Save the date for our 2026 event! Sunday, March 22nd! Save the date for our 2026 event! Sunday, March 22nd!

Get tickets: General Admission / Wellness Fair / Cornhole Tournament / Crawfish & Beverage Package

Thank you to everyone who came out to our first event! It was a huge success! We had 45 sponsors at our Wellness Fair plus tons of guests in attendance and a lively cornhole tournament! We look forward to seeing everyone on March 22nd, 2026!

Thank you to our Battle of the Brass Teams who came to support our mission of helping women in our community who are battling cancer:

TOP THREE BATTLE OF THE BRASS FINISHERS:

CHAMPS! Sheriff Jason Smith and Deputy Kyle Varnado, Washington Parish
2ND Place: St. Tammany School Superintendent Frand Jabbia and Dane Gray
3rd Place: St. Tammany Councilman Joe Impastato and Judge Vinnie Lobello

Sarge Washington and Michael Henry walked away with some amazing prizes as our 2025 Community Cornhole Champs!

$1000 in Gift Cards from Robert Roth Jewelers
Gift Basket from Haven Coffee and Cocktails
20 Sandwich Gift Certificates from Jersey Mike's Subs
A custom cake from Haydel's Bakery
A Gift bag from You Night with over $800 worth of goodies
A first place trophy for both players
First place medallion for both players

and BRAGGING RIGHTS!
We hope they come back next year to defend their title!

Thank you to these additional fierce contenders who participated in Battle of the Brass!

D.A. Collin Sims and Asst D.A. Luke Lancaster
State Representative Kim Carver and daughter Ellie Carver
Dr. Jay Saux, Northshore Oncology Associates and Peter Becnel
Dr. David Oubre and Kathy Oubre, Pontchartrain Cancer Center
Mandeville Mayor Clay Madden and Councilman Kevin Vogeltanz
Washington Parish President Ryan Seal and Zack Rayburn

Members of the "A" Team

Words cannot adequately express our gratitude for the many people who helped with the details of this event, including dozens of student volunteers.

We didn't get all of our volunteers and committee members in the photo!

Thank you to our incredible steering committee for working tirelessly on this event and to all the You Night Sister volunteers who came and worked the event, as well as the dozens of student volunteers!

With thanks to our Steering Committee:

Lisa McKenzie, Chairperson
Angela Becnel, Logistics
Beth Jenkins, Wellness Fair Chairperson
Kieran Ginesi, Krewe of Isis, Registration
Pam Pierce, Parish Queens Liaison
Asja Godbolt and Betsy Barnes, Battle of the Brass Liaisons
Sunny Anderson, Catering and Beverages
Collette Marietta, Adrianne Jouet, Becky Carter, Natalee Fothe, Trechal Bowman, Tangelle Castellon, Charles Partch, Jeff James, Mark Mitchell

Masters of Ceremonies

With thanks to the voice of the Saints - Mike Hoss and Daniel Munn for MC'ing our event! And huge thanks to all the Parish Queens who came out to support our event! Women Empowering Women!

Our Family Fun Zone was a hit!

Thank you to the following companies who helped keep all the kids entertained for hours!!

Portraits with Peter Rabbit by Slate Media
Arcade Games provided by The Game Guys
Inflatables provided by Mandeville Waterslides
Petting Zoo provided by T&K Pony Rides
Duck Games by Rhea of Hope
Kids activities by KidStrong
Wacky Cornhole Course by You Night

The crawfish was on point!

Thank you to "Remembering Rudy Seafood and Catering" for preparing and serving the crawfish! We had a huge crowd and did run out! We will be sure to order more next year!

We danced and had a blast!

Thank you to the Geaux Geauxs and Countdown Sound for providing music and dance lessons through out the day!

Thank you Wellness Fair Sponsors!

We had 45 amazing companies who came to support our event and to provide resources for helping our community members live their best lives! See the complete list at the bottom of this page!

ABOUT US

In 2013, we started an organization in New Orleans, LA, with the mission of helping women embrace life beyond cancer. We do this by providing alternatives to traditional support groups through empowering experiences that help women move forward in their self-reflection and journeys. After working with hundreds of women from every walk of life, we found that a beautiful, consistent message kept surfacing: women are stronger when they are surrounded by other women who have experienced similar journeys. They also are stronger when the community rallies behind them to provide healthy tools for better living.

Lisa McKenzie is the Founder and Executive Producer of You Night Empowering Events, a program whose mission is to help women embrace life beyond cancer. Lisa's passion for exploring opportunities to empower women is what drives her daily ambitions. After going through a particularly dark period in her life, Lisa wanted to share with others powerful tools that she used to free herself from depression, and power through adversity. Lisa draws inspiration for her programs from her personal relationship with God, and His promises for our well-being. Lisa's mom is a breast cancer survivor, and after witnessing the harsh changes that her mom endured, and after witnessing how two of her friends faced numerous traumatic experiences after they were diagnosed with cancer, Lisa set out to create a sisterhood designed around empowering group experiences, where the members and community "lifted one another up" (hence, the formation of Lisa's Non-Profit 501c3 program called "We Lift You Up" fund). Since the inception of the organization in 2013, Lisa has created a variety of empowering group experiences that incorporate powerful tools for emotional health. Lisa partners with area hospitals and physicians to offer this critical part of the cancer survivors' healing journey (emotional and mental healing). What results is that survivors discover inner strength that they can channel for better health outcomes. To date – because of sponsorship support and donations -- You Night has gifted hundreds of women (in the Greater New Orleans area and in cities across America) with You Night Program Experiences (Runway Empowerment Program, ScART Scar Art Painting Experience and Story Crafting). Engaging women in empowering, life-affirming experiences has resulted in a very active sisterhood of survivors.

877-591-5936 x1

info@younightevents.com

Mailing Address:

7041 Canal St. #256, New Orleans, LA, United States, 70124

We Lift You Up fund FEIN# 82-4444545

Meet You Night Founder, Lisa McKenzie

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