Poydras Home's 2023 5th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting & Music Festival was held on Thursday, November 30 from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
The generosity of our many festival sponsors kept lighting up the holiday season for Poydras Home!
For more information about festival sponsorships, please contact Director of Marketing and Development Jennifer Brammell at [email protected] or call 504-897-0535.
We thank our families who supported our event with the purchase of a Family Festival Gift ticket!
Everyone enjoyed the musical entertainment from high energy headliner Thais Clark and Her Jazzsters
and the Shades of Praise interracial gospel choir.
Special thanks go out to David Bergeron of The Creole Creamery for his donation of two seasonal flavors of his delicious ice cream at our event!
Raffle tickets for sale through November 30 at 6:30 p.m.
Take A Chance on Our Raffle!
Congratulations to our lucky winners of $100 gift cards to six iconic New Orleans venues! For only $25 per raffle ticket, many took a chance on our Santa’s Sack Raffle.
- Vincent Caracci won a gift card to The Creole Creamery.
- Beth Colon won a gift card to Jacques-Imo’s.
- Richard CPAs won a gift card to Mr. John’s Steakhouse.
- Vincent Caracci also won a gift card to Langenstein’s.
- Triton Healthcare won a gift card to Ralph’s On The Park.
- Susan and Jimmy Gundlach won a gift card to Vincent’s Italian Cuisine.
Remembering all the holiday fun we had at Poydras Home's Fourth Annual Holiday Tree Lighting & Music Festival as showcased in the April 2023 issue of St. Charles Avenue Magazine!
https://www.myneworleans.com/poydras-home-holiday-tree-lighting-music-festival/
Poydras Home 2023 Fifth Annual Holiday Tree Lighting & Music Festival Sponsors
2023 Tree Sponsors
- Sally and Walter Cockerham
- Hancock Whitney Bank
2023 Lights Sponsors
- Anne and Bobby Swayze
- Triton Healthcare, Inc.
2023 Tree Top Sponsors
- Caroline and Bob Brickman
- In Memory of Roger W. Worlock
- Vincent Caracci
- In Honor of Gina Caracci
- Dianne McGraw
- Charlie and Kirk Reasonover
- Richard CPAs LLC
- Martha Anne Treen
- The Vinson Family
- Waters, Parkerson and Co., LLC
2023 Holiday Decorations Sponsors
- A Friend of Poydras Home
- In Memory of Eleanor Armstrong
- A-Med Ambulance Service
- In Memory of Frank Macera, Jr.
- Gail and Nick Asprodites
- Bettye and Michael Bagot
- Bellwether Technology Corporation
- Julie Brietmeyer
- Susanne Butler and Mark Klyza
- Carver Darden
- Beth Colon and Mary Olson
- Nellie Churchill
- CommCare Corporation
- Wendy and Joseph Dalovisio
- Vaughn and Doug Downing
- Kelly Ellis
- Frischhertz Electric
- Claire and Derby Gisclair
- In Memory of Maurice J. Picheloup, III
- Susan and Jimmy Gundlach
- Lesley and Charles Hardin
- In Memory of Tom and Carroll Fromherz
- Claire and Larry Jacobi
- In Memory of Larry Robert
- Cynthia Junkin
- In Honor of John Junkin
- Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jurgons, and Mr. and Mrs. Mel Lagarde, III
- In Honor of Dr. and Mrs. William J. Perrett (Dr. P & Muzzy)
- The Kolb Family
- Janis Gissel Letourneau, MD
- Dee McCloskey
- Dr. and Mrs. Brian and Kristin Moore
- Gwynne Moser
- Mullen Landscape
- Claire Porter
- Lisa Rebowe
- In Honor of June Trapp
- Elizabeth and John Ryan
- Charlotte and Jack Sawyer
- Gene Shapiro and William Murray
- In Honor of Nanette Shapiro
- Brenda Smith
- In Honor of Bob Smith
- John Sumich
- In Honor of Willie Sumich
- Nelson Swayze
- Suzanne and Bob Thomas
- UKG
- Zehnder Communications
2023 Entertainment
- Thais Clark and Her Jazzsters
- Shades of Praise Choir
2023 Santa's Sack Raffle
- Jacques-Imo’s
- Langenstein’s
- Ralph’s On The Park
- Vicent’s Italian Cuisine
Poydras Home 2022 Fourth Annual Holiday Tree Lighting & Music Festival Sponsors
2022 TREE SPONSOR
- Hancock Whitney Bank
2022 LIGHTS SPONSOR
- Anne and Bobby Swayze
2022 TREE TOP SPONSORS
- Bellwether Technology Corporation
- Katherine S. Boh
- Caroline and Bob Brickman
- In Memory of Roger W. Worlock
- Joe Bucher & Family
- Suzanne Butler and Mark Klyza
- Beth Colon
- EskewDumezRipple
- Wynne P. Friedrichs
- In Memory of Elizabeth Reid Friedrichs
- HJ Sims
- Betty Lou and Lansing Kolb
- Methodist Health System Foundation
- Edith Mossy & Family
- Brenda Smith and Craig Tolbert
- In Honor of Bob Smith
- Martha Treen & The Swayze Family
- In Honor of Martha Treen
- USI Insurance Services, LLC
- The Vinson Family
- Waters, Parkerson & Co., LLC
- Sarah W. Weden
2022 HOLIDAY DECORATIONS SPONSORS
- A Friend of Poydras
- Gail and Nick Asprodites
- Bettye and Mike Bagot
- Cathy and Morris Bart
- In Honor of Hertha Bart
- Bridget and Bobby Bories
- Julie F. Breitmeyer
- Anne and Frank Buescher
- Gina M. Caracci
- Carver Darden
- CommCare Corporation
- Wendy and Joe Dalovisio
- Vaughn and Doug Downing
- Claire and Derby Gisclair
- In Memory of Maurice J. Picheloup, III
- Susan and Jimmy Gundlach
- Lesley and Charles Hardin
- IMC Consulting Engineers, Inc.
- Erin Kolb
- LaPorte CPAs
- Janis Gissel Letourneau, MD
- Blanche “Dee” McCloskey
- Becky and Tommy McGoey
- In Memory of Pat and Joe Norton
- Dianne McGraw
- Lynn and Steve Meade
- In Memory of Betty Lou and Joseph Tranchina
- Gwynne and Sean Moser
- Cynthia Pazos and John Kuttruff
- In Memory of Frank Pazos, Jr. and Virginia Kuttruff
- Pontchartrain Materials Corporation, LLC
- In Memory of Fahan Tyler
- Claire and Chip Porter
- Charlie and Kirk Reasonover
- Erin and Claude Reynaud
- Gene Shapiro and William Murray
- HJ Sims
- Karen G. Smith
- In Memory of Charlotte Carter Smith
- Claire and Harry Stahel
- The Sumich Family
- Suzanne and Bob Thomas
- In Memory of Patricia Sutton Cromiller
2022 FAMILY FESTIVAL GIFT
- Melinda Sumich Babin
- Gary Baker
- Tracey and David Banowetz
- In Honor of Joyce Post
- Kerri Bowen
- Bonnie Broome
- In Honor of Joan Hunt
- Gary and Jim Churchill
- Joanna L. Diboll
- Ann Faulk and Sherri Schaeffer
- Laurie Hienz
- Lauren R. Lagarde
- Edward D. Moise
- M.S. Rau Antiques
- In Honor of Sybil Kline
- Lisa Rebowe
- In Honor of June Trapp
- Carol and John Roberts
- Terri Salassi
- In Memory of Ethel Gorman and Carmelite Bassich Salassi
- Joan Schott
- John Sumich
- Keith Theriot
- In Honor of Inez Theriot
- In Memory of Clement P. Theriot, Jr.
- Glenda B. Thorne
- John H. Wells
- In Memory of Dorothy Wells
2022 Festival Donations
- Dorothy P. Baessler
- A Friend of Poydras
- Bonnie Broome
- In Honor of Joan Hunt
- Marigny Dupuy
- In Honor of Claire Clark
- Marcel Garsaud, Jr.
- Gulf Coast Office Products, Inc.
- Mary Lynn Gutknecht and John Allen
- In Memory of Lena Gutknecht
- Yvonne and Oscar Gwin
- Laine Harper
- Ruth C. Herkes
- In Memory of Alfred J. Herkes
- Laurie Hienz
- Judith Lastrapes
- In Honor of Wiley G. Lastrapes, Jr.
- Ann C. Middleton
- In Memory of Susan McIntyre
- Elizabeth J. Mize
- Andrée Moss
- Thomas Reske, MD
- Isabel and Moye Sanders
- In Memory of Baldwin Smith
- Mr. and Mrs. Milton G. Scheuermann, Jr.
- Jennifer and Peter Tompkins
- In Memory of Jean Tompkins
- The Martha Treen & Swayze Families
- In Honor of Martha Treen
- Elfriede Westbrook
- In Memory of Bertram R. Westbrook
- Julie W. Woolfolk
- Jackie and Richard Yancey
- In Honor of Jackie Ryan
2022 Entertainment
- Sarah Jane McMahon soprano soloist
- New Orleans Council on Aging Community Choir
2022 SANTA'S SACK RAFFLE
- Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group
- Clancy’s
- The Creole Creamery
- Galatoire’s Restaurant
- Langenstein’s
- Nothing Bundt Cakes
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