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Julia Bland, Executive Director of the Louisiana Children's Museum

Published: Nov. 17, 2008, 1:27 p.m.

b'Julia Bland is Executive Director of the Louisiana Children\'s Museum. Julia, a native of Tennessee, graduated from Newcomb College, began with the Museum as a volunteer, and has never left. When asked how Hurricane Katrina affected the Museum, Julia said, "Our Museum has rethought our purpose...we have reached out in a much more meaningful way...." One very important program Julia describes is Play Power, a program that helps kids heal through play.'