Miles Perret Cancer Services’ Executive Director, Richard Stegall, and Sherry Hernandez, Community Liaison, spoke with Jan Swift of Discover Lafayette about the 19th Annual Games of Acadiana which will be held on August 17, 2019. This annual fun and family-friendly event was created in the aftermath of the tragic loss of Hank and Debbie Perret’s […]
Mike Dozier of Lafayette General Health: How IT is Transforming Health Care
Mike Dozier, Lafayette General Health’s Chief Information Officer, is our guest on this edition of Discover Lafayette. Under Mike’s leadership since 2014, Lafayette General has become a leader in healthcare technology in Louisiana and has enacted innovative strategies and organizational alignment through the use of IT. We focus on “telemedicine” in this interview and discuss […]
IBERIABANK Contributes to Love Our Schools
IBERIABANK, (www.iberiabank.com), recently announced a $15,000 donation to the Love Our Schools project in Lafayette Parish. Love Our Schools is a local initiative committed to improving educational outcomes in the area. This year, Love Our Schools is supporting eight public schools in the Transformation Zone in Lafayette Parish. Through nearly 3,000 volunteers, Love Our Schools […]
No Waste Lafayette’s Fix It Cafe Teaching How To Revive Broken Possessions
Lafayette Parish Library’s Downtown location was the setting on July 27, 2019, for a “Fix It Cafe” organized by No Waste Louisiana. Catherine Comeaux, a co-founder of No Waste Louisiana, is passionate about reducing waste as well as educating all of us on the benefits of reusing and repairing our possessions. The Lafayette chapter of […]
Dr. Holly Boffy – BESE Board District 7 Member, Representing Southwest Louisiana
Dr. Holly Boffy, Vice President and District 7 Member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (“BESE”) sat down with Jan Swift, host of Discover Lafayette, to talk about the state of education in Louisiana. The most important message Holly wants to share with parents: read to your children, talk to your children, […]