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On July 4 the Red River will take on a yellow hue as thousands of rubber ducks fight their way downstream. The Bossier Rotary Club’s third annual Marshall Johnny Wyatt Memorial Duck Race will once again benefit the Volunteers of America LightHouse as well as the Gingerbread House. Rubber ducks can b

Anxiety and excitement mingled at girls from the LightHouse stepped off the van to explore Camp Keachi. Owned by Tom and Mary Nesbitt, the camp is their home and property centered around a pond in DeSoto Parish. Each summer they allow a group of girls to have a full camping experience with everythin

“Earth’s crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God, but only those who see take off their shoes.” With this quote from Elizabeth Barrett Browning, local author Anne Wilson begins her story of developing an awareness of God. Her latest book, “Take off Your Shoes,” reassures us that Go

Greenwood Lodge residents are waiting for their fresh vegetables. For the last several years the residents of the facility for people with developmental disabilities have tended a garden and produced all kinds of vegetables. A few weeks ago, the beds were cleaned out and prepared for this year’

Volunteer opportunities abound at the summer LightHouse sessions. We have sessions at all three community sites and two of our school-based sites, and they could use anyone from teenagers willing to read with children a couple times a week  to people willing to lead a craft or sponsor a one-time out

LightHouse students from Westwood Elementary picked from hundreds of books collected by the Loyola College Prep Student Council. They were eager to look through the selection and find some new favorites of their own. And after picking them out some of the high school students took a minute to read t

The LightHouse seniors of 2013 boasted of big dreams. In the fall, the dozen students will scatter across the state from LSUS to ULM to Southern University to pursue degrees in everything from biology to music. Gathered for the annual graduation celebration, they shared their plans with the LightHou

Volunteers of America of North Louisiana is proud to partner with the American Cancer Society in a study that has the potential to change the face of cancer for future generations. The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) will give scientists a better understanding of cancer c

By Derrick Jones/The Times Cliff Malone’s new Stoner Hill home is almost complete, but it’s just one piece of a much larger puzzle. Through the Fuller Center in Shreveport, Veterans Build 2013 is a project aimed at establishing communities of disabled veterans through affordable housing. “Sometimes