Tribute to the Eighth Coast Guard District
Friday, March 10, 2023 at 6:30 pm
Join us in festive New Orleans for our annual celebration of the Coast Guard's work in the Eighth District on Friday, March 10 at the National World War II Museum.

The Coast Guard's work in the Eighth District covers the Gulf Coast and inland waterways of the American Heartland.
Hotel Information
Hotel reservations are available at The Higgins Hotel New Orleans for the nights of March 10-11. You can make your reservation online here or by calling the hotel at 504-528-1941.
Become a Sponsor
Dinner Sponsor — $50,000
- Two tables of 16 seats total, with prominent placement
- Two seats at Chairman's Table
- Sponsor gift presentation on stage during event
- Acknowledgment during speaking program
- Logo recognition at event
- Prominent full-page tribute ad in digital program
- Two tables of 16 seats total, with prominent placement
- Two seats at Chairman's Table
- Sponsor gift presentation on stage during event
- Acknowledgment during speaking program
- Logo recognition at event
- Prominent full-page tribute ad in digital program
Cocktail Reception Sponsor — $35,000
- One table of eight with priority seating
- Acknowledgment during speaking program
- Logo recognition at event
- Full-page tribute ad in digital program
- One table of eight with priority seating
- Acknowledgment during speaking program
- Logo recognition at event
- Full-page tribute ad in digital program
Dessert & Dancing Sponsor — $35,000
- One table of eight with priority seating
- Acknowledgment during speaking program
- Logo recognition at event
- Full-page tribute ad in digital program
- One table of eight with priority seating
- Acknowledgment during speaking program
- Logo recognition at event
- Full-page tribute ad in digital program
Shield of Freedom Sponsor — $25,000
- One table of eight with priority seating
- Logo recognition at event
- Full-page tribute ad in digital program
- One table of eight with priority seating
- Logo recognition at event
- Full-page tribute ad in digital program
Defender Sponsor — $15,000
- One table of eight with preferential seating
- Logo recognition at event
- Full-page tribute ad in digital program
- One table of eight with preferential seating
- Logo recognition at event
- Full-page tribute ad in digital program
Guardian Sponsor — $10,000
- One table of eight
- Half-page tribute ad in digital program
- One table of eight
- Half-page tribute ad in digital program
Rescuer Sponsor — $5,000
- One table of eight
- Acknowledgment listing in digital program
- One table of eight
- Acknowledgment listing in digital program
Individual Ticket — $625
Thank you to our sponsors
- ABS
- AccuTrans
- American Commercial Barge Line
- Associated Branch Pilots
- Blessey Marine Services Inc.
- Birdon
- Bristow Group Inc.
- Canal Barge
- Chevron Gulf of Mexico
- Cooper Consolidated, LLC
- Crescent River Port Pilots' Association
- Crescent Towing
- Cummins Sales and Service
- Enterprise Marine Services LLC
- First Command
- Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association
- Gulf Offshore Logistics (GOL)
- Harbor Towing
- IMTT
- IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry
- Jones Walker
- Karl Senner
- Kirby Corporation
- L3Harris Technologies
- Laborde Marine Management, LLC & Labmar Ferries, LLC
- Lebeouf Bros Towing, LLC
- Liskow
- LOOP LLC
- Louisiana Machinery Company, L.L.C.
- Suzanne Maas
- Magnolia Fleet
- Marathon Petroleum Corporation
- Marathon Petroleum Marine
- Maritime Partners
- McAllister Towing
- New Orleans-Baton Rouge Steamship PIlots Association
- Omega Protein
- Otto Candies
- Phillips 66
- Rolls Royce
- Seamar LLC
- SpaceX
- TAI Engineers
- Team Services
- Teekay Shipping (USA), Inc.
- TOTE
- Veteran's United
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The National WWII Museum - US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center
1043 Magazine StreetNew Orleans, LA 70130