If you have never been a member of the Acadian Memorial in Saint Martinville, Louisiana, please consider doing so now. The local Rotary Club has challenged them to increase the AM Foundation membership. The challenge is to obtain forty (40) new AMF members before 1 June 2010. The Acadian Memorial will receive $25 (individual) $35 (family) for any new membership as a match from the Rotary Club up to $1000. Membership dues in the Acadian Memorial Foundation go directly to supporting the Memorial and sharing the memory of the 3,000 exiles that settled in Louisiana. Membership dues have helped fund: Wall of Names / Eternal Flame Interactive Mural-Adult and Children, both in French and English Replica of the Grand-Pré Deportation Cross Family Mosaic Coat of Arms in the Meditation Garden Deportation Re-enactment & future historical re-enactments Acadian Memorial Cultural Festival Acadian Memorial web site _www.acadianmemorial.org_ (http://www.acadianmemorial.org/) If you are already a member, why not give a relative or close friend a membership to the Acadian Memorial? They will definitely appreciate it. Application form at _http://www.acadianmemorial.org/english/memberap.pdf_ (http://www.acadianmemorial.org/english/memberap.pdf) Karen Theriot Reader