For us to help, we need help.

From Hurricane Beryl to fires in Ruidoso, and every crisis in between, Southern Smoke Foundation is there for food and beverage workers. We keep families safe in their homes. We keep the lights on for thousands. We keep the industry moving.

Application Deadlines
Ruidoso fires: Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Hurricane Beryl: Friday, August 16, 2024

For us to grant emergency relief funds to our applicants, we need funding, too.

Help us help someone today.

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.