Cajundome in Louisiana to be renamed during Mardi Gras thanks to donation to LLS

Lafayette, Louisiana's Cajundome, a 13,500 seat multi-purpose arena that is normally home to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Ragin' Cajuns basketball teams and the Louisiana high school basketball state championship, will have a temporary new name during Mardi Gras, and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will be a beneficiary.

The fundraising efforts of Father Bryce Sibley with Our Lady of Wisdom Church and Catholic Student Center, along with his Ragin' Cajun Catholics Organization amounted to a donation of $2,651.00, all of which will go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, specifically towards patient financial assistance in the state of Louisiana.

The donation also lets Father Bryce and his fundraisers to rename the Cajundome for a week. Thus during the week of Feb 17-21 2012, the dome will be renamed the "Ragin' Cajun Catholic Dome."

Source: KFLY.com

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