volunteers to connect with the children, and celebrate their special occasion,” Christine Aucoin Executive Director of CASA of Terrebonne.
The club selected the Birthday Blessings as their 2022 service project, in an effort to to help children in foster care to have a happy birthday. The goal of their service project was to address a real community need, and create a solution. “We were so surprised by the abundance in which the Mulberry Beta Club gave! We will be able to provide the boxes to all of the children we serve, regardless of age,” Aucoin added.
Mulberry Elementary Secretary, and mother of a sixth grade student, Stacey Danos, said once meeting with a representative from CASA of Terrebonne, the students knew it was the perfect project. “They all agreed on this project because it benefits foster children in our area. We have foster children who come to our school so I think they felt the need to help those kids and give them a birthday blessing in a box,” said Danos. “The CASA representative spoke to our group about what CASA involved, and how they play a part in the lives of foster children. He thought the project would be awesome because they get a lot of stuff for Christmas, but they don’t really get anything for their birthdays,” Danos explained.
The club was able to donate 90 boxes to CASA of Terrebonne. Each box is filled with items to make a foster child’s birthday special, such as candy, plates, cake pans, cake mix, icing, sprinkles, candles, balloons, napkins, table clothes, party hats, gift bows, $5 gift cards, shredded paper, activity books, coloring books, colors and markers, Legos mini boxes, play-doh, birthday banners, and streamers.
Teacher and Beta Club Sponsor Stacey Chaisson said that project fit the organization’s motto. “The motto of the BETA club is to lead by serving others. We want our kids to be future leaders and give back to the community where they live,” Chiasson said.
After presenting their service project in September at the Beta Leadership Summit in Lafayette at the Cajun Dome, they were awarded the National Qualifier Award for the Regional Leadership Summit. The students were judged on the creativity, collaboration, communication of ideas, and the presentation skills. The award qualifies the group to present their project on the national level. The students will present their completed project at the National Beta Convention in Louisville, Kentucky this June.
