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
Give to Raphael Village
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.