Incase you missed it....
On the day before Thanksgiving, we held St. Vincent de Paul’s thirteenth annual turkey carving contest. Community leaders that participated included: Bishop Michael Duca, Rabbi Sarah Smiley, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, District Attorney Hillar Moore (as the LSU National Champion), Councilwoman Carolyn Coleman, Manship Media CFO Ralph Bender (as Elton John), Councilman Darryl Hurst, Coroner Beau Clark (as St. Vincent de Paul), Our Lady of the Lake Vice-President Coletta Barrett, W- Consulting Group President Tara Wicker, Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre, Louisiana Housing Corporation Marjorianna William, and Hall of Fame LSU Gymnastics Coach DD Breaux. We are so thankful to these community leaders who came together to give of their time and talent and share the true spirit of the holiday season.
All the contestants had a blast carving the turkeys, which are so important to the annual Thanksgiving Day meals served at our St. Vincent de Paul Dining Room, the Raising Cane’s River Center, the McKinley Alumni Center and St. Gerard Church. This event is a way to get our turkeys carved, create community awareness about poverty and homelessness, and have some great fun at the same time.
If you have ever carved a turkey, you know it takes a surprising amount of skill. Of course, this is a contest, so contestants were judged in a number of categories, which included: how much fun the contestant was having, how the turkey was presented after carving, and in St. Vincent de Paul’s “no waste tradition,” how much meat was left on the bone. We served over 3,000 meals to those in need on Thanksgiving Day!
All of our contestants are winners because they truly care about the less fortunate, we are so blessed to serve. Based on our volunteer judges, this year's winners were: first place, Hillar Moore; second place, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome and third place, Councilwoman Carolyn Coleman.
