The Men's Club was restarted in 2006 by Mike Daly. The Club has a long history with the school and Parish and was re-founded with the intent of creating a supportive link with the Men of HNJ and the school itself. We have grown since then and have many events that have become yearly traditions such as our annual member Steak Night.
We support the school and help with events such as Trick or Trunk, setting up the Gator Fest, and morning carpool. We also make donations to the school and supply the students with items like athletic jerseys and trophies.
Many of our members are HNJ alums, and all of our members have a deep passion to maintain the high standards and success of HNJ that has not only benefitted our Club, but also our children who will become future leaders of the school.
Crawfish Cookoff/Gator Run:
The Men's Club Crawfish Cookoff started as a guys only non-competition Crawfish Boil event on a Thursday night circa 2006. Ladies had their own boil with the school teachers as a catered event. Years after we started ours, the Wives asked us to let them join. We did and made it a competition. A few years later we moved it to the daytime and made it our 2nd full family event (Family Day at Turchin Stadium was our 1st, and it only lasted that one year). Then the School had the Gator Run end in the school yard one year and hold a mini fair afterward. The following year, the School decided not to have the mini fair so we decided it would be a good idea to increase attendance if the Cookoff would follow the run in place of the mini fair. Eventually, the run moved the finish back to Audubon park, but we kept the Crawfish Cook-off on the same day. - Mike Daly.
Men's Club Pumpkin Patch:
The Men's Club Pumpkin Patch started in 2022. This was the year that we had no trees. Our Christmas tree supplier was unable to procure trees for us this year due to the drought shortage. At our summer Board meeting, this issue was discussed and Larry Wolford came up with an idea and a plan for a pumpkin patch! This was how it started and it lead to a successful first year and carried on unto the tradition we have today.