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.

Jane Wholey

New Orleans, 2010
Founder of Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Jane Wholey works to ensure youth hav...
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Elisha Wilson-Thomas

Monroe, 2015
Elisha Wilson-Thomas founded Tallulah’s TIARA Girlz, a social club for girls ages 3 to 7, in 2009. TIARA – Teaching ...
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Pinkie Windsor

Baton Rouge, 2009
For more than 20 years, Pinkie Windsor has used the arts as a means of teaching children how to express themselves posit...
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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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Linda Woodward

New Orleans, 1996
Linda Woodward’s efforts as founder and director of Positive Action and Positive Attitude led to her selection as a 19...
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John Wyseman

New Orleans, 1999
John Wyseman, in 1999 a special education teacher at Alcee Fortier High School, initiated and developed several programs...
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Alfred Young

New Orleans, 1998
In 1998, Pastor Alfred Young provided an alternative to life on the streets for at-risk youth in Covington. As operator ...
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Nancy Zito

Baton Rouge, 2014
Zito quit her job teaching at a private school to become founder, principal and executive director of the Gardere Commun...
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