Collection:LPB

Genre: Awards

Place Covered: Sulphur, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1997-06-19

Duration: 00:04:33

Subjects: Louisiana Young Heroes | Alexander, Traci

Contributors:

• Courtney, Beth Host
• Alexander, Charles Interviewee
• Alexander, Belinda Interviewee
• Migues, June Interviewee
• Alexander, Traci Interviewee

This segment from the 1997 Young Heroes Award Ceremony features a profile of honoree Traci Alexander, a student at Hamilton Christian Academy in Sulphur. Despite being born with only one finger on each hand and only half of each foot, Alexander is her class valedictorian with a 4.0 grade point average, the president of the National Honor Society and a member of the Homecoming court. She has also spearheaded fund-raisers for the needy, worked in food kitchens for the poor, and worked as a hospital volunteer in the summer. Alexander also helps care for her five adopted siblings, who are severely handicapped. Host: Beth Courtney