Community
Muscular Dystrophy Association
– Greater Baton Rouge
(MDA)held its third annual
Winter Wine Down Dec. 4 atthe Hilton Capitol Center. A
group of 15 hosts helpedmake
the event a success once again,
raising $90,000for MDA.
Hosts included Darrell Amar
Jr., Dana Brown, Secretaryof
State Jay Dardenne, Angelle
Levatino Klar, Brandon Landry,
BrentLeBlanc, Chad Major,
Patrick Mockler, Darrell Ourso,
Nick Rauber, BrockRoberts,
Charles Smith, Jim Taylor, Edwin
Tucker and Damon Wood.The evening included food,
drinks and music from Water’s
Edge.Proceeds from the event
fund projects such as Camp
Sunshine,which offers a wide
range of activities tailored to
theneeds of children ages 6-17
living with muscular dystrophyand related diseases.
Supporters gathered
together at the annual eventto recognize and praise the
Greater Baton Rouge Literacy
Coalition’sefforts. Those
attending were among the
first to view thenew “Reality
of Literacy” public service
announcement, created byZachary High School students
Morgan Albert and Claire Davis.
Speakersincluded Mayor
Kip Holden and emcee John
Pastorek. The eventwas held
Dec. 4 at Boudreaux’s.
Winter
Wine Down
1.Ed Ball, Randy Hayden, Morgan
Albert, Debbie Lowery, Claire
Davis,Scott Devillier & Debbie
O’Connor
2. John Pastorek & DebbieO’Connor
3. Dr. Lisa Vosper, Sophie Gibson &
Dianne StephensLiteracy
Breakfast
1. Jeffrey Hebert Jr., Brent LeBlanc & JeffreyHebert III
2. Patrick & Shelley Mockler
3. Kevin Griffon,Damon Wood & Chuck Ragsdale
4. Jennifer Marlbrough, David D’Aquin& Pamela Matassa
5. Robin Flowers & Darrell Amar Jr.3 4 5
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