The Roulette Wheels spun, die was cast at the Craps tables and Poker and BlackJack hands were shown as attendees “Bet on Prevention” at Prevent Child Abuse (PCA) Louisiana’s 14 th Annual Night of the Child Gala and Casino Night, on Thursday, December 1, at the Holiday Inn Select.

Television personality Whitney Vann served as Mistress of Ceremonies for the event, which featured a silent auction and live music provided by The Neighborhood Stars, in addition to the gaming.

Dinner was provided by the following eateries: Bonanno’s Fine Catering; Cathouse Downtown; Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar; The Original Italian Pie; KOTO of Japan Sushi Bar; Lola Blues in St. Francisville; Luxor Chocolate Fountains; Monjuni’s Italian Café’ & Grocery; Margo & Bouanchaud, Inc.; Portobello’s Italian Grill; Primo’s Steak & Louisiana Cuisine; Ruffino’s; Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse; Sammy’s Grill, LLC; Southern Belle; Vincent’s Italian Cuisine; and WalkOns Bistreaux & Bar.

Night of the Child is PCA Louisiana’s premier fundraiser, assisting the organization in implementing child abuse prevention programs in the Capital area.

This year’s statewide Night of the Child sponsors were Chase and the Louisiana Lottery. Other event sponsors, were: Amedisys; Jayne and William Anderson; Andreff Equity Advisors; Baton Rouge Clinic, AMC; Gladys Brown; Cribbs, Inc.; Crown Crafts, Inc.; Design Resources; Digestive Health Center of Louisiana; The Duhe’ and Deumite Families; Lezle Fay Dunham; Exchange Club of Baton Rouge; The Art E. Favre Family; DeDe and Skip Ferrara; GMFS; Jane and Kris Kirkpatrick; LEMIC; Long Law Firm; Louisiana Glass Inc.; Louisiana Network, Inc.; LUBA; Tori and Kevin Lyle; Lisa and Johnny Mann; Anne and Chris McCanless; Bill McMillin Interiors; Aimee and Michael Moles;The Moran Group; Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center; TheIrene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation; Helen Pope; Premier Financial Management; Regions Bank; Martha and Gary Soloman; J.A. Young & Associates; and Wright and Percy Insurance.

Other event contributors were: All About Flowers; Acadian Frame & Art; Baton Rouge Printing; Lance Hayes Designs; Renaissance Imaging; and Katherine Rutledge. Media Sponsors were InRegister, WAFB-TV and WBRZ-TV.

Leslie Campbell chaired this year’s Night of the Child Committee, with Jayne Anderson serving as co-chair. Other committee members were: Lelia Blumberg; Mary Kay Brown, Kennan Bruser; Kelley Butler; Kelly Stuart Connolly; Mandy Cordaro, Decorations Chair; Laurie S. Drukteinis; Lezle Dunham; Elizabeth Dunn; Olivia Elliott; Jessi Eues, Publicity Chair; Rachel Farmer; Shelly Favre; Kelly Firesheets; Celeste and Val Generes; Brandy Gilly; Mary Heywood; Leigh Anne Howell; Jill Jimenez; Carol Keppinger; Kris Kirkpatrick; Linda Limbocker; Sandy Marinello; Marthalee Marron; Anne McCanless; Kathy McKnight; Kim McKown; Debby Musso; Jennifer Price; Molly McGehee-Quinn, Food and Beverage Chair; Gracie Rigell; Melissa Riser; Kelly Rivette; Beth Ruiz; Lissa Weston; and Kay Willson, Silent Auction Chair.

Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana, the state chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing the abuse and neglect of Louisiana ’s children. Headquartered in Baton Rouge, PCA Louisiana also has regional offices in Ft. Polk, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe, New Orleans and Shreveport.