Bulletin for May 6, 2025

Marguerite Oestreicher is the Executive Director at New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity, where she is responsible for leading the organization’s efforts to provide affordable housing solutions to the local community. Prior to her current role, Marguerite served as the Chief Advancement Officer at New Orleans Area Habitat, leveraging her expertise to drive the organization’s fundraising and strategic initiatives. Holding a B.A. from the University of Mississippi, Marguerite brings a wealth of experience and dedication to her work in the nonprofit sector, continuously striving to make a positive impact on the lives of those she serves.

Habitat for Humanity partners with people in your community, and all over the world, to help them build or improve a place they can call home. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage. With your support, Habitat homeowners achieve the strength, stability and independence they need to build a better life for themselves and for their families.

Habitat houses are modestly sized. They are large enough for the homeowner family’s needs, but small enough to keep construction and maintenance costs affordable. Habitat for Humanity uses quality, locally available building materials. Habitat home designs reflect the local climate and culture. The labor of volunteers and partner families, efficient building methods, modest house sizes, and no-profit loans make it affordable for low-income families to purchase Habitat houses.

Neighborhood revitalization is a long-term, holistic strategy that supports residents to improve the quality of life in under-resourced communities. Habitat for Humanity takes a local and community-based approach to neighborhood revitalization to ensure that our work is driven by those with lived experience.

Through the Aging in Place program, Habitat helps older adults age at home and in communities of their choice. The local Habitat affiliates collaborate with human services organizations to evaluate individual needs and provide critical home repairs, modifications and community services specific to each homeowner’s lifestyle to preserve their home and their independence.

Please click here to learn more about Habitat for Humanity

Membership

If you have a prospect, please have them connect with Jacquie Bonano, membership chair at membership@gnoea.com.

Thank You & Announcements

Q2 2025 dues reminder.

Announcements & Thank you’s

Kenny Knolach, Help!! Air Conditioning & Heating, thanked the members who reached out with cards and messages regarding his parents passing.

Bill Dalton, Firefly Marketing, announced that he has Jazz Fest tickets if any members would like to purchase them from him.

Guests-

David Greengold, Juan’s Flying Burrito, guest of Bill Dalton, Firefly Marketing

Adrienne LaBauve, Labauve Group (residential real estate), Guest of Richard Juge, Re/Max Commercial Real Estate

Otto Briede, Jacob Schoen & Sons Funeral Home, guest of Stanton Murray, Murray Yacht Sales

Faysal Tay, The Bookkeeper, guest of Duaine Duffy

Upcoming Meeting Schedule

• May 13- Todd Murphy, Commissioner, Port of New Orleans- Messina’s Runway Cafe (Lakefront Airport)
• May 20- Crawfish boil- location TBD
• May 27- No Meeting- Happy Memorial Day
• June 3- Stella Cziment, New Orleans Independent Police Monitor
• June 10- No Meeting
• June 17- Keith Hinkley, Plaquemines Parish President
• June 24- No Meeting

Check the website for updates and bulletins that include upcoming events. Meeting events are on the calendar. Speaker suggestions: contact Program Chairman, Andrew Legrand, al@speralaw.com.