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.

Alecia B. Bergeron

Baton Rouge, 2022
Alecia Bergeron is a grandmother who loves children, especially babies. She loves them so much that, while enjoying well...
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Kim Bowman

Baton Rouge, 2022
Kim and Trey Bowman founded the Bella Bowman Foundation after losing their daughter, Bella, to pediatric cancer and side...
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Fr. Michael Champagne

Lafayette, 2022
Fr. Michael Champagne is a Catholic priest and the Superior at Community of Jesus Crucified — a religious order dedica...
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Jan B. Daniels

Monroe, 2022
After a family friend lost a son to suicide 17 years ago, Jan Daniels decided to take action. She founded a program call...
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Robert J. Fritscher

New Orleans, 2022
Robert "Robby" Fritscher comes from a swimming family. In school, swimming was a big part of his identity and community ...
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Velika Hurst-Trahan

Lake Charles, 2022
Velika Hurst-Trahan has been a major advocate for women and children throughout Southwest Louisiana for over two decades...
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Jennifer Johnson Karle

Alexandria, 2022
Jennifer Karle is the chief executive officer of Cane River Children’s Services (CRCS), which provides trauma-informed...
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Leslie Lacy

Baton Rouge, 2022
Before founding Fostering Hope Louisiana, Leslie Lacy was an attorney with the Children’s Advocacy Program at Mental H...
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Melissa Sawyer

New Orleans, 2022
Melissa Sawyer is the kind of person that gets things done. With energy and empathy, she is someone who does not stop as...
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