WYES GALA 2024 — IT’S 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE PRESENTED BY OSCAR J. TOLMAS CHARITABLE TRUST

Escape the rigors of the 9 to 5 workweek, put on your best island wear or Jazz Fest style shirt, and join us for the WYES Gala on Thursday, May 9. #wyesgala2024

WYES GALA 2024 — IT’S 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE PRESENTED BY OSCAR J. TOLMAS CHARITABLE TRUST
Thursday, May 9, 2024
WYES Paulette and Frank Stewart Innovation Center for Educational Media, 916 Navarre Avenue, New Orleans

Thank you to this year’s Gala Co-Chairs:
Alicia and Douglas Higginbotham, Erin and JP Hymel, and Alison Toussaint-LeBeaux

The Landsharks Band, the original premier Jimmy Buffett band, will perform!
Entertainment Sponsor: Erin & JP Hymel 
Did you know…after playing with The Landsharks Band in Key West, Jimmy Buffett hired the band to be the house band at Margaritaville!

Guests will enjoy cuisine from The Windsor Court.

Ochsner Health Patron Party – 7pm admission | $500 per person (includes Gala admission)
General Gala – 8pm admission | $200 per person

**Junior Patron and Gala prices are available for ages 21-40
Junior Patron  $225 (includes Gala admission) | Junior Gala $100

Purchase your tickets or sponsorship online or contact WYES at (504) 486-5511 to pay via check or over the phone.
Tickets click -> HERE

ONLINE AUCTION COMING SOON TO WYES.
Those unable to attend the Gala can still support WYES by bidding online during the Gala auction Thursday, May 2 through Thursday, May 9, at 10pm.
Thank you to the Gala Auction Committee Chairs: Dreda & Conor Lutkewitte.

Bid on jewelry, sporting events, art, outdoor excursions, private dinners, domestic and international trips, beauty and spa treatments, bourbon tastings, family outings, home furnishings, theater and concert events, gift cards to restaurants and boutiques and more coming soon at wyes.org.

PRESENTING SPONSOR: 
Oscar J. Tolmas Charitable Trust

MARGARITAVILLE SPONSOR:
Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation

PATRON PARTY SPONSOR:
Ochsner Health

ENTERTAINMENT SPONSOR:
Erin & JP Hymel

DANCE FLOOR SPONSOR:
Paulette & Frank Stewart

INVITATION SPONSOR:
Tia and Jimmy Roddy

“CHANGES IN LATITUDES CHANGES IN ATTITUDES” SPONSORS:
First Horizon
Gallo Mechanical
Hancock Whitney
IMTT
Gerri and Murray Valene

“SON OF A SON OF A SAILOR” Specialty Sponsors:
Lori and Bobby Savoie – Cheeseburger station
Yazoo Restorations

AUCTION SPONSOR:
The Rink

BUBBLES UP! WINE & CHAMPAGNE SPONSOR:
New Orleans Entertainment Coalition
Sandra Herman, President
“FINS” SPONSORS:
AGESS Wealth Adviosors of Raymond James
Allen Toussaint Foundation
Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc.
Bourgeois Bennett
Pamela Burck
Micki and Lawrence Chehardy
Karen and Henry Coaxum
Cox Communications
Lauren and Bryan Fitzpatrick
Freeport McMoRan Foundation
Juli Miller Hart
Jones Walker
Lisa and Philip Lapeyre
Cammie and Charles Mayer
Metairie Bank
Thomas O’Keefe
David G. Perlis
Petitto Family Dental
Red River Bank
Riseimpact Capital, LLC
The Skin Surgery Centre

MEDIA SPONSORS:
Inside New Orleans
New Orleans Magazine 
Gambel Communications | The New Orleans 100

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS: 

$2,500 FINS Sponsor — 4 Patron Tickets + Digital + Print + Broadcast benefits
BUBBLES UP Wine & Champagne Sponsor (only 1 available) – TAKEN
$3,500 SON OF A SON OF A SAILOR Specialty Sponsor (only 4-6 available – Ex: Cheeseburgers, Margaritas, Flip Flops, Hawaiian leis, etc.)- 4 Patron tickets + Additional benefits
$5,000 CHANGES IN LATITUDES, CHANGES IN ATTITUDES Sponsor— 6 Patron Tickets + Digital + Print + Broadcast benefits
$5,000 INVITATION Sponsor – 6 Patron Tickets + Digital + Print + Broadcast benefits (only 1 available)
$5,000 AUCTION Sponsor – 6 Patron Tickets + Digital + Print + Broadcast benefits (only 1 available)
DANCE FLOOR Sponsor — TAKEN
$10,000 CHEESEBURGER IN PARADISE Sponsor – 8 Patron Tickets + Digital + Print + Broadcast benefits
$15,000 MARGARITAVILLE Sponsor – 10 Patron Tickets + 4 Gala Tickets + Digital + Print + Broadcast benefits

To become a Gala sponsor at any of these levels, please contact Jim Tapley and Kerri Blache or call WYES during business hours at (504) 486-5511.  

If you prefer, you can mail a check (payable to WYES) to:  WYES Gala, PO Box 24026, New Orleans, LA  70184-4026.  No additional fees apply for check payments. 

Thank you to our Gala Committee:
Markey and Len Aucoin
Louis Bartels
Helaine and Ned Benjamin
Mary Beth Benjamin
Amanda and Ryan Berger
Alex and Jamison Beuerman
Manny Blanco
Evie Bories
Rayne and Robert Bories
Allie and Duncan Brown
Stephanie and Ryan Burks
Karen and Henry Coaxum
Dorothy Clyne
Abby and Cameron Currie
Ashley and Charles de la Vergne
Eileen and Joey Devall
Whitney and George Drennan
Will Erickson
Laura Sullivan Ethridge and Steve Ethridge
Liza and Filippo Feoli
Natalie and Tim Finn
Lauren and Bryan Fitzpatrick
Millie and David Gaines
Lauren and Ryan Gambel
Caroline Boone Graham
Laurie Guimont
Lizzie and Timmy Guiza
Catherine and Will Hales
Nancy and Stephen Hales
Carol and John Hall
Juli Miller Hart
Tina and Ryan Hebert
Jennifer and Fred Heebe
Sarah and Marshall Hevron
Maria and Noel Johnson
Benjamin Karp
Karyn and Bill Kearney
Megan and David Kepper
Mary Elise and Tim Kingsmill
Carrie and Anton Knapp
Michael Landis and Katherine Duncan
C.C. and Bill Langenstein
Sarah and Adam Laurie
Kristen and Paul Leonard
Danielle and Lon LeSueur
Dreda and Conor Lutkewitte – Auction Committee Co-Chairs
Kyle Lutkewitte
Tara and Fisher Maddox
Caroline and Conway Marshall
Lynn and Digges Morgan
Sarah and Phillip Petitto
Cleland and Claudia Powell
Anne and Edmund Redd
Andy Rinker
Janie and Billy Rippner
Mark Romig and David Briggs
Amy and Corey Rougelout
Lori and Bobby Savoie
Brittany and Clancy Stumpf
Chenier Taylor
Irma Thomas
Clarence Reginald Toussaint
Tommy Westervelt
Florence Wingerter
Megan and William Wolf
Anne and John Woodard
Sarah and William Worsley