Caring and Sharing

Survivors salute

One of the things that the Crescent City does best is putting on parades. They come in all types from the krewes’ long-planned street peregrinations during Carnival to spontaneous ones. Whereas “Crusader Parade: Celebrating Life,” put on by the Cancer Crusaders, was indoors, it still projected a decided joie de vivre . And gratitude. The honorees were cancer survivors.

Marian Gibbs and Kathy Pastorek , Cancer Crusaders co-presidents, welcomed the crowd in the Marriott New Orleans Hotel to the 24th annual Celebration of Life Luncheon. In the printed program, they stated the CC mission of funding “cancer research at LSU and Tulane Cancer Centers” with an invitation to join “Cancer Crusaders and being part of our Crusade for a Cure!”

The 2025 spons

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