Love of People

03/17/2026

Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone!!

03/15/2026

03/15/2026

Was such a hit! And yes! We won People's Choice Award AND took third place in overall!

That there is creamy corn grits with roasted corn, pork belly burnt ends and drizzled with a balsamic and Guiness reduction sauce!

02/26/2026

Hope to see yall there!

02/23/2026

MARCH 9TH AT THE RUINS!
5PM-9PM

02/06/2026

It’s Giveaway Time!

We’re teaming up with Social Entertainment to give away TWO Family Passes to Carnaval Courtyard, where comfort, convenience, and the whole Krewe come together.

To enter:
• Follow Love of People & Social Entertainment
• Like this post
• Tag who you’re bringing

Winners will enjoy their Lafayette Mardi Gras headquarters, clean restrooms, live entertainment, food and drinks, and plenty of family fun for up to six people.

Learn more at www.socialentertainment.net and laissez les bons temps rouler!

02/02/2026

A historic moment for Louisiana music and culture.

We are honored to be part of “A Tribute to the King of Zydeco” winning Best Regional Roots Music Album at the GRAMMYs, a true celebration of Clifton Chenier’s legacy and the artists who carry his spirit forward.

Our deepest thanks to Valcour Records and John Leopold for trusting us with this incredible project, and to Dockside Studio, Pink Trailer Productions, and every producer, engineer, and creative who helped bring this album to life.

If this music moved you, please consider purchasing a record, every sale helps support a scholarship established at UL Lafayette, investing directly in the next generation of musicians and culture-bearers.

Produced by Steve Berlin & Joel Savoy
Executive Producer: John Leopold

Cover Photo: Richard Landry
Studio Photography: Jo Vidrine
Artwork: Megan Barra

Recorded at Dockside Studio, Maurice, LA
Engineer: Justin Tocket | Assistant: Ian Sutherlin
Mixed by David Simon Baker
Mastered by Dave McNair

Executive Producers:
Steve Zieff & Elaine Leitner
Jeffrey Martin Price
Lester Price
Ray Flores

Featuring performances by:
Lee Allen Zeno, Eric Adcock, CJ Chenier, Geno Delafose, The Rolling Stones, Roddie Romero, Keith Frank... and many more.

This is more than an album. It’s a legacy in motion.

01/14/2026

LAFAYETTE!
What a night.

We had such a blast celebrating the kickoff year of our 10 year anniversary of Blue Monday Concert Series. To every single person who came out and partied with a purpose, Thank you!

Thank you Acadiana Talent, Industrial Safety Solutions, QLS, and Love of People for sponsoring this wonderful event.

Massive shout out to Dustin Gaspard, Lane Mack, Roddie Romero, Pablo Pellerin, Kent Beatty, Bill Leblanc, Sharona Thomas, Sarah Russo, Ray Boudreaux, and all of the guest musicians who joined us on stage for the Jam!

Our friends over at The Ruins, and their photographer Drake Bourgeois, y'all are amazing to us.

For those of you who are looking for the rest of the pictures that were taken that night, here's the link for the album: https://drake-photography.mypixhome.com/instant-gallery/the-ruins-dmb-photography/ #/home

We cannot wait to celebrate with y'all next month, Keep your eyes peeled for information coming early next week!

"You never know who might show up"

12/17/2025

Our Community Christmas Gumbo event is STILL ON for this year!
Location: St. Ignatius School in Grand Coteau.
Time: 11AM - 1PM
Date: Saturday December 20, 2025

Thank you Ms. Margaret of FIT GIRL for your continued support of our 13th Annual Community Christmas Gumbo! This event is so very special.

If you would like to donate gifts, please drop off at Lafayette Visitors Center located at 1400 NW Evangeline Thruway today through Friday December 19th, between 9AM-5PM.

All donations of new items are accepted for infants, children, teenagers, adults, and elderly. Thank you again for your continued generosity.

12/08/2025

We are honored to be the beneficiary of this year's Crazy Christmas Tree Benefit, happening Wednesday, December 10th from 5–8 PM at Sans Souci Gallery, 549 Jefferson St.

We want to extend our deepest thanks to the Louisiana Crafts Guild and the team at Sans Souci Fine Crafts for choosing to support our mission through this incredible community event. Their creativity, generosity, and commitment to Acadiana make a real impact, and we are grateful for their partnership.

The event will feature:
• Raffle and cake auction
• Hand-made ornament sale and raffle
• Gumbo, wine, soft drinks, and cookies
• Christmas carols
• One-of-a-kind ornaments created by the talented artists of the Louisiana Crafts Guild

All proceeds from the evening will directly support the work of Love of People, helping fuel initiatives such as Community Thanksgiving, the Blue Monday Mission, Community Christmas Gumbo, the Williams Bros Diaper Drive, and additional programs that serve families and seniors throughout the year.

We invite the community to come out, enjoy the festivities, and help us thank the Louisiana Crafts Guild for their continued support of our mission and the people we serve.

11/28/2025

Acadiana! Together we did it! With your help we were successful in producing 5,542 meals.

We are still processing everything, but we wanted to truly from the bottom of our hearts express our deepest gratitude for all of the help in pulling this off.

From our Pre Event coordination help and setup, through our very last plate sent out. This incredible undertaking is a direct reflection of the compassion and love from this amazing community.

Our 5AM Rice Dressing Crew at , who provided their facility to allow us to have Rice Dressing for the meals.
Our production site in Sunset at the Sunset Community Center.
Our Production site in Youngsville at Industrial Safety Solutions.
providing breakfast for all of our volunteers.
Our distribution partners in Opelousas, Grand Coteau, Lafayette, Youngsville, Church Point, Duson, and New Iberia.
The amazing volunteers who showed up.
Foodies of Lafayette and Acadian Total Security for helping spread the word and volunteer.
Our sponsors and donors.
for smoking our turkeys and ordering our supplies and canned goods
for supplying our Sausage.
Feeding Others: Outreach & Distribution / FOOD Acadiana helping us manage filling the community fridges around Lafayette and Collecting excess food items to continue feeding those in need.
for allowing us to use their freezer to store our frozen goods ahead of time.
Acadian Haul-Away & Junk Removal LLC for providing a dump trailer for us to collect our trash.
Crawdaddy's Onsite Catering for helping us prep the turkeys day of.
And every single other piece of the puzzle.

THANK YOU.

We LOVE YOU Acadiana!

11/27/2025

Thank YOU Feeding Others: Outreach & Distribution / FOOD Acadiana for helping us distribute meals to those truly in need today. 🦃