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.

Monica Ponoroff

New Orleans, 1997
An elementary school teacher in New Orleans, Ponoroff established a volunteer reading program for grades 1-5. She was ve...
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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...
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Erin Powell

Monroe, 2024
Erin is a pharmacist working in the Medication Adherence Unit at Louisiana Blue. Beyond her excellence on the job, Erin ...
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Thomas Pressly III

Shreveport, 1999
Rheumatologist Tom Pressly was director of the Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinic at Shriner’s Hospital when he was ...
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Joyce Price

Shreveport, 1999
As head of the state’s first drop-out prevention center in 1999, Joyce Price served more than 5,000 students. Beginnin...
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Robert Pumpelly

Lake Charles, 1997
In 1997, Robert Pumpelly was a 79-year-old resident of Lake Charles and a successful business owner with a sense of obli...
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L.J. “Joe” Rachal

Alexandria, 2015
Joe Rachal is a board member for the Centennial Cultural Center. The Center, a non-profit organization in Olla, works to...
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Sharon Rambin

Shreveport, 2000
Sister Sharon Rambin and the sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows founded the Renzi Education and Art Center in the mid-1990s ...
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Barry Rills

Baton Rouge, 2002
In 2002, orthopedist Barry Rills marked his 14th year volunteering his services to medically treat and assist children w...
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Nancy Roberts

Baton Rouge, 1995
Nancy Roberts founded Friends of Environmental Education, a non-profit organization that provides scientific teaching eq...
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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...
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Eddie Robinson

Monroe, 1995
Coach Eddie Robinson taught thousands of young men how to win on both the gridiron and in life. He coached the Grambling...
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