Annual Appeal

Your donation to Poydras Home’s 2025 Annual Appeal: Give the Gift of Good Taste will allow Poydras Home to make culinary improvements throughout our campus. Every gift, large or small, matters.

If you prefer to mail your donation in the form of a check, please make your check out to Poydras Home and mail to:

Jennifer Brammell
Poydras Home Director of Marketing and Development
5354 Magazine Street
New Orleans, LA 70115

Poydras Home 2025 Annual Appeal: Give the Gift of Good Taste


Annual Appeal

The 1817 Founders Circle for 2025

  • Celia Davis
  • Vaughn and Doug Downing
    • In memory of Charlotte W. Carriere and Carl S. Downing
  • Gaye Frederic
  • Lesley Hardin
  • Claire Jacobi
  • Nell Lanier
    • In memory of Sorrell Lanier
  • Blanche “Dee” McCloskey
  • Becky and Tommy McGoey
  • Lucy and Kell Riess
  • Bobby Swayze
    • In memory of Martha Anne Treen beloved mother of Tommy Taylor and Bobby Swayze


2025 Annual Appeal

  • Bettye and Mike Bagot
  • Emanuel V. Benjamin III
  • John Bolles
    • In memory of Elizabeth Bolles
  • Robert and Bridget Bories
  • Virginia and JG Brazil
    • In memory of Louise Hoehan Hogan 
  • Suzanne Butler and Mark Klyza
  • Betty Decell
  • Joanna L. Diboll
  • Beth and John Green
    • In memory of Cynthia Peneguy Couturie
  • Lynn Gutknecht and John Allen
    • In memory of Lena Gutknecht
  • Allison Freeman
  • E. Jerome Friedrichs, Jr.
    • In memory of Elizabeth R. Friedrichs
  • Marion and Lloyd Giardina
    • In memory of Blanche Potter
  • Derby and Claire Gisclair
    • In memory of Maurice Picheloup III
  • Elizabeth Hassinger
  • Ruth C. Herkes
    • In memory of Alfred J. Herkes
  • Jane Janssen LeBlanc
  • Kathryn Lichtenberg
    • In memory of Joe Bucher
  • Hélène C. Lopez
  • Cynthia Lynch
  • Charles B. Maginnis, IV
    • In memory of Gladys Coiron Maginnis
  • Ann C. Middleton
  • Page Nelson
    • In memory of Phyllis H. Thompson
  • Lee and Kathy Randall
  • Moye and Isabel Saunders
    • In memory of Baldwin Smith
  • William Thompson
    • In memory of Phyllis H. Thompson
  • Nancy Turner
  • Jaime and Wat Van Benthuysen, Jr.
    • In memory of Mrs. Grace Chapman Mallory
  • Mary Catherine Villere
  • Jackie and Richard Yancey
    • In honor of Jackie Ryan

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There are many meaningful ways to support Poydras Home's mission to provide exceptional care.
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There are plentiful naming opportunities for our generous supporters to consider as we transform our campus with the Poydras Home Reimagined project.
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Our Annual Holiday Tree Lighting & Music Festival held at the onset of the holiday season is Poydras Home’s hallmark fundraiser.

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