The 6th Annual Gumbo for Meaux Elementary— a BIG success

The 6th Annual Gumbo for Meaux Elementary was recently held on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at The Red Barn in Abbeville.
The annual event is a family fun day which included over 20 gumbo cooking teams, live & silent auctions, raffles, drinks, concessions, bake sale treats, fun jumps, kids games, silly string fight & live entertainment performed by local musicians. Our band & musical line up included: The Bayou Beats, The Envies, Aaron Jay & Alligator Blue.
After six years of organizing & hosting this event, and then in the midst of a pandemic, we weren’t sure of the future of our event, but our team still rallied together & got it done!
On behalf of the Gumbo for Meaux committee, I’m so excited to announce that all of the numbers have been tallied up & the GRAND TOTAL raised is our biggest year to date, for our 6th Annual event it comes to: $29,866.29. Also, one last donation check came in after the event in the amount of $133.71 which helps to bring the total to $30K!
Thank you again so much to all our event volunteers which includes parents, family, teachers, staff & students! Without your help, none of this would be possible! Thank you also to all of our sponsors, donors, cooking teams, judges, auctioneers & musicians for all of your donations & time! It is truly a team effort and we couldn’t do it without you!
The committee is currently gathering estimates, doing research & looking into ways to spend the funds in the most beneficial way to the school & students.
With some of last years’ funds we will soon be installing a new car rider line system! We also purchased a brand new rug for Mrs. Laura & the students to use in the library for next school year!
We would also like to add more items needed for the playground, such as finishing the white privacy fence, replacing any broken basketball goals, purchasing new P.E. toys & equipment for each class & adding more picnic tables & benches, etc.
One final thank you to all who came out & supported our event, our kids, Meaux Elementary School & our Team Meaux community! Our committee plans & organizes this event year round and puts so much time, effort, blood, sweat & tears into the event! To have such a beautiful day & such an amazing turnout made it so worth it. See y’all next year!

Article & Photos submitted by: Brook Stelly
Gumbo for Meaux Committee Member