Congratulations to Our 2009 Role Models Our 4th Annual New Orleans Style Jazz Brunch, held December 12, 2009 at the Hilton Baton Rouge Capital Center, honored nine outstanding Louisiana Role Models. Congratulations to our 2009 Louisiana Role Models:

Terrie Sterling Named Influential Woman in Business Congratulations to our member, Terrie Sterling, 2009 Influential Woman in Business. As Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Terrie is the first woman and first black to serve as an executive in OLOL's 76-year history. But another accolade means more to her than all the others: the first nurse to serve as chief operating officer.

2009 VIPS Golden Apple Award The Baton Rouge Chapter of the Links, Inc. wins the 2009 Golden Apple Award from Volunteers in Public School (VIPS) for our work at Capitol Elementary School. In October 2007, Baton Rouge Chapter-The Links, Incorporated entered into partnership with Eden Park Elementary School and has since followed Eden Park students to Capitol Elementary this 2008-09 school year. The Chapter services the Youth and has committed to focusing on providing a range of innovative, substantive, and sustainable programming to support student achievement for the learners of Capitol Elementary.

Chapter Wins 2nd Place in Umbrella Programming The Baton Rouge Chapter won 2nd place for the Umbrella Programming facet at the 2009 Southern Area Conference in Jacksonville, Florida. The award was in recognition of the chapter's development, sponsorship, and participation in the Expanding the Vision Conference.

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2009 New Orleans Style Jazz Brunch

Presenting Sponsor:
The Medical Spa of Baton Rouge & Noland Investments

The Baton Rouge Chapter of The Links, Incorporated proudly unveils its fourth annual New Orleans Style Jazz Brunch on Saturday, December 12, 20089 10:30 a.m. at the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center located at 201 Lafayette Street, Baton Rouge, LA. During this event, we will be Celebrating the Successes of Louisiana Role Models. This is a key initiative in our efforts to raise funds to enable us to continue to offer substantive, multi-faceted programming to the Baton Rouge community. Our programs have touched the lives of each age, gender and socio-economic group for over forty years.

In addition to providing a festive atmosphere of food, music and friendship, we will honor several Louisiana natives who have had a positive and insightful impact on the local, state and national level. Louisiana has many treasures and we will highlight some of those who have achieved signature stature by virtue of their humanitarian and community-oriented spirit and service. Each honoree clearly exemplifies the thrust of our organization facets: International Trends and Services, Services to Youth, National Trends and Services, and the Arts.

2009 Brunch Sponsors