Past Honorees

The Angel Award Database is an archive of all those who have received the award since its inception in 1995. Click a year below to learn about our Angels.

Chris Broussard

Shreveport, 2008
Broussard has championed children’s involvement in the arts and regional culture for two decades, filling a gap in Web...

Carolyn Carnahan

Baton Rouge, 2008
Carnahan founded Volunteers in Public Schools, believing that whether students are enrolled in private or public schools...

Raymond Hicks

Shreveport, 2008
As president of the Alliance for Community Development, Hicks coordinates service-learning programs for African-American...

Shirley Porter

Baton Rouge, 2008
Porter is the author of “You Are Sunshine,” a book to help children understand and cope with teasing, parental confl...

Dee Robinson

Baton Rouge, 2008
Robinson founded Brave Heart Children in Need, an organization for children who have been removed from their homes due t...

Cherry Seal

Alexandria, 2008
Seal was a Migrant Advocate for Rapides Parish School Board, making sure that all migrant children are enrolled in schoo...

Deedee Suthon

New Orleans, 2008
A volunteer for more than 50 years, Suthon created programs at the New Orleans YWCA to serve women and children who were...

Ella Rein Wheeler

Baton Rouge, 2008
Wheeler, a retired educator, has implemented four successful volunteer programs at Buchanan Elementary School, a public ...