09/11/2025
5 team ideas were funded last night through the 24 Hour Citizen Project 🎉 look for these community projects coming soon to Lafayette:
🍽️ Team Global Bites: A one evening festival of flavors and culture from around the globe in collaboration with Festival International.
📰 Team Lafayette Kid News: Hitting the presses, a quarterly newspaper written entirely by kids in Lafayette, for kids in Lafayette, ages 7–12.
🏅Team Certify Teens: Teen Cert Day 2025 is a one-day certification event designed to equip teens with essential, real-world skills. Participants earn nationally recognized credentials in CPR, ServSafe food safety, and leadership, all in a single day.
🥣Team F.O.O.D: “Feeding Others: Outreach and Distribution (F.O.O.D.) is an organization of volunteers passionate about preventing food waste and improving equitable access to food in our local communities.
♟️Team 64 Squares of Lagniappe: The Downtown Lafayette Chess Tables Project will install one to two durable outdoor chess tables in key park locations. These tables will serve as free, year-round gathering points for players of all ages and skill levels, encouraging mentorship, strategic thinking, and friendly competition.