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Parents, alumnae, faculty/staff and friends of St. Joseph’s Academy gathered on campus on the evening of October 24 for The SJA Soirée: A Redsticker Thursday Night. The Academy’s premier fundraising event was enjoyed by nearly 600 guests, a Soirée record, and raised money for campus-wide enhancements to benefit the young women of SJA.

Guests enjoyed a night of live and silent auctions, raffles, games, bourbon and champagne tastings, great food and drinks by area restaurants and caterers and live music by the Peyton Falgoust Band. The Fife Student Commons and Investar Quad provided a wonderful venue on a beautiful autumn evening. 

St. Joseph’s Academy owes a debt of gratitude to the individuals and organizations who sponsored The SJA Soirée: A Redsticker Thursday Night. Sanctity-level sponsors were Audi Baton Rouge and Franklin Press. Joy-level sponsors were Sigma Engineers & Constructors, Weiler Plastic Surgery Group and Parish Pets. Action-level sponsors were SEMS Inc. and Cypress Title.

Red-level sponsors were Ascension Premier Dental; Associates in Women’s Health; Dr. Barry Bohn; Sarah and Greg Fautheree; Firequest; First National Bankers Bank; GL Sullivan Sr. Contractor; Johnson Controls Inc.; Dr. Jimmy Lalonde - BROC Foot and Ankle / Dr. Elise Scallan – LENTS; Manasseh, Gill, Knipe & Bélanger; Palm Family Dentistry; Relief Windows; Ritter Maher Architects; and Svendson Investments.

White-level sponsors were Alamanack Investment Partners; Farrah and Derek Benedetto; Bug Man; Capital Area Finance Authority; Mary (Kadair ’76) and Jamey Crump; Decision Critical; Christine and Milton Dureau; Grace Hebert Curtis Architects; Hannis T. Bourgeois; Quanah and Christian Hall; Dr. Trang Huynh and Dr. David Kirsch; Investar Bank; Laville Cabinets Inc.; Louisiana First Horizon Foundation; Anne and Tom Meek; Linda Messina; Nussbaumer Family; Prescriptions to Geaux; Blair and Jim Purgerson; Raymond James & Associates Inc.; Rejuvime Medical; Harry Robert Family; Kristy Roubique ’76; Laurie and Hank Saurage; School Time Uniforms; Sherman & Balhoff Orthodontics; Sonnier Fine Art; and Lisa Veron.

Food was donated by Louisiana Crave-A-Ball, MG Miller Photography LLC, Hanley’s Foods, SAGE Dining Services, Mestizo Louisiana Mexican Cuisine, Monjuni Italian Cafe & Grocery, MoMo Tea, SoLou, Solera, Chow Main, Barracuda Taco Stand, Ichiban Japanese Grill & Sushi Bar, Southern Pearl Oyster House, St. Joe Dough and Serop’s Café.
 
The Soirée planning committee was chaired by Missy Heck Brown ’94 and Lauren Heck Odom ’00, P ’28. Past chair was Sara Brignac P ’25, ’28. 

Committee members were Mary Kadair Crump ’76, P ’02 (sponsorship chair), Stacy Root Koch ’81 (sponsorship committee), Ana Lambert Froelich ’00, P ’28 (sponsorship committee), Kim Morgan P ’00, ’05, GP ’26, ’28 (silent auction co-chair), Lindsay Morgan Duncan ’00, P ’26, ’28 (silent auction co-chair), Amy Radle Fasullo ’92, P ’14, ’26 (silent auction committee), Jenna Fuselier P ’23, ’28 (silent auction committee), Bridgette Homer P ’24, ’26 (silent auction committee), Cheryl Loar P ’28 (silent auction committee), Mary Miller Miller ’85, P ’16 (silent auction committee), Kristi Spinosa P ’26 (silent auction committee), Crystal Thibodeaux P ’28 (silent auction committee), Katie Jeter Valenciano ’04 (restaurant co-chair), Kim Wong Kwan ’79, P ’10 (restaurant co-chair), Hannah Gonzales Anseman ’19 (marketing chair), Lana Malone P ’25 (beverage chair), Beth Couvillion P ’25 (beverage chair), Caroline Delahaye P ’28 (beverage chair), Katie Blouin Guillot ’96, P ’23, ’25 (beverage chair), Nicole Jones ’16 (mystery box co-chair), Fallon Gerald Tullier ’16 (mystery box co-chair), Corey Braud Toups ’86 (mystery box committee), Marcy Prejean Maurer ’91, P ’22 (decorations chair) and Michelle Mitchell P ’12, ’13, ’16 (silent and live auction committee). 

SJA employees assisting the planning committee were Meg Gerald P ’13, ’16 (mission advancement director), Jennifer Knight P ’18 (assistant director of advancement – events), Mindy Brodhead Averitt (communications director), Jennifer Menville Fontaine ’04 (digital marketing and analytics director) and Holly Sonnier Browning (graphic designer). 

Mindy Brodhead Averitt
Communications Director