We’re holding all food & beverage workers close this holiday season. A few important reminders:

Southern Smoke’s offices will be closed from December 24, 2025, to January 4, 2026 to give our team a chance to reset before the new year. We look forward to connecting on Monday, January 5, 2026.

Emergency Relief Fund: Applications will be paused from December 17, 2025, to January 4, 2026. If you have an ongoing case, you can continue working with your case manager. If you are seeking financial assistance due to a crisis, please check back and apply when applications reopen on January 5.

Behind You Mental Health Program: Applications remain open, and services will be available in January. The earlier you apply, the quicker we can determine eligibility, and you can be ready for when services commence.

Texas Hill Country Floods: Applications closed on 12/16.

Caroline Nabors

Director of Development and Marketing

Caroline arrives at Southern Smoke Foundation with plenty of high-level experience working with compassionate nonprofits with a food and beverage industry focus.

In 2009 she started work as marketing director of Mountain Valley Spring Water. Most recently, Caroline served as president of the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation, where she formed philanthropic initiatives and grants programming. Caroline also is active in the New Orleans and Gulf Coast communities through her membership in Les Dames Escoffier, New Orleans Chapter; and as a “Person Changing the South,” according to Southern Living in 2016.

Now with Southern Smoke, she will continue leaning on her skills in nonprofit development with an eye to share the Foundation’s mission nationwide.