NEW ORLEANS – Gayle Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints and Pelicans, today hosted a celebration honoring 18 area nonprofits benefiting from a special Hancock Whitney cash-for-charities campaign during the teams’ 2018-2019 seasons.
Representatives from each nonprofit gathered with Mrs. Benson and Hancock Whitney executives at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center in Metairie to accept their groups’ shares of $90,000 in contributions from Hancock Whitney generated by the bank’s “Move Dem Chains” and “Bank Dem Shots” fundraisers at Saints and Pelicans games this past year. The donations provide the nonprofits much-needed money for affordable housing, education, youth development, health and human services, recovery and rehabilitation, and other programs helping in-need, at-risk, and underserved populations around the region.