Gazette Staff Report
The Sheriff’s Mounted Posse of Evangeline Parish announces the 13th annual Saddle Up For St. Jude Trail Ride to be held April 23, near 3375 Faubourg Road, Washington. This event, which will be held in the wooded area of Faubourg, gives horse riders the opportunity to mount up and raise funds to help support the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children’s Hospital.
This is the 13th year the Posse has held this event. Last year’s contribution was $12,000 and with your help and support the Posse looks forward to making a contribution that exceeds the 2015 contribution.
Since opening in 1962 St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states and around the world. No child is ever denied treatment because of a family’s inability to pay. With a daily operating cost of $1.7 million, St. Jude depends mostly on public contributions and fund raising events.
Make plans to join the ride or to participate in the fundraising auction which will be held during the lunch break. This year, we will auction off an adult saddle donated by Bordelon’s Home Furniture and Champagne’s Quality Foods and a youth saddle donated by Johnny Francois and Family. Come out and enjoy the fun.
For more information, call (337) 207-6293, (337) 789-3651 or (337) 831-5474.
The posse wants to especially thank all of the supporters of the 2015 event and expresses its sincere appreciation to the Russell Roberie family, Gurvis Roberie family, Earl Fontenot Jr. family and the Deville family for allowing the use of their beautiful property. We also want to thank our auctioneer Ricky Duhon for helping with the auction. We hope that we have included everyone who made a donation to our cause and apologize if someone has been omitted. The supporters of our 2015 event include: Pick-A-Petal (Mamou), Papa Gators, Piggly Wiggly (Mamou), Rick’s RV, Ardoin’s Funeral Home (Ville Platte), Let’s Party/Skotti Sneed (Eunice), B&L Seafood (Mamou), Teet’s Food Store, T-Boy’s Slaughter House (Mamou and Eunice), Camp Dog Cajun Seasoning, Cajun Xpress, Joe and Jessica Fontenot, Coushatta Casino Resort, Wilda’s Floral (Mamou), Bonnes Nouvelles/Bobby Dardeau, Buggy Tracks, The Gazette, SuddenLink, Progressive Tractor & Implement (Bunkie), Susan’s On Court/Sharmaine Eastin, Thrifty Nickel, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Budweiser, Kent Saucier, Gloria Buller, Slap Ya Mama/Walker and Sons, ACE/Vidrine’s Hardware, Tiger Loans of Acadiana, Ville Platte Concrete Service, Sylvester Brothers, Industrial Supply & Sports, Auto Stop, Dudley and Cindy Roy, Richard LeBlanc, Quality Equipment, Sooner’s Auto Salvage, Evangeline Farmer’s Co-op (Vidrine), Mel’s Grocery (Reddell), Gary Ortego, The Quick Stop, Buddy’s Home Gas, Johnny and Sue Francois, Chris’ Auto Repair/Chris Meche, TJ’s Tire and Family, Sooner’s Towing, CPS/Crop Production Service (Whiteville), Teche Electric, Fred’s Lounge/Steve Guillory, Deshotel’s Tire & Service Center, Leroy’s Cajun Meats, Morein Motors, Chuck West, Kathy Myers, Tony Dupre, Southern Cypress/Ryan Vidrine and Family, Louisiana Home Builders, Young’s Tire Distributing/Kirk Young, Tate’s Livestock Supplies, Champagne’s Quality Foods (Ville Platte), Ole Cowboy Hay Equipment, Crawfish Barn, Ole Cowboy Ranch Dozer Service/Alvin and Melanie Rachal, Ralph Daigle, Joseph Daigle, The Hatchery, David and Karen Montgomery, Brooke Jaggers, Shelly Myers, Savannah Myers, Tony Chachere’s, Deville’s Meat & Grocery (Pine Prairie), Pine Prairie Energy, Guillory’s Grocery (Pine Prairie), Landreneau’s Grocery (Pine Prairie), Andrus Mire, Rusty and Kaitlin Meche, Dominique’s Livestock Market, Southwest Feed, Mitch and Brenda Stagg, David and Ann Lafleur, Crooked Creek Creations/Heather LeDoux, Alvin Rachal Jr., and Family, Cameron Hutchenson, Guillory Wholesale Company, Dr. Eduardo Alvarez, Mae’s Flower Shop, J Bank (Ville Platte), Citizens Bank, City Refrigeration and Ice, Big Bob’s Storage & Lock, Centurion Monuments/Scott Dupre, Neal Lartigue, Seth Fontenot, PING Enterprise Inc., Evangeline Feed & Seed, Vicky Whittaker, Joe Whittaker, Evangeline Primary Care, Antoinette Ortego, Tim and Lisa, Universal Communication, Soileau Industries, Capital Planning, Mire’s Grocery/Justin Mire (Carencro), Sayes Office Supply and Sheriff Eddie Soileau and the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office.