Ms. Linda Boudreaux This is Me

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1. 1. The Daily Advertiser - www.theadvertiser.com - Lafayette, LA

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   Published on: 8/7/2005   Last Visited: 12/29/2005

   And it lacks the presence of the city's real decision makers, said Linda Boudreaux, who sits on the board.
   
   "I think that we have struggled to find a focus with that group," said Boudreaux, who is also the director of The Extra Mile, a nonprofit that oversees the Louisiana Violence Prevention Alliance.

2. 2. Special Events

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   Published on: 6/28/2005   Last Visited: 1/17/2007

   Linda Boudreaux
   
   Left to Right, Libby Angelle, Linda Boudreaux,
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   Linda Boudreaux is Executive Director of The Extra Mile, Region IV, Inc., a private, non-profit corporation with a twelve year history of providing community based services to individuals and families throughout the region who are clients of state agencies. The mission statement of The Extra Mile, Region IV, Inc., is: "To enhance and enrich the quality of life for all persons served by the State of Louisiana by mobilizing people and resources in the community." In fulfilling it's mission, TEM takes a proactive approach toward initiating programs that respond to the needs of individuals and families as identified by the communities in which they live.
   
   Community involvement and accomplishments include:
   
   Family Violence Intervention Project - Linda collaborated with community partners to develop this program which offers classes to batterers in an effort to stop the cycle of domestic violence. She has been on the Board of Directors since 1994; served as Vice-President in 1997 and became an ex-officio board member in March 1997 in order to become a facilitator for FVIP's Men's Batterer Groups
   
   A.V.E.C. Les Enfants - Linda Boudreaux spearheaded a community collaboration to provide a safe, child friendly setting for children to visit with their non-custodial parents. AVEC Les Enfants, Acadiana's first supervised visitation and exchange center which opened its doors in September 2002, is the product of that community collaboration and is under the umbrella of The Extra Mile, Region IV, Inc.
   
   Care Free - A center for emotional recovery and wellness was the result of a community collaboration spearheaded by Linda Boudreaux. Care Free is a pro-bono mental health counseling program staffed by licensed mental health professionals who donate their services to persons who do not meet criteria for public mental health services and cannot afford paid professional counseling. Care Free serves adults, children and families. Care Free's mission statement is: "To provide free, quality counseling and support services to persons with mental illness regardless of their ability to pay." Located in the old J. Wallace James Elementary School on Poydras St. in Lafayette, LA. Care Free is under the umbrella of The Extra Mile, Region IV, Inc. and has been operational for two years.
   
   Acadia Parish Family Resource Center - Collaborating with Acadia Parish service providers, Linda Boudreaux was instrumental in establishing this center in Crowley, LA. Operational since 1978, the center provides services to the residents of Acadia Parish.
   
   Since 2001, Linda Boudreaux has supervised VISTA volunteers working with the Louisiana Violence Prevention Alliance. Projects of LVPA include: local and state networking, community organizing and education and most recently, The Silent Witness Program - a community awareness initiative regarding intimate partner homicide.
   
   As Executive Director of The Extra Mile, Region IV, Inc., Linda Boudreaux developed, implemented and provides on-going management of a huge volunteer program that serves clients of state agencies in the areas of mental health, developmental disabilities and substance abuse. This volunteer program fills in the gaps in services not provided by state agencies
   
   Serving as producer and hostess of The Extra Mile TV program since 1979, Linda Boudreaux has provided to the community an array of educational and informative topics during this 30-minute program on Acadiana Open Channel.
   
   Since 1998, Linda Boudreaux has provided fiscal and program oversight for family preservation and family support services to high-risk families served by The Office of Community Services - the state's Child Protection Agency - and also those high risk families identified by the Families in Need of Services program through the District Attorney's office of the 16th Judicial District.
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   Diligent, hardworking and always willing to "go the extra mile", Linda Boudreaux serves her community well and is committed to improving the lives of the citizens of Lafayette as well as the surrounding parishes.
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   For all of her accomplishments thus far, we are recognizing Linda Boudreaux as the Zonta Club of Lafayette Area 2005 Woman of Achievement.
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   Ms. Boudreaux will be honored along with our scholarships recipients at the Zonta Club of Lafayette's Woman of Achievement and Awards Banquet to be held March 30, 2006, at the Best Western Hotel Acadiana, 1801 W. Pinhook Rd., Lafayette, LA. Cash bar and silent auction at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30.00 per person payable to the Zonta Club of Lafayette - mail to 152 Inez Lane, Lafayette, LA, 70506.

3. 3. The Daily Advertiser - www.theadvertiser.com - Lafayette, LA

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   Published on: 8/7/2005   Last Visited: 11/26/2005

   And it lacks the presence of the city's real decision makers, said Linda Boudreaux, who sits on the board.
   
   "I think that we have struggled to find a focus with that group," said Boudreaux, who is also the director of The Extra Mile, a nonprofit that oversees the Louisiana Violence Prevention Alliance.