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rWellnessProject Lazarus is the life-giving agency it is today thanks to the tireless efforts and tremendous support from many members of the community. We honor those who go above and beyond in support of this mission as “Guardian Angels.”

This year, we are proud to announce that we will honor David Cortez as Guardian Angel at the 2016 Annual Guardian Angel Award Gala. Mr. Cortez, the Customer Service Manager at Avita Pharmacy, has been a dedicated supporter of Project Lazarus for over twenty years. He has been actively involved in many of our fundraisers and initiatives and has been a strong advocate for the health and well-being of people living with HIV/AIDS. Says Mr. Cortez, “I feel my greatest connection to Lazarus came when I started working with Avita Pharmacy; it has allowed me to connect with staff and residents on a whole other level.”

We are proud to present our highest honor, the Pawell-Desrosiers Award, to Anne Milling. Mrs. Milling, one of the most dynamic philanthropists in New Orleans, was one of Project Lazarus’ earliest advocates. Despite the tremendous stigma and fear surrounding HIV at the time, Mrs. Milling committed herself to helping people at Project Lazarus who were dying of AIDS. Through her leadership and humble example, she opened the door for many people who would never have otherwise supported Project Lazarus. Our agency would not be the successful place it is today without Mrs. Milling’s service and humbling example. Please join us for this special and not-to-be-missed event!

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2016 Guardian Angel David Cortez

2016 Pawell-Desrosiers recipient Anne Milling

Project Lazarus Honors its Angels

Save the Date!Annual Guardian Angel

Award Gala

May 25, 2016Messina’s at the Terminal,

Lakefront Airport

Honoring Guardian Angel

David CortezPresenting the Pawell-Desrosiers Award to

Anne Milling

The Wellness University Prepares Residents for Success

The Project Lazarus Wellness University continues to grow and adapt to meet the needs of our residents. Jessica Kinnison, Wellness University Supervisor, stresses that the program “exposes our residents to the resources they need to secure and maintain permanent housing, improve physical and mental wellness, and meet daily lifestyle goals.”

We have implemented new programs and resources to meet these goals with a variety of ways to learn: the Wellness University educational handbook, online videos (increasing computer literacy), and weekly, monthly and quarterly education sessions addressing HIV, medications and their side effects, conflict resolution, self-empowerment, literacy, and more.

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What have our residents accomplished through the

Wellness University?

• One former resident regularly publishes writings in local and regional newspapers

• Five residents were included in a national anthology of writing published by Words Without Walls in Pittsburgh, PA

• Two students are currently attending Delgado Community College

• Residents self-published books of photographs and writings

• One resident was detained by police and felt confident enough to advocate for his HIV medications

• One resident improved from a first grade reading level to a functional level

• Each year, all 65 plus residents of Project Lazarus make a budget and set short-term and long-term goals for their finances

Classes are taught by local partners:

• Walgreens and Merck Pharmaceuticals offer courses about medication adherence.

• Crescent Care (NO/AIDS Task Force) teaches HIV 101, which covers transmission, health information, disclosure and other relevant topics.

• Financial literacy is covered by Operation HOPE through classes and one-on-one financial counseling.

• Tulane University volunteers offer life skills programming focused on conflict resolution, advocating for needs, time management and more.

• Second Harvest teaches residents about healthy eating on a budget.

• Rotating electives include Music Therapy, Photography, Creative Writing, Philosophy, and Criminal Justice.

Residents and volunteers gather to celebrate the publication of their self-produced photography magazine as part of the Wellness University Photography class.

More than a PharmacyAvita Pharmacy has been a healthcare partner of Project Lazarus for nearly a decade, serving

those in our community who are affected by HIV/AIDS. A leader in providing pharmaceutical care, Avita caters to people with the unique health situations that many of our residents face, including chronic illness, like HIV/ AIDS, and dual diagnoses, such as HIV and Hepatitis C or other concurrent illnesses. Thanks to medical advances, people with HIV/AIDS are living longer, more productive lives, but they need strong pharmaceutical access and support to manage this disease. Fortunately, Avita’s personalized care allows all of our residents to focus on their health and wellness thanks to their programs, such as refill

reminders and free delivery. “Avita has great customer service. Every time I call, they answer my questions immediately and make sure all of my prescriptions are filled,” said Tony, a Project Lazarus resident, “The help I receive from both Avita and Project Lazarus makes it

easy for me to stay on top of my medication and remain healthy.” Avita Pharmacy’s partnership not only benefits the patient, but also the mission

of Project Lazarus. Avita has been a long time sponsor and supporter of both Project Lazarus and Halloween New Orleans. We are able to better serve our community because of the support we receive from Avita!

Halloween New Orleans Another Year of Success

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In 2015, Halloween New Orleans (HNO), the fundraising benefit for Project Lazarus, was an unforgettable weekend of events. The “Fall of the Pharaohs” themed extravaganza allowed all guests to embrace their inner Egyptian while supporting the work of Project Lazarus. We

thank the hard working HNO board of directors for once again going above and beyond to produce four of the best Halloween events in the country. We cannot wait to see what 2016 has in store at Halloween 33!

“The help I receive from both Avita and Project Lazarus makes it easy

for me to stay on top of my medication and remain healthy.”

- Tony, resident

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DonateDonations from March 1, 2015 through March 15, 2016

Please donate online at www.projectlazarus.net or by mail: Project Lazarus, P.O. Box 3906, New Orleans, LA 70177

Thank You for your continued support of our mission.

Dr. Khanh T. Ho

Norbert Landry

Michael Lorino

Lucky Law Firm

MAC AIDS Fund

Bruce Martin

New Orleans Artists Against Hunger and Homelessness

NO/AIDS Task Force

Katherine Payne *in memory of Fr. Royce Mitchell

Jim Perrier

Jerry Purcell

The Vincent Saia Foundation

Rodney and Frances Smith

Carol Solomon

St. Francis of Assisi Church

Jason Waguespack

The Mystic Krewe of Satyricon

Richard Weeks

Jane Wilbert

$500-999Ralph Cheramie

Collectable Antiques

Elizabeth Deitch

Patrick Dunne *in memory of Ismael Pena

Stephen Fowlkes

Golden Ranch Farms

Dennis Guidry

Thomas Jeider

LifeCity LLC

Marathon Petroleum Company, LP

Marrero Land and Improvement Association

Oby Rogers

St. Louis Cathedral

Whitney National Bank

$1000-2499Daniel Akers

Archdiocese of New Orleans

Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans

Kevin Charpentier

Christopher Homes, Inc.

Kenneth Coscino

Coughlin Sanders Foundation

George and Milly Denegre Fund

Ed Blancher Service, Inc.

Tim Fields

Fordham University

Christopher Fransen

Lawrence Henry Gobble

Charles Godchaux

Frank Godchaux

A. John Groth

Michael McIntosh

Marguerite Moisio

Andrew Orestano

John Parsons

Carly Pigg

Johnny Prejean

Michael Prejean

William Rivera

Christian Rogers

Gary Schiro and Jorge Munoz

Fr. Michael Schneller

Transfiguration of the Lord Parish

Troy Scroggins

Michael Self

State Farm Companies Foundation

$200-499Dennis Alexander

*in memory of Louis Massett

Nicholas Antoon

William App

Warren Backer and David Cortez *in honor of Crain and Sara Rogers and Tim Fields

Robert Balzebre

Sr. Anthony Barczykowski

Rev. Thomas Bouterie

Marc Behar

Helene Berot

Lance and Natalia Branch

Ralph Buras

Michele Campisi

Lance Cardwell

David Catherman *in honor of Fr. Paul Desrosiers

$5000+Anonymous

Avita Pharmacy

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Inc.

The Garden Study Club of New Orleans

Goldring Family Foundation

Halloween New Orleans

The estate of Rev. Royce Mitchell

LABO Foundation

The Greater New Orleans Foundation

The estate of Francoise Richardson

Whole Foods Market of Metairie

$2500-4999James Bourgeois

John Deveney and Chris Costello

Cynthia Molyneux

IBERIABANK

Shea Moore

Sammy Steele III

Jane Wilbert of the Mystic Krewe of Satyricon proudly presents Executive Director Steve Rivera a donation from the club.

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ate

Clint LaCour

Gregory LaCour

Don Paul Landry

Coy and Jeri Landry

Lawrence Lehman

Carl Little

Kelp Littlefield

Gina Loiacono

Joseph Macaluso

Carl Mack

Macy’s Foundation

Martin Manion

Robert Manness

William Margolies

Robert Marks *in honor of Dustin Woehrmann and Jeff Hebert

Joe Maylin *in memory of Paul Cook

Edward McCarthy

Patrick McCausland

Donna McNamara

Jeff Morgan

Jim Mounger

Jesse Netterville

Newman Catholic Center of Eastern Illinois University

Stephen Nguyen

Chris Nodd

Michael O’Connor

Our Lady of the Lake Church

Chris Parkinson

Donald Paxton

Raymond Pelleteri

Brian Peno

Brad Persons

Jon Pike

Christopher Pitrie *in memory of Rufus Hollis Arnold

Kathy Pretty

Eugene Priestly

Prime Building Solutions

Catholic Daughters of the Americas- Louisiana

Scott Chapman

Kimberly Clark

Jackie Clarkson

Ryan Cole

Mary Costa

Bryan Dauqui

Gary de Leaumont

Mary Debenedetto

Jason Disharoon

Wade Dohmann

Pedro Egui

Lin Emery

David Falcon

Laura Fine

Edward Foulks

Bryan Francher

Russell Frankofsky

Bruce Gallassero

Jody Gates and Marilyn McConnell

Patricia Gergens

Jan Glade *in memory of Jay Singerman

Brent Guarisco

F.B. Hagemeister

Scott Harrell

Joan Hartson

Charles Hazouri

Elizabeth Hebert

Lance Hebert

Russell Hoadley

Dean Howard

Jazz Cat Productions

Jewish Endowment Foundation

John E. Wharton Living Trust

Jodi Jowers

Lisa Karlin

Alexander Kelso

Kirk Jones

Adrienne Lebauve

John Pecorino

Susan Percle

Richard Perque

Matthew Rasberry

Edward Renwick

Warren Rivera

Anthony Rotolo

Antoinette Salmen

Sal Scaccia

Gerard Schiro, Sr.

School Sisters of the Notre Dame Central Pacific Province

Mit Seiler

Shell Oil Foundation

Brian Shuman *in memory of Helen Carver

James Strickler

PFLAG

Jonathan Wallick

Larry Watts

William H. Sonner Designs

Rachel Wisdom

Catherine Witry

$100-199Lee Adler

*in honor of Dustin Woehrmann and Jeff Hebert

Michael Adler

Jules Albert

John Anzalone

Mikal Baldinger

Newton Barkley

Katie Barlow

Bayou Secret/St. Roch Market

Rodney Beals

Scot Billeaudeau

Cameron Bonnett

John Boyd

Madeleine Breeden

Kevin and Chris Cahalan

Robert Chaisson

Allen Clanton

Terrence Coleman

Keith Conklin

Christy Corey

Paul Daunoy

Denechaud and Denechaud, LLP

Jody DePriest

Michael Dillon

Tyler Douglas

Brandt Dufrene

Richard Duplantier

Scott Durling

Jason Elam

Trey Fontana

Charles Graci

Donald Greer

Richard and Mary Hannigan *in honor of Archbishop Hughes and Duaine Daniels

Lesli Harris

Cory Heitmeier

Billy Henry

Mary Hitt *in memory of Charles Hitt

Michael Hollis and Marty Brantley

Archbishop Alfred Hughes

In This Together

James Madison University

Ken Jayroe

Ted Jeansonne

Rhett Majoria

Marianites of the Holy Cross *in honor of Marianites of Holy Cross

Elizabeth McDermott

John Miller

King and Anne Milling

Michael Nuwer

Ohio State University Buck-I-Serv

Mark Parish

Donations from March 1, 2015 through March 15, 2016, continued

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Heather Ordoyne

John Peters

Bill Plunkett

Cynthia Ramirez

Janet Rhodus

Robert Rizzuto

Michael Sanders

Joshua Scott

Chad Shaw

Charles Smith

Angel Soto

Succession of Ida Kohlmeyer

Steven Sullivan

Jeffrey Talbot

Allen Thomas

James Tomeny

Jerry Traigle

Stephen Valiente

Terence Walsh

Micah West

Ronald Wilcox

Myke Yest

Evone Zander

David Zoller

$49–underSusan Adler

Monica Alicino

Elissa Allen

Gilbert Andry *in memory of Sr. Ann Roddy

Julie Araujo

Whitney Armentor

Coby Babin

Melissa Bell

Jeremy Bellemin

Benevity Community Impact Fund

Steven Berger

Evan Bergeron

Troy Bickford

William Greene

Shannon Hebert

Jane Hill

Carol Hughes

Anita Immele

Vaughn Jordan

Michael Junot

James Kiker

James King

Thomas Klasson

Matthew La Rose

Ray Lecompte

Lynette Ledoux

Mark Lefeaux

Tony Leggio

Jacklyn Lemoine

Patricia Levy *in memory of Stephen McGuire

Melissa Lilly

Alison Lindeen

David Little

Frederick Lutz

Dean Mancuso

Orville Marshall

Jay Maggio

Rose Matthews

McDonald’s Employee Matching Gift

Timothy McElroy

Mark McKeown

Kelly McLaughlin

Sarah McLelland

Curry Miller

Sheril Miller

Sterling Millet

Joey Mistrot

Mark Mosby

Kim Moss *in honor of Steve Rivera

Lynette Mullen

Jimmy Myers

Jane Nalty

Christopher Noyes

Felix Boswell *in memory of Tom Boswell

Douglas Bourgeois *in memory of Mera Picou and Annette Burns

Kevin Bourgeois

Jason Boyter

Sr. Judith Bright

Robert Bullock

Ernesto Caldeira

Tony Cangelosi

Catherine Cauley

Ben Chapman *in honor of Lance Cardwell

Desiree Charbonnet

David Chevalier

Patricia Clark

Nestor Colmenares

Ann Conroy

Joseph Cook

Markus Cormier

Paul Cramer

Susa Cressionnie *in memory of Wesley Moynan

Karen Daigle *in honor of Mark McKeown

Stacey Daigle

Todd Darst

Gary Duhon

Stephen Emling

William Fagaly *in memory of Francoise Richardson

Sarah Fanelli

Gaston Faucheux

Samuel Ferguson

Dasse Fisher

Florida International University

Jared Frank

Mariann Germany

Kevin Gillentine

Peter Quirk

Nadine Ramsey

Kathryn Richmond

Mary Riess

Steven Rizzo

Chester Robichaux

Hugh Roddy *in memory of Sr. Ann Roddy, SSND

Wright Roussel

Andrea Sabillion

Frances Salvaggio

Arthur Sanders

Jeff Sbisa

Russel Schafer

Joseph Shrum

Christian Silva

St. Catherine of Siena Church

Phillip Strickland *in honor of Bradley Taylor and Gary Brewer

Teen Vogue

The Green House Inn

Nicholas Tomlinson

Joshua Walther

Frances Weinberg

Sibyl White

Harlan Winn *in honor of Paris and Shawn Winn

Nicola Wolf

$50-99Ricky Adams

Maryam Bahman

Patty Barlow

Stella Barnes

Ann Barnett

Jesyka Bartlett

Trent Bender

Will Blackman

Brett Blanchard

Melissa Brand

Donations from March 1, 2015 through March 15, 2016, continued

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Emily Mattesky

Kitty Mattesky

Madeleine Mattesky

Steve Mattesky

Manning McMullen

Nanci McVille

Charles Mednick

Kylar Miller

Keely Mixon

Lois Mollere

George Monson

Mark Monte

Alexander Mora

Laura Myers

Ryan Newchurch

Chase Niedringhaus

Robert Nobles

John Norris

Eric Nunez

Jennifer Oliver-Goodwin

Pete Ordoyne

Carol Ott *in memory of Morgan Higgins

Coby Parker

Amy Patel

Stacey Perron

John Peters

Gavin Phillips

Joel Phillips

Rachel Pittman

Chris Pitts

Delard Poirier

Dan Ramunda

Von Rayben

Leonard Raybon

Corey Reimon

Matt Rhodos

Jacob Rickoll

Anthony Rivera

Ryan Rivers

Josh Rodriguez

Renee Rolland

John Wyatte Foard

Marilyn Garrity

Will Germain

Ken Gilbert

Webster Glapion

Marsanne Golsby

Jeremy Gravette

Lisa Griffin

Larry Gruber

Mia Gutierrez

Ronald Hand

Daniel Harris

Al Henry

Matt Hillyer

Wilfred Hunn

Heather Hymel

Sabrina Jacks

Deborah Junot

Michael Junot

Brandi Khonles

Kyle Khoury

Joe Kimbrell

Tim Kirkwood

Buffy Kovach

Alex Kuehr

Lisa Laborde

Brenda La Burre

Derek Larson

Curtis Lassere

Matthew Lawson

Barry Lafleur

Tandra Lemay

Marion L’Hoste *in memory of Robert L’Hoste

Dan Leary

R.M. Lewis

Carl Little

Al Loupe

Eric Lumetta

Amy Mackie

Nicole Martin

Louis Massa

Mary Binder *in memory of Kevin Bradley

Chad Blanchard

Cheryl Bloomenstiel

Jeremy Bourque

Markham Bradburn

Raymond Brady

Christopher Branchcomb

Theresa Brennan

David Brockhoeft

Jimmy Brooks

Falon Brown

Lyndsey Buck

Ann Burka

Lydia Burks

Patrick Bushnell

Jason Callender

Bertie Campbell

Antonio Carbone

Donald Carroll

Ellen Chang

Mark Chesnek

Joseph Ciaccio *in memory of Robert Bazor

Conan Cleveland

David Columbani

Adam Cosgrove

Mina Crais

Margaret Cummins *in memory of Fr. Royce Mitchell

Lance Daggs

Amanda Dailey

Lucas Davis

Catherine DeMarr

John Deshotel

Marcelle Desoto

Chris Duni

Genevieve Durkin

Darrell Eik

Rachael Feigley

Donald Fontenot

Jeremy Fontenot

Donations from March 1, 2015 through March 15, 2016, continued

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Marianna Roppolo

Amy Roppolo

Jonathon Rushing

Carol Salassi

Jason Schayot

Patrick Schoen

Kelly Schott

Aaron Schwindt

JP Scopetta

Ashleigh Scott

Stevin Shalit

Patti Shoemache

John and Laura Smestad

Mary Smith

Katie Taylor

Jordan Thomas

Steven Thomas

Lori Tipton

Nicholas Toups

Tiffani Traina

Angelica Valenta

Mary Ann Valentino

Alexander Van Atta

*in honor of Shannon

Russell

Hannah Walker

Tavarius Walker

Jacqueline Washack

Brad Weems

Stefano West

Christopher Williams

Trey Woodside

Charles Zeanah

David Zerangue

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For more informat ion about Project Lazarus and our serv ices please contact us at :

(504) 949-3609 • Fax (504) 944-7944 • info@project lazarus.net • www.project lazarus.net

A Message from the Executive Director, Steve RiveraAfter serving Project Lazarus for seven years as Director of Development, I am humbled and honored to be the Executive Director of this esteemed agency. Project Lazarus exists to meet a specific and under-met need in New Orleans: not only to provide housing, but complementary services

and educational opportunities for people living with HIV/AIDS. In this newsletter, you will learn how our Wellness University sets the residents up for lifelong success. You will also learn a little bit more about our amazing honorees at the upcoming Annual Guardian Angel Award Gala. It is a privilege to work at such a life-changing agency. I invite you to read this issue and see your donations in action as we “live in the positive” each and every day!

Save the Date!GiveNOLA Day: May 3, 2016

Annual Guardian Angel Award Gala: May 25, 2016Bon Appetit: September 17, 2016