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.

Gerard Barousse, Jr.

New Orleans, 2016
Gerard Barousse, Jr. is founder and Chairman of the Bayou District Foundation, the lead organization in the planning and...
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Sonya Brown

New Orleans, 2016
Sonya Brown is a dedicated social worker who has become a nationally recognized advocate for young people in foster care...
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Loren Carriere

Lafayette, 2016
Loren Carriere founded Hope for Opelousas, a ministry that works to actively empower a movement of hope grounded in the ...
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Keith “Keif” Hester

Monroe, 2016
Keith Hester is a physical therapy technician at Melanie Massey Physical Therapy, where he works with children to overco...
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Teri Hrabovsky

New Orleans, 2016
In the last nine years, Teri Hrabovsky and her husband Brian have fostered over 50 kids and built One Heart NOLA, a netw...
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John Lombardo

Houma, 2016
After joining his high school’s Key Club, John Lombardo learned a lifelong joy in volunteering and serving the needs o...
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Dr. Ruby C. Scroggins

Shreveport, 2016
Growing up among hardworking families in Shreveport, Dr. Ruby Scroggins learned early the difference a quality education...
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John Wondergem

New Orleans, 2016
Since 2002, John and his wife Julie have fostered dozens of kids and, along the way, adopted five of them. As foster pa...
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