SLIDELL – A team of graduates from the Leadership Northshore Class of 2011 will host the 7th annual Senior Spring Celebration on Wednesday, May 3 at the John Slidell gym, continuing an annual “thank you” to seniors for their contributions in our community. The event is free to the first 400 seniors who sign up and includes a day of lunch, music and door prizes.
The Leadership team created the annual event as a simple way to show seniors that “we appreciate all they have done for our community. This is a genuine, sincere thanks and that’s it. We aren’t trying to sell them anything or signing them up for anything,” said original team member Eddie Vauthier.
Team Silver, as the Leadership group dubbed themselves, is made up of Vauthier, Steve Kernahan, Christine Lowrance, Jarrett Johnson, Catherine Olivier and Carol Haynes.
The Spring Celebration was selected to give seniors something fun to do at a time of the year when there is not traditionally a lot going on for many of them.
“The springtime event was selected because there aren’t any special holiday events like Christmas or July 4 at this time of the year,” Vauthier said. “This provides a platform for them to get out and meet other seniors and just have a nice day.”
Seniors are urged to call and RSVP for the event as quickly as possible since it has been full every year, which leads to others having to be turned away.
The Leadership team has a fabulous lineup of food for the lunch once again, thanks to some area restaurants and public officials who join in the event.
This year’s menu will feature Slidell Mayor Freddy Drennan’s Smoked Brisket, Fire Chief Chris Kaufmann’s Jambalaya, St. Tammany Sheriff Randy Smith’s Alligator Sauce Piquante, Slidell Chief of Police Randy Fandal’s Chicken and Sausage Gumbo, Chef Michael of Michael’s Restaurant with his Carrot Souffle, and The Landing’s Bar & Grill’s Pineapple Upside Down Cake.
Entertainment will be from Rockin’ Ron.
Call to RSVP to 985-285-0133.