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BIGGEST HALLOWEEN PARTIES AND THE ENTIRE NATION. IT IS HAPPENING NEXT WEEK RIGHT HERE IN NEW ORLEANS. SO THE PARTY IT RAISES MONEY FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS JOINING ME NOW IS NEIL SAVOY AND TONY LEGGIO TO TELL US ALL ABOUT A GOOD MORNING GUYS. GOOD MORNING. SO BIG PARTY. APPARENTLY, IT’S THE BIGGEST ONE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY ONE OF THEM TELL ME HOW THIS IS ALL WORKING OUT. WHAT IS THIS BIG PARTY FOR SOMEONE WHO DOESN’T KNOW ABOUT IT? WELL HALLOWEEN YOU ORLEANS HAS BEEN AN ORGANIZATION. 36 YEARS. THIS IS OUR 36 YEAR RAISING MONEY FOR THE CATHOLIC CHARITY PROJECT LAZARUS HERE IN TOWN. WHAT STARTED OFF AS FUNDRAISER FOR PEOPLE HOSPICE ESSENTIALLY HAS NOW BECOME A RESIDENCE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING WITH HIV AND TEACHING THEM THE SKILLS TO TAKE THEIR MEDS AND GET A JOB AND AND THAT SORT OF THING. IT’S A SERIES OF EVENTS OVER THE WEEKEND THAT STARTS WITH THE FRIDAY NIGHT SILENT AUCTION AND WHAT WE CALL THE LAZARUS BOWL. AND MOVES INTO SATURDAY’S BIG COSTUME PARTY AND THEN SUNDAY’S TEA DANCE. SO A LOT OF BIG EVENTS GOING ON A LOT OF PQUESTION. HOW DO YOU PREPARE AL YEAR FOR THIS BECAUSE THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR FOR YOU. ALL RIGHT. YES, ACTUALLY WE HAVE OUR FUNDRAISERS EVERY MONTH LEADING UP TO IT TO GET HOS AND WITH THE HOST BASICALLY DO IS THEY SPONSOR THE WHOLE WEEKEND? AND THEY PAY A FEE AND FOR THE SPOT THEY GET TICKETS FOR ALL THREE DAYS OF THE EVENTS, FRIDAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND THEIR MONEY THAT THEY YOU KNOW BUY THE TICKETS WITH GOES TO PUTTING ON THE ACTUAL EVENTS AND IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THE MONEY THAT YOU’LL RAISE GOES BACK TO LOCALS HERE IN LOUISIANA CHURCHILL AND THE STORIES THAT I’M SURE YOU MEET THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY HIV TOUCH ON SOME OF THE STORIES THAT THEY’RE WITH EVERY DAY. IT IS AMAZING WHAT THE MONEY THAT WE RAISE HAS DONE ITS BEN. WE’VE RAISED NEARLY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN IN THIS IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE’VE HAD HALLOWEEN NEW ORLEANS AND OVER TIME WE’VE M MANY OF THE RESIDENTS AND THE STORIES THAT THEY TELL ARE HEARTBREAKING AND YET A IT’S A STORY OF SURVIVAL AND RESILIENCE AND IT JUST IT WARMS YOUR HEART. IT MAKES YOU PROUD TO DO WHAT YOU’RE DOING BECAUSE WE’RE AN ALL-VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION EVERY BIT OF THE MONEY THAT WE RAISE GOES BACK TO PROJECT LAZARUS IN AN UNRESTRICTED GRANT THAT THEY CAN SPEND FOR WHAT THEY NEEDED FOR AND KIND OF EXPLAIN TICKETS. ARE THEY STOLEN? SO HOW DOES THAT ALL HOW DOES THAT WORK IF SOMEONE WANTS TO TAKE PART IN THE EVENTS? THE TICKETS ARE STILL ON SALE? YEAH HALLOWEEN NEW ORLEANS.COM AND THE FIRST EVENT IS THE LASTEST BALL, WHICH IS FRIDAY NIGHT, AND IT’S GOING TO BE AT THE BOARD OF TRADE AND WHAT SO UNIQUE ABOUT THIS IS WE HAVE A SILENT AUCTION WHICH HAS SOME MAJOR LIKE GREAT THINGS IN IT FROM ART TO GIVE CERTIFICATES TO PACKAGES AND BASKETS AND TRIPS. SO IT’S A IT’S A REALLY GOOD SILENT AUCTION AND THIS YEAR WE’RE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND WE ALSO HAVE ENTERTAINMENT THAT NIGHT BUT THIS YEAR WE’RE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE’RE PARTNERING WITH LIZA JANE. SO WHICH IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE BORDER TRADE AND THEY ARE DOING A PRE AND POST EVENTS FROM 6:30 TO 7:30. THEY HAVE A SPECIAL COCKTAIL THAT THE PROCEEDS ARE GOING TO GO TO HALLOWEEN NEW ORLEANS AND 10% OF EVERYTHING. THEY RING AT THE PRESS ROOM BAR THAT NIGHT WE’LL ALSO GO TO PROJECT LAZARUS. SO WE HAVE A HAPPY HOUR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EVENING THEN A FUN NIGHT CAP. FOR THE END OF THE EVENING. ALRIGHT, SO AND THEN THE OTHER PARTIES THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AS WELL. YEAH, THE OTHER PARTIES ARE GOING TO BE GREAT. ALL RIGHT. IT’S A HOLLOW DAYS IS THE THEME AND IT’S WHERE ALL THE OTHER HOLIDAYS GET TO JOIN IN ON HALLOWEEN. OKAY. WELL GUYS, WE APPRECIATE YOU STOPPING BY IT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT PARTY FOR A GREAT CAUSE OF COURSE AND IF YOU’D LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THIS FUN EVENTS GOING ON YOU CAN GO TO T

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