Rhinestone Rodeo Gala

A TRIBUTE TO DOLLY

Grab your rhinestone cowboy boots and get ready to celebrate the Dolly way – that’s a little bit of country and a whole lot of fun!

Known for her incredible talent, heart of gold, vibrant persona, and dazzling style, “A Tribute to Dolly” is a perfect way to kick off United Way of Acadiana’s NEW annual event, Rhinestone Rodeo Gala. This dazzling new event will raise money to support the United Way of Acadiana’s initiative of Youth Opportunity & Literacy Development.

Thursday, September 18, 2025 | 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm | Warehouse 535, Lafayette

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Nonprofit Meetup

We’re so excited to announce details for our next Nonprofit Meetup of the year! Join us and Latweeta Smyers, Executive Director of the Lafayette Housing Authority, for a nonprofit meetup where Smyers will be sharing her vision for addressing housing needs and improvements in our community.

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United Way of Acadiana is committed to serving Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Martin, and Vermilion parishes.

Everyone deserves opportunities to have a good life. Advancing the common good is less about helping one person at a time and more about changing systems to help all of us. We are all connected and interdependent.

We recognize that in order to achieve our mission, we must continuously strive to be relevant and responsive to our community as a whole. As the diversity in our community grows, we must be increasingly intentional about aligning our practices and policies. United Way of Acadiana understands diversity to include all human characteristics that make us unique as individuals. It includes everyone and excludes no one. Inclusion is our strategy to leverage the diversity of our community.