Dear Friends:

Andree and I are proud to chair the Crimestoppers Carnivale Patron Party on Thursday, October 5 from 7pm until 9pm at the home of Tulane President and Mrs. Scott Cowen at Two Audubon Place. We hope that you will be able to join us for this important event. Tickets for the Patron Party are $250 per couple and sponsorship levels are listed below.

Crimestoppes continues to serve the community as a major crime fighting tool post-Katrina. Most recently, six of the city's most high profile murders, including the arrest of Ivory "Stupid B" Harris, Jerome "Man Man" Hampton and the quadruple shooting in Central City have all been solved with the help of your anonymous tips. In addition, we have also made several narcotics arrests. In addition, we have also made several narcotics arrests with one case netting over $120,000 of drugs. Crimestoppers success continues post Katrina, but we need your help to continue our fight.

If you are not able to attend, we hope that you will consider attending the Carnivale on Saturday, October 7 at Blaine Kern's Mardi Gras World or in making a donation to Crimestoppers. Please e-mail me at if you are interested in attending or call Executive Director Darlene Cusanza at 837-8477. For more information on Crimestoppers, go to www.crimestoppersgno.org.

Thank you,
Jay Batt