Save the Date!
Poydras Home's new annual fundraiser, Julien's Jubilee, will be held on Thursday evening October 23, 2025 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. featuring The Bucktown All-Stars
Julien’s Jubilee is Poydras Home’s new annual fundraiser. Sponsors committed by August 1, 2025 will be included on the event invitation. The iconic Bucktown All-Stars will entertain us all. Individual tickets are $150 each. Tickets and event sponsorships can be purchased online HERE. Poydras Home residents are admitted free of charge. Make plans to attend this much-anticipated annual event on Thursday evening October 23rd from 6 to 8 p.m.!
Join us in remembering the fun we had at Poydras Home's Sixth Annual Holiday Tree Lighting & Music Festival through St. Charles Avenue Magazine's coverage of our signature fundraiser event!
Poydras Home’s 6th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting & Music Festival was held on Thursday evening December 5th from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in our spacious 1857 Hall. This year, our headliner live music was the New Orleans favorite Charmaine Neville.
St. Charles Avenue Magazine July 2025 issue Poydras Home article
Poydras Home 2024 Sixth Annual Holiday Tree Lighting & Music Festival Sponsors
2024 Tree Sponsors
- Hancock Whitney Bank
- Anne and Bobby Swayze
- In Memory of Martha Anne Treen
2024 Lights Sponsor
- Lucy and Kell Riess
2024 Tree Top Sponsors
- Caroline and Bob Brickman
- In Memory of Roger Worlock
- Nell Lanier
- Charlie and Kirk Reasonover
- Robert Saer
- In Honor of Dr. and Mrs. J. Kenneth Saer
- USI Insurance Services, LLC
- The Vinson Family
- Ginger Weichert-Gundlach
- In Honor of Johanna Weichert
2024 Decorations Sponsors
- Anonymous
- In Memory of Eleanor Armstrong
- Gail Asprodites
- Morris Bart
- Penny Baumer
- Bellwether Technology Corporation
- Joe Bucher and Kathryn Lichtenberg
- Carver Darden
- CommCare Corporation
- Mary Demmas
- In Memory of Con Demmas
- Vaughn and Doug Downing
- Favorites Promotional Products & Apparel
- Carla H. Fishman
- Gaye Frederic
- Frischhertz Electric Co., Inc.
- Claire and Derby Gisclair
- In Memory of Maurice J. Picheloup, III
- Hardie and Johnson Wealth Management / Merrill Lynch Global Wealth and Investment Management
- Lesley Hardin
- HUB International
- Claire and Larry Jacobi
- In Memory of Larry Robert
- LeGlue & Company CPAs, LLC
- Janis Gissel Letourneau, MD
- Becky & Tommy McGoey
- In Memory of Pat and Joe Norton
- Dianne McGraw
- Lynne and Stephen Meade
- In Memory of Butty and Betty Lou Tranchina
- Dr. and Mrs. Brian and Kristin Moore
- Gwynne Moser
- Edith Mossy
- Mullin
- Payactiv
- Pontchartrain Materials Corp., L.L.C.
- Elizabeth Ryan
- Terry Salassi and Family
- Gene Shapiro and William Murray
- In Honor of Nanette Shapiro
- Michele Triche
- Triton Healthcare, Inc.
- UKG
2024 Festival Gifts
- John Allen and Lynn Gutknecht
- In Memory of Lena Gutknecht
- A-MED Ambulance Service
- In Honor of Frank Macera Founder
- Julia Ary
- Bettye and Mike Bagot
- Mr. and Mrs. Jason Bargas
- Suzanne Butler and Mark Klyza
- Joanna L. Diboll
- Marigny Dupuy
- In Honor of Claire Clark
- Jane Fink
- In Honor of Darrell Fink
- Ashton R. Hardy
- In Memory of Alice Baumbach Hardy
- Laine B. Harper
- Laurie Hienz
- In Honor of Eugenia Elliott
- In Memory of Michael F. Hienz
- Dr. and Mrs. Robert N. Jones
- Judy Kron
- The Lagarde and Jurgens Families
- In Honor of Dr. and Mrs. Perret
- Judy and Wiley Lastrapes
- In Honor of Wiley Lastrapes
- In Memory of Sally Cockerham
- Charles B. Maginnis, IV
- In Memory of Gladys Maginnis
- Margo Moss
- Julia Navar
- Page T. Nelson
- In Memory of Phyllis Thompson
- Ernest and Mina O’Bannon
- In Honor of Maurice Garsaud
- In Memory of Fleta Garsaud
- Lydia Rose
- In Memory of Earl Rose
- Isabel W. Sanders
- Sherri Schaefler
- Margie Scheuermann
- In Memory of Milton Scheuermann
- Leslee Shapiro
- Brenda Smith
- Laura St. Clair
- Mary Ann St. John
- Dr. and Mrs. Robert N. Jones
- Nancy Turner
- Dr. and Mrs. Herbert W. VanHorn, III
- In Memory of Gladys B. “Teetsie” VanHorn
- Laurie T. Waggener
- In Memory of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Tranchina
- Blair L. Wehrmann
- In Memory of Robert Rice Wehrmann
- Jackie and Richard Yancey
- In Honor of Jackie Ryan
2024 In-Kind Festival Sponsor
- Barnes Electric in-kind gift of equipment and labor to assemble and disassemble Poydras Home’s 30-foot outdoor holiday tree seasonally
- Creole Creamery in-kind gift of artisan ice cream served at our event
2024 Entertainment
- Charmaine Neville Band
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