Annual Giving Campaign

Annual Giving Campaign

A Letter from Our Executive Director

Dear Friend of Raphael Village,

As we embark on our new fiscal year, we are filled with gratitude for your incredible support, which made our 2023-24 fiscal year a resounding success. Thanks to your generosity, we were able to expand The Guild’s enrollment by 30% this past year, engaging each Guild member in meaningful experiences both at the Town Center and within the greater community. Our programming is unique in that it offers a wide variety of skill building opportunities necessary to become contributing members of society and your support makes this possible.

We are also thrilled to announce the launch of The Hive: Employment Pathways at Raphael Village this fall. This new program, a key strategic goal of our organization, was postponed due to the pandemic. Now, it will solidify our role as a leader in offering meaningful and competitive employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities across our community.

Additionally, our dedicated life-sharing planning committee has been laying the groundwork for an integrated urban residential village in the historic Irish Channel neighborhood. With your continued support, these dreams are becoming a reality.

We are buzzing with activity here at Raphael Village and request your continued support of our Annual Giving Campaign, ensuring that good may become.

Donations to the Annual Giving Campaign will support:

  • The inaugural year of our new Supported Employment Program ~ The Hive at Raphael Village
  • Guild programming including:
    • Community based ceramics classes with Mess Arts
    • Fiber Studio, Gardening, Baking, Creative Arts, Yoga, and Culinary supplies
    • The Dragonfly Cafe Vocational Training Program
    • Transportation costs to ongoing community engagement activities
    • Community based Physical Fitness Activities (Gym and Pickleball memberships)

 

With Gratitude,

Jacqueline Case

Fall 2024

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Your support ensures that Guild Members are actively engaged in life and community. Checks can be mailed to the address below or visit our Donate page to make a secure donation.

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Raphael Village
517 Soraparu Street, Suite 104
New Orleans, LA 70130

Thanks to our 2023–24 Donors, Sponsors, and Supporters!

Visionary
  • Eugenie and Joseph Jones Family Foundation
    Gustaf W. McIlhenny Foundation
    The Denault Family Fund of the Ayco Charitable Foundation
    Michael S. Milroy Fund
Inspired
  • Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bollinger
    Mary and Keith Perrin
    The Gray Insurance Company
    Stacey and John Olson
    Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vorhoff
Innovator
  • Baptist Community Ministries
    Ida Gaughan
    Griffin Furman, LLC
    The Arlene and Joseph Meraux Charitable Foundation
    Jacqueline Case and Mark Redding
    Carolyn Monteith and Terry Sheeley
    Your Cause
Co-Creator
  • Roy and Rita Amedee
    Gene and Marjorie Bilotti
    Maurice and Carmen Brown
    Buck Kreihs Marine Repair
    Dr. Sarah and Michael Carter
    Gretchen Case and Robert Wollman
    Dianne Dumestre
    Fenner-French Foundation
    The Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation
    Amy Goodson
    David and Mary Lucy Lane
    Drs. Cathy Lazarus and Eric Simon
    John and Caroline Melton
    Alonzo Morris and Robin McCartt Morris
    Robert and Patti Lapeyre
    Lake Vista Women’s Club
    Patrick F. Taylor Foundation
    Lamar and Carolyn Teaford
    Michael Tonguis
    New Orleans Saints
    Jerry Schwartz
    David B. Workman Fund
Dreamer
  • Lisa Atwa
    Mrs. Sydney Besthoff
    Julie D. Brown Charitable Fund
    Stacy Craft
    Drago’s Restaurant
    David Fike
    John and Lisa Futrell
    Scott and Kristina LaCaze
    Sheila Landahl
    Kara Lew Larew
    Mark Manguno
    Foster and Megan Nash
    Thomas O’Keefe
    Daria Pizzetta
    Aaron or Peggy Selber Foundation, Inc.
    Kevin and Cheryl Slane
    Dana Jamero Smith
    Gabriella St. Amant
    Paul and Kristen UnKauf
    Pasha Walther
    The Wilshire Group
Joyful
  • Bruce LeLong and Dr. Lynn Adams
    Regina Adams
    Arin Assero
    Jill Barrilleaux
    Ann W Betty
    Bogusz Household
    Nicole Brown
    Larry and Ellen Case
    Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Coleman
    Elisa Crowder
    Virginia B. Davis
    Malayne and Robert DeMars
    Barbara Diano
    Winifred Dowdle
    Madeleine Faust
    Gervais Favrot
    Richard & Rebecca Flower
    Elizabeth Futrell
    Katherine W Gelderman
    Wanda Hogan
    Richard Currence Jr.
    Patrick Dennis
    Marianne Fieber
    Alisa Ghazvini
    Ronald Gillen
    Sharon Goldfarb
    Miles Granderson
    Mary Virginia Haindel
    Tanya & Vernon Haynes
    Robert Holt
    Anne Honeywell
    Laurie and Taylor Hood
    Tom Imus
    Dr. Terry Johnson and Dr. Jim Cronin
    John Jordy
    Tinka Jordy and Mark Donley
    Siri and Ardas Khalsa
    Gerald and Gina Karcher
    Anne-Marie Karp
    Christine Kathman
    Rebecca Keel
    Thais Lange
    Candace F Lape
    Andrew Lapeyre
    Diana Lewis
    Ann & Tony Lopez
    Elizabeth Lorber
    Carol R Lulich
    William Mabry
    Joan Magner
    Fran Maher
    Corinne Marcus
    Julie Ehret Martin
    Lynda Martin
    Stephanie McAllister
    Robert and Monique McCleskey
    Peggy Mendoza
    Robert Miles
    Yvonne Miljak
    Peggy Mitts and Timothy Scott
    Leo and Marie Mondragon
    Lauren Morovich
    Jim and Becky Moss
    Kirk Myers and Lisa Harrington
    Jill Nalty
    Maura & Chase Nelson
    Thomas O’Keefe
    Dan Oser
    Bob Edmudson and Kathleen Park
    Janet Piepul
    Pledgeling Foundation
    Deborah Plumley
    Cynthia Robbins-Roth
    Margaret Runyon
    James Ryan
    Julie Van Dervort Schaefer
    Jan Schoonmaker
    Shell Oil Company Foundation
    Bryant Stavely and Martha Jordy
    Cathy Maher-Storm
    Stephen Stryjewski
    Carroll Suggs
    Jackie and Bert Sylvest
    Lucy & David Thomas
    Patrick Toulouse
    Lauren Underwood
    Kristin and Philip Veneziano
    Paul and Jill Varisco
    Taylor D Ward
    Karen Weaver
    Dee and Kirk Webster
    Mr. and Mrs. H. Hunter White III
    Terry White
    Margo and Bates Whiteside
    Stacey Williams
    Michael Zimmerman and Teresa Toulouse
Grantors
  • The Ford Foundation
    Ella West Freeman Foundation
    GNOF Recreation & Culture Fund
    ForeKids Foundation
    Pro Bono Publico
    Camphill Foundation
    Galatoire’s Foundation
    New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation
    Cox Charities Community Investment Grant
    New Orleans City Council Cox Communications
Event Sponsors
  • Ochsner Health
    Top Golf
    Canal Barge
    David Schulingkamp
    Merritt and Elly Lane
    David and Mary Lucy Lane
    James and Susan Jones Gundlach
    The Arlene and Joseph Meraux Charitable Foundation
    Investar Bank
    Laitram Industries
    Susu and Andrew Stall
    Louise Wollman and Gary Strutin
    The Gray Insurance Company
    Degan, Blanchard & Nash
    Caroline and Robert Brickman
    Buck Kreihs Marine Repair
    Friend & Company
    Beatriz Ball
    Carol Michel
    Cudd Foundation
    David B. Workman Fund
    IMC
    Labadot Construction
    Lamarque Ford
    Little Miss Muffin
    Mary and Keith Perrin
    So SuSu
    Michael Zimmerman and Teresa Toulouse
    Miriam A. Hollar
    Patti and Robert Lapeyre
    James and Sally Lapeyre
    Monique and Robert L McCleskey
    Northlake Medical Psychology and Counseling
    Margo and Bates Whiteside
    Stacey and John Olson
    The Wilshire Group
    Mark Redding and Jacqueline Case
    Kim and Marshall Page
    1st Lake Properties
    Antoinette Alonzo
    Margaret and Kenneth Beer
    Bienvenue Wealth
    Carmen and Maurice Brown
    Peyton and Jonathan Coates
    Timothy Cornelius
    Cereset
    Stephen and Carla Daste
    Mrs. H. Mortimer Favrot Jr
    Dr. Juan and Mrs. Ana Gershanik
    Adrea D. Heebe
    Hartwig Moss Insurance Agency
    Drs. Cathy Lazarus and Eric Simon
    Paula Lee
    Eileen and Mark Johnson
    O’Keefe, Thomas
    Krewe of Shank
    Megan and Willie Nelson
    Elizabeth and Brent Peus
    Supreme Restorations, LLC
    Whiteside and Simms
    Malise Kearney
    Ellen and Larry Case
    Susan Geoghegan State Farm Insurance
    Sheila K Favrot
    Lawanda and Alfred Gordon
    Resource Bank
    Brett Downs
    Debra and Louis Gertler
    Mary Adele Lafaye
    Leann Mosses
    Peggy & Tim Scott
    Brad and Lynne Drew
    Andre Rubenstein
    Elizabeth Lorber
    Erin Bernard
    Sessions A. Hootsell III
    Amanda and Curtis Logue
    Rebecca & Thomas McGoey
    Karen Murphy
    Maryrose Dill
    Darcy Devine Scoggin
    Mark and Adele Thonn

“Alessandro enrolled in Raphael Academy three years ago, since then his confidence level has increased. The staff and team there truly care about him and his progress, ensuring his path to personal independence.”

—Peggy Mendoza

Raphael Village is a 501c(3) organization; EIN number 82-1693179. All donations are tax deductible.