When donating online, be sure to designate “NEW ORLEANS KATRINA MEMORIAL FUND” as the specific designee.
Working in collaboration with the City of New Orleans, the State of Louisiana, and the New Orleans Forensic Center, the New Orleans Katrina Memorial Corporation was organized in late 2006 for the charitable, non-profit establishment of a memorial in New Orleans, Louisiana to honor the victims of Hurricane Katrina and a mausoleum to house the unidentified and identified but unclaimed victims of Hurricane Katrina. To this end, we are soliciting tax-deductible donations toward the construction costs of the memorial, estimated to exceed 1.5 million dollars, and funds for the perpetual care of this memorial. Matthews International, a world leader in memorial and mausoleum construction, has been selected to design and build the New Orleans Katrina Memorial.
Under Louisiana law, the Coroner of Orleans Parish, Dr. Frank Minyard, is responsible for the interment of the unclaimed and unidentified New Orleans victims from Hurricane Katrina. The New Orleans Katrina Memorial will house these victims as well as provide remembrance plaques for all Katrina victims recovered in the city of New Orleans. Family members of the deceased are asked to contact the New Orleans Katrina Memorial Corporation.
The memorial incorporates both the curves of the hurricane and the meditative quality of a labyrinth, an initial idea conceived by Dr. Jeffrey Rouse. The concept was then presented to Dave DeCarlo, Vice Chairman of Matthews International Corporation, and a design team under the direction of Chris Kroll developed the rendering.
Donations are currently being accepted, with different levels of donor recognition according to the gift. All donations should be made out to the New Orleans Katrina Memorial Corporation and are tax-deductible via our 501c(3) fiscal agent, The Greater New Orleans Foundation. Donations may be submitted in one of two ways:
• Donations may be mailed to PO Box 50610 New Orleans LA 70150-0610, c/o THE NEW ORLEANS KATRINA MEMORIAL FUND.
• Online donations may be submitted via the “donate online” button. When donating online, be sure to designate "NEW ORLEANS KATRINA MEMORIAL FUND" as the specific designee. Online donations may be submitted via "donate online" button.
Board of Directors
Frank Minyard, M.D. President
Sandra Rhodes Duncan Treasurer
Julia Powers Secretary
Members:
C. William Bradley, Jr.
Mario Calonje, M.D.
Orrin Duncan
John Gagliano
Ceatrice Johnson
Linda Stewart Newton
Jerry Romig
Jeffrey Rouse, M.D.
Arthur Schafer
Gerald L. Schoen, III
Kevin Stephens, Sr., M.D., J.D.
