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Sertoma Club of Lafayette
 Since
1959, the Sertoma Club of Lafayette has been providing service
to our community. The name, Sertoma, is an acronym for "SERvice
TO MAnkind." The Sertoma Club of Lafayette, Inc., a part of
Sertoma International.
Sertoma Club of Lafayette was chartered in 1959. Two charter
members from the 1959 club, Gordon Keller and Gerald Domingue,
still remain active today.
The Sertoma Club has contributed to many projects over the last
40 years. In 1986, the club produced the first Sertoma Cajun Air
Festival as a fundraiser to provide the necessary funds to
continue doing projects in the community. Our most recent
project was to provide the funds to purchase the computer
hardware and software for use by the hearing impaired students
at Lafayette High School.
The Sertoma Cajun Air Festival is one of the finest
air shows in the country and the largest civilian air show along
the Gulf Coast. The Festival encompasses all facets of aviation.
Everything from aerobatic performances by world class pilots to
aerial demonstrations by the finest aviators of the United
States Air Force and Navy along with static displays of civilian
and military aircraft.
 Lafayette
Sertoma Sponsors the Autism07 Conference
The Sertoma Club of Lafayette is proud to sponsor an
International Conference on the diagnosis, causes, and treatment
of Autism Spectrum Disorders to be held April 12-14 of 2007 with
the assistance of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Autism affects ability
to communicate,
to form social relationships, and
to understand what’s going on in the world.
The
majority of persons diagnosed will not learn to talk or have
social relationships. As one mom said, it was as if someone
stole her child's mind and left the body behind. The number of
persons diagnosed with autism has increased from less than 1 in
10,000 prior to 1980 to more than 1 in 250 in 2004. The same mom
said, if one child in every 250 were kidnapped, it would be a
national emergency. Autism has reached epidemic proportions and
is a national emergency.
By
hosting an international conference here in Lafayette, the
Sertoma Club of Lafayette endeavors to enhance public awareness about
this baffling disorder. Sertoma is bringing together key
researchers and their supporters with a view toward improving
the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of autism. In doing so
Sertoma is proud to have the support of the Acadian Society for
Autistic Citizens.
For more information visit
the Autism07 web site at http://www.autism07.com
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