Elegant text saying "A Night to Remember Soirée" in white and gold on a black background.

Join us to help raise funds for Red Bird Ministries' grief support programs during
a time to remember.

Friday, August 2, 2024
at 6:30 pm in the evening

St. Pius X Catholic Church
600 Kaliste Saloom Rd
Lafayette, LA

Red Bird Ministries relies on the generosity of our partners, communities, and supporters to transform grief and loss to hope and healing for parents who have experienced the loss of a child.

Please mark your calendars and plan to attend an evening of good food, drinks, and fellowship. In addition, there will be a live auction, fun activities, a Benefit Boutique pop-up shop, and much more.

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Red Bird Ministries is delighted to introduce your mistresses of ceremonies, The Can I Get An Amen Podcast Hosts, Kristi Fredieu and Kayla Stansbury

This wildly popular podcast started locally in Acadiana in September of 2019. The goal of Can I Getta Amen was to spread light through a relatable podcast as we share ordinary stories highlighting extraordinary wisdom, courage, and hope.

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2024 Key Note Speaker

Jeff Schiefelbein

Jeff is a culture expert and nationally recognized motivational speaker with a passion for human formation and innovation.  Jeff lives in Irving, Texas, with his wife and their seven kids. 

Jeff earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Texas A&M University. During college, Jeff developed and launched the nation’s largest college safe-ride program to reduce drunk driving, CARPOOL. Jeff also co-hosts a live radio show and the religiously funny hit podcast, The BeatiDudes. 

Before Undivided Life, Jeff co-founded 5, an energy advisory firm, where he designed and implemented a culture architecture that propelled the firm to numerous accolades for growth, culture, innovation, and leadership. Jeff began his energy career at First Choice Power, where he served in several roles, including Vice President of Sales.   

Personal Awards: National Daily Point of Light Award, Texas Governor’s Volunteer Service Award, Texas A&M University 12 Under 12 Young Alumni Spotlight 

Kindly RSVP

Reserve your tickets, tables, and sponsorship by July 22, 2024

Individual Ticket
$100.00

Table
Starting at $1,000.00 - Remembrance Table
(Table of 8)

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Includes all-you-can-drink-and-eat Wine and beer!

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Sponsorship Opportunities

Your support delivers the greatest impact and visibility leading up to, throughout, and following Red Bird Ministries Annual Fundraising Event.

Sponsors and their guests are invited to enjoy entertainment, dine on award-winning chef cuisine, participate in fun activities, shop a Benefit Boutique Pop Up, and so much more.

Contact Brittany Primeaux, at teamsupport@redbird.love or by calling 337.223.2019


Sponsorship Opportunities

Kindly consider becoming a sponsor to help Red Bird Ministries fulfill its mission to ensure every bereaved family receives the support they need and deserve.

For sponsorship details, hover over the Sponsor title or download the Sponsorship Packet.
Checks made payable to
Red Bird Ministries and mailed to 217 S. Main St., Breaux Bridge, LA 70517

Presenting Sponsor Presenting Sponsor
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Presenting Sponsor
$10,000.00

Red Bird Ministries serves families grieving the loss of a child, offering faith‑filled support from pregnancy through adulthood. Today, we currently equip leaders in 42 dioceses across 27 states and 4 international regions. Our mission is to ensure no parent grieves alone and to strengthen the Church’s role in accompanying those who suffer profound loss. Your support helps us expand this essential ministry to even more families.

As a Supporting Sponsor of our signature fundraising event, you’ll enjoy the following premium benefits while making a meaningful impact:

VIP Experience

  • Sixteen (16) complimentary tickets to the event, featuring a reserved sponsor table in a prime location of your choice.

  • Admission for sixteen (16) to a private reception at 6:00 PM, including complimentary signature cocktails and early access to live auction items.

  • Private dinner with the founders of Red Bird Ministries, Kelly and Ryan Breaux.

Stage and Event Recognition

  • Your company will receive verbal recognition during key moments of the event, including opening remarks and the evening’s main address.

  • A representative from your company/organization will have the honor of introducing the evening’s keynote speaker, ensuring direct engagement with all attendees.

Media & Marketing Visibility

  • Inclusion of your company logo on event invitations, marketing materials, and promotional campaigns.

  • Recognition as Sponsor of the Week on Red Bird Ministries’ social media platforms during the week of the soirée, featuring a professionally produced two (2)-minute video highlighting your business and its involvement with Red Bird Ministries.

  • Full-page advertisement on the inside front cover of the soirée program.

  • Prominent logo placement on sponsor signs throughout the venue and in a slideshow presentation during the event.

Digital and Print Exposure

  • Recognition in the Red Bird Ministries’ newsletter, distributed to over 43,000 individuals and businesses.

  • Full-page recognition in the event program - Inside Back Cover.

  • Featured acknowledgement on Red Bird Ministries' social media and website.

Remembrance Table Sponsor
$1,500.00

Through every season of sorrow and healing, Red Bird Ministries remains a faithful companion, offering families the hope, support, and spiritual care they need to move forward with grace.

As a Remembrance Sponsor of our signature fundraising event, you’ll enjoy the following premium benefits while making a meaningful impact:

Table Sponsor Experience

  • Eight (8) complimentary tickets to the event, featuring a reserved sponsor table in a prime location of your choice.

  • Admission for eight (8) to a private reception at 6:00 PM, including complimentary signature cocktails and early access to live auction items.

Memorial Recognition

  • A specially designated table will be set up in loving memory of your cherished child.

  • The table will serve as a heartfelt tribute, adorned with personalized elements such as a photo, a meaningful memento, or an item of significance that represents your child’s life and legacy.

Digital and Print Exposure

  • Recognition in the Red Bird Ministries’ newsletter, distributed to over 43,000 individuals and businesses.

  • One third page recognition in the event program.

  • Featured acknowledgement on Red Bird Ministries' social media and website.

Supporting Sponsor Supporting Sponsor
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Supporting Sponsor
$5,000.00

Red Bird Ministries supports families on a healing path rooted in faith, compassion, and hope—creating sacred spaces through parish outreach and peer‑supported grief programs where intentional accompaniment leads to lasting restoration. Your support allows us to widen this circle of care and reach even more families in need.

As a Supporting Sponsor of our signature fundraising event, you’ll enjoy the following premium benefits while making a meaningful impact:

Sponsor Experience

  • Eight (8) complimentary tickets to the event, featuring a reserved sponsor table in a prime location of your choice.

  • Admission for eight (8) to a private reception including complimentary signature cocktails and early access to live auction items.

  • Prominent display of your company logo around the main stage.

  • Opportunity to select five (5) signature songs to be played during the event.

  • Company logo prominently featured on sponsor signage throughout the venue and displayed in the event slideshow presentation.

  • Opportunity to include a promotional item or marketing materials in the swag bag.

  • Recognition in the Red Bird Ministries’ newsletter, distributed to over 43,000 individuals and businesses.

  • Full-page recognition in the event program.

  • Featured acknowledgement on Red Bird Ministries' social media and website.

Healing Heart Sponsor
$750.00

Together, we can transform heartbreak into hope, ensuring every grieving family feels seen, supported, and surrounded by a community that cares.

As a Healing Heart Sponsor of our signature fundraising event, you’ll enjoy the following premium benefits while making a meaningful impact:

Event Admission

Two (2) complimentary tickets to the event

Promotional Opportunity

The chance to provide a promotional item or marketing material for inclusion in the swag bag.

Digital and Print Exposure
Recognition in the Red Bird Ministries’ newsletter, distributed to over 43,000 individuals and businesses.

  • Recognition in the Soiree program.

  • Featured acknowledgement on Red Bird Ministries' social media and website.

Community Sponsor Community Sponsor
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Community Sponsor
$3,500.00

Through every season of sorrow and healing, we remain a faithful companion, offering the hope, support, and spiritual care families need to move forward with grace. This sacred work is only possible through the generosity and commitment of our community.


As a Memorial Sponsor of our signature fundraising event, you’ll enjoy the following premium benefits while making a meaningful impact:

Sponsor Experience

  • Eight (8) complimentary tickets to the event, featuring a reserved sponsor table in a prime location of your choice.

  • Admission for eight (8) to a private reception at 6:00 PM, including complimentary signature cocktails and early access to live auction items.

  • Prominent display of your company logo around the Live Auction area and the opportunity for a company representative to assist the auctioneer.

  • Company logo prominently featured on sponsor signage throughout the venue and displayed in the event slideshow presentation.

  • Opportunity to include a promotional item or marketing materials in the swag bag.

  • Recognition in the Red Bird Ministries’ newsletter, distributed to over 43,000 individuals and businesses.

  • Full-page recognition in the event program.

  • Featured acknowledgement on Red Bird Ministries' social media and website.

Wings of Hope Sponsor
$500.00

We walk closely with families through every stage of grief, offering the wisdom of Our Mother Church and the compassionate support they need to begin healing—meeting them where they are and helping them find hope in the midst of sorrow.

As a Wings of Hope Sponsor of our signature fundraising event, you’ll enjoy the following premium benefits while making a meaningful impact:

Event Admission:

Two (2) complimentary tickets to the event

Digital and Print Exposure
Recognition in the Red Bird Ministries’ newsletter, distributed to over 43,000 individuals and businesses.

  • Recognition in the Soiree program.

  • Featured acknowledgement on Red Bird Ministries' social media and website.


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Birdie Bucks

For those attending the Soiree, purchase your Birdie Bucks and take part in our auction for chances to win exciting prizes such as Paintball with a Priest, Dinner for 10 with Fr. Chester at L’Eveche, and more.

Fundraiser sign for Birdie Bucks, a Catholic grief support ministry, offering $10 Birdie Bucks, with a background of an open book, white flowers, and a white cloth with gold accents.
Sponsorship card for Red Bird Ministries featuring a bird's nest with eggs, offering $20 for 'Birdie Bucks' as part of Catholic grief support, with a background of greenery.
A donation card with a bird and tree branch background, offering $30 'Birdie Bucks' for a Catholic grief support ministry, featuring the Red Bird Ministries logo.
A gift card for Birdie Bucks, a Catholic grief support ministry, costing $40, with a background of a birdbath and pink flowers, and a logo of a bird with a key.

“Jesus, you are the star that leads me on.”

— St. Thérèse of Lisieux

Event Chairs

The Red Bird Team

 

Board of Directors

Ryan & Kelly Breaux
Vice President and President

Janet Morein Wood
Board Chair

Kathy Purpera
Spiritual Advisor

Colette Billeaud Smith
Treasurer

Sr. Kathryn Maney, M.S.
Remember Advisor

RT Delhomme
Funeral Advisor

Neal Angelle
Legal Advisor

Edith Ray
Counseling Clinical Advisor

Brandi McKnight
Community Engagement Advisor

John Miller
Business Advisor

Pam Stanford
Leader Formation Advisor

 

Our Event Partners

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Floral Decor Sponsor

Logo of Southern Urology featuring a stylized kidney on a blue background and the words 'Southern Urology' in blue text on a gray background.

Dr. Jason and Kerrie Bourque

Silhouette of children, including a girl with a bow, a boy, and a child in a wheelchair, playing and jumping, with the text "Pediatric Associates of Lafayette, LLC" below.
YORK AG logo with green text and symbol
Logo with the text "Undivided Life" and a green abstract symbol to the left.
Illustration of three men with different hairstyles and facial hair below the text 'The Beat Dudes' in yellow and dark blue. Below that, the words 'Religiously Funny' in white on a blue background.
Logo for the Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation, featuring a stylized heart outline.
Logo for Stanford Company of Acadiana, featuring a stylized 'S' with geometric shapes and text.
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital logo with a stylized figure in blue and gold, and the hospital name in blue text.
Cartoon logo with two crocodiles dressed as chefs, one holding a spatula and the other smiling, with text 'Bon Tempz Gully' above and below them.

Catering Sponsor

A stylized light bulb with a filament in the shape of a cross above the words "the Light Project"

Mistress of Ceremony Sponsor

Logo for Mandez's Seafood Bar & Grill with stylized text and a fleur-de-lis symbol

Auction Sponsors

Logo for Total Wine & More with the name in large red and black text, a cluster of purple grapes with green leaves at the center.
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Logo of Nunu's Fresh Market with red text and a yellow banner.

Community and Supporting Sponsors

  • St. Pius Catholic Church

  • Dr. Daniel Bourque

  • Bruce and Stacy Montesano

  • Critical Care Newborn Services

  • John and Dana Miller

  • Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist

  • Chuck and Janet Wood

  • Daniel and Mary Viator

  • St.Martin de Tours & Maris Stella Classical Academy

  • Rose and John Miller

Healing Heart and Wings of Hope Sponsors

  • Corey Grimley

  • Taylor and John Angelle

  • Louisiana Corporate Consultants

  • Dr. and Mrs. John F. Anderson

  • St. Michael the Archangel - Aurora, CO

  • Michelle and David Simon

  • Cliff and Allison Burke

  • Heberts of Henderson

  • Ellen Wright

Contact us.

hello@redbird.love
337.223.2019

217 S. MAIN ST.
BREAUX BRIDGE
LOUISIANA
70517

 

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