New Orleans travel company hosts fundraiser for woman killed in French Quarter

New Orleans travel company hosts fundraiser for woman killed in French Quarter

Updated: 10:19 PM CDT July 7, 2024

BRUSHING HER TEETH. JUST LIKE THIS, COLLEAGUES AND LOVED ONES OF A TOUR GUIDE KILLED IN THE FRENCH QUARTER ARE CLOSING A FUNDRAISER THAT THEY HELD IN HER HONOR TONIGHT. KRISTY THIBODAUX WAS FOUND SHOT DEAD IN HER CAR LAST WEEKEND ON SAINT PETER. AND TONIGHT, THOSE WHO WORKED WITH HER SHOW HOW MUCH SHE WAS LOVED. SHE WAS CARING. SHE WAS LOVING. SHE PUT OTHERS BEFORE HERSELF AND AS THE MOST CELEBRANT ELEGANCE AND AMBASSADOR FOR NEW ORLEANS, SHE LOVED THIS CITY AND SHE LOVED GIVING THE PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE A GREAT TIME. THAT’S EXACTLY HOW KRISTY THIBODAUX WILL BE REMEMBERED BY ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CREWED INTO HIGH GRACE NOLA ON SUNDAY. THE BAR DONATED ALL THE PROFITS TO HER FAMILY TO HELP WITH FUNERAL COSTS. AND AFTER THE FUNDRAISER THERE WAS A CRAWL TO COYOTE UGLY WHERE CHRISTIE’S TOURS BEGAN. THAT’S WHERE SHE MET EACH OF HER GUESTS. YOU KNOW, SHE HAS GUIDED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN HER YEARS OF BEING PART OF THE NEW ORLEANS CRAWL TEAM AND JUST THOUGHT THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE WE SHOULD TAKE IT. AND THAT’S WHAT SHE WOULD HAVE WANTED. IT COMES A WEEK AFTER CHRISTIE WAS FOUND SHOT IN A CAR ON SAINT PETER STREET. SHE WAS SO WELL-KNOWN IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY AND IN THE BAR COMMUNITY THAT WE THOUGHT DOING IT ON A SUNDAY WOULD BE PERFECT TO GIVE EVERYONE AN ​​OPPORTUNITY TO POSSIBLY NOT BE AT WORK AND COME HERE AND CELEBRATE HER LIFE. POLICE HAVE SINCE ARRESTED THREE SUSPECTS, INCLUDING A 15-YEAR-OLD, IN CONNECTION WITH HER DEATH. AND ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, SHE WOULD WANT US TO BE OPEN ABOUT IT IN NEW ORLEANS, AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. UH, TEENS COMMITTING CRIMES HAPPENS ALL THE TIME HERE IN THIS CITY. AND SHE WOULD WANT US TO MAKE SURE JUSTICE IS DONE. NOW, CRAWLING. NEW ORLEANS SAYS THEY HAVE RESUMED THEIR TOURS AFTER CHRISTIE WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED DURING THEIR FIRST TOUR ON THE 4TH OF JULY. BECAUSE T

New Orleans travel company hosts fundraiser for woman killed in French Quarter

Updated: 10:19 PM CDT July 7, 2024

A fundraiser will be held in honor of a woman killed in the French Quarter on Sunday morning. Crawl New Orleans is hosting the fundraiser for Kristie Gioe Thibodeaux on Sunday, July 7 from 4-8 p.m. at High Grace, 733 St. Peter, New Orleans. Crawl New Orleans says High Grace NOLA was a venue Kristie cherished and they say all donations will go to her family. They invite the community to join them as they “crawl” Kristie’s tour route back to the Coyote Ugly Saloon New Orleans, where all of her tours began.

A fundraiser is being held in memory of a woman who was killed in the French Quarter on Sunday morning.

Crawl New Orleans is hosting the fundraiser for Kristie Gioe Thibodeaux on Sunday, July 7, from 4-8 p.m. at High Grace, 733 St. Peter, New Orleans.

Crawl New Orleans says High Grace NOLA was a venue Kristie loved and that all donations will go to her family.

They invite the community to join them as they “crawl” Kristie’s tour route back to the Coyote Ugly Saloon in New Orleans, where all of their tours began.