To honor the upcoming Mother’s Day, May 9, Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church allowed members to give a meal to someone who is homeless through the Crescent City Cafe. The response was incredible and will provide nearly 130 meals!
Meals were given in honor or in memory of these mothers:
In Honor of
Lynn McAdams (5 meals)
Helen Pollard (5 meals)
Phyllis Flora
Lynette Meck
Rachel Meese
Carolina Weatherford
Cindy Johnson
Callie Winn Crawford
Kristie Crawford Buckner
Ashley Crawford Delapp
Maria Flurry
Jaji Flurry
Bee Norris (3 meals)
Natalie Nolan
Ginny Anderson
Sharon Pol
Sheila Gulasekharam
Janet Angelico
Nancy Agular
Connie Derham
Sandy Rinck
Edith Parr (3 meals)
Charmy Vanderkuy (2 meals)
Frances Settles
Jean Weber (5 meals)
Kathryn Dicken (2.5 meals)
Karen Ditsch
Carole Cotton Winn
Jean Darnall (3 meals)
In Memory of
Esther Myers Flora
Martha B. Marshall
Hazel Nuss Mackenroth (5 meals)
Dorothy Robisch
Willie Gilleland
Lizzie Beth Moffett (2.5 meals)
Sallie Kilgore (2.5 meals)
Mrs. John W. Woodward (10 meals)
Opal M. Creel (20 meals)
Katie S. Rowan
Wanda Maedgen Cook
Sybil Bone Rauls
Paula Haygood
Stella Panichas (5 meals)
Lynn Brill
Audrey Sutton Winn
Lil Winn
Puddin’ Cotton
Pauline Enloe (2 meals)
Marjorie McCants (3 meals)
Louise Young Walls (7 meals)
Racheal Thomason
Antonette Jeter
Mary DeFraites (2 meals)
Edith Sikes (2.5 meals)
Helen K. Cannon (5 meals)
Craig Paddock, a New Orleans musician, is playing a free concert at the Neutral Ground Coffee House, and all donations from the evening will benefit the Crescent City Cafe.
The show is Saturday, April 17, 8-9 p.m. Check out Craig’s music on Facebook or MySpace. Come check it out!
Brown’s Dairy, on Baronne Street in New Orleans, has offered to donate dairy products to the Crescent City Cafe each month. As a result, the Cafe will offer real orange juice, milk and chocolate milk to our guests!
These items come as a special treat, and we are grateful to provide these nutritious items to our guests. Many thanks to Brown’s Dairy and to General Manager Kennon Davis.
With the bright, April sun shining, 98 people came through the doors of the Crescent City Cafe on April 10. They were treated to similarly cheery smiles from volunteers and delicious pancake breakfasts!
Brown’s Dairy provided many of the ingredients for the breakfast, including milk, sour cream, coffee creamers, real orange juice and a special treat for our guests - chocolate milk!
Many thanks to the volunteers who worked so hard to cook breakfast, wait tables, clean up afterward and more! This month’s volunteers came from Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church, the W Girls, Shell NPNO as well as many returners.
Many thanks to the people who have given items from our wishlist!
- Scott and Rebekah Teesdale for two 14″ frying pans
- Mike Nguyen for 110 linen napkins
- Jewelynn Nice for a Sam’s Club membership
All photos courtesy Chelsea Broughton.
Project Founder Kim Thompson was honored with the Jefferson Award for Public Service on behalf of the Crescent City Cafe. A segment about the award and the history of the cafe was featured on WVUE, New Orleans’ Fox 8 station, on Wednesday, March 31, and Thursday, April 1, 2010.
The Crescent City Cafe again thanks the hundreds of young adults in New Orleans who have volunteered over the past year to serve those who are homeless in our community. Together, we are restoring dignity and bringing hope to our guests! We are excited about continuing to serve with you throughout the next year.
Watch the Jefferson Award segment from March 31, 2010, on WVUE.
The Crescent City Cafe is headed to Wednesdays At The Square on April 7. Visit our booth at the event, which is held from 5-7 p.m. at Lafayette Square in New Orleans. The line-up for that evening includes Big Sam’s Funky Nation and Honey Island Swamp Band.
Wednesdays At The Square is hosted by the Young Leadership Council.
The Crescent City Cafe will be hosting breakfast for those who are homeless and low-income in New Orleans on Saturday, April 10, at Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church, 3900 St. Charles Ave. Help us spread the word by downloading, printing and distributing our flyer.
Young adults who live in New Orleans are invited to help with prep work on Friday, April 9, from 6-8 p.m. Contact Volunteer Coordinator Georgia McBride if you can come.
The Crescent City Cafe, sponsored by Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church, has been awarded a Support Action Ministries (S.A.M.) grant by the Louisiana chapter of the United Methodist Church. The grant will provide the Cafe with $2,000 in 2010 to help offset operational costs.
The S.A.M. grant is provided to organizations that reach out to the community in ministry in innovative ways. The Cafe is extremely grateful for Rayne Memorial’s sponsorship in the grant process. We look forward to our continued partnership!
