Notes from New Orleans

“Good Neighbor” Program Yields Another Transformation
Written by Lolly Barnes Friday, November 13 was a big day for the “Good Neighbor” house painting project.  While members of the Keesler Air Force Base 335th Training Wing were gathering in Pascagoula to put the finishing touches on Harold and Jittaun Payne’s house, a group of more than 30 employees from Lockheed Martin and their [...]

National Trust Partner Continues to Support Mississippi Gulf Coast Recovery
Written by Lolly Barnes Jittaun Payne lives on a street surrounded by family, friends and memories. She grew up in a house three doors down from her present house. Her son and brother now live in her childhood home. As a little girl, Jittaun used to visit her neighbor Etta Porter and stay the night when [...]

Obama Team Can Use New Orleans Hospital Controversy as a Test Case
Written by Jack Davis New Orleanians meeting with President Obama Thursday will be asking, as usual, for more federal money – for hurricane protection, to keep Louisiana’s wetlands from vanishing, to make housing affordable. This fragile city, in its fifth year of recovery from Hurricane Katrina, has no shortage of urgent needs. But one critical need [...]

NOLA Project Ends with Goals Met, Friends Made — and a Call for More Volunteers
Written by Kevin Daniels Day Five has arrived so quickly and we all look forward to it with a lot of trepidation. Will we get our assignments completed, and do we really have to say good bye to all of our new friends tonight? The weather was glorious all day except for a small shower in [...]

New Orleans Volunteers Making Progress
Written by Kevin Daniels It’s already Day Four of our New Orleans volunteer week and we can see the finish line but have a lot more we want to accomplish. The weather was great all day long, lots of sun and humidity but not overwhelming. Our contractor team finished the sheathing on the roof and has [...]