Notes from New Orleans

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 [...]

NOLA Volunteer Projects Move from Stabilization to Reconstruction Phase
Written by Kevin Daniels Day Three of our New Orleans volunteer project just flew by. Started out with lots of sun and humidity, and we only had one thunderstorm that rolled through mid day. Today the storm was welcome as it reduced the temperature by at least ten degrees for the afternoon. Wednesday was our [...]

Volunteers in New Orleans Get Drenched, Remain Undaunted
Written by Kevin Daniels My concern for Day Two of the New Orleans volunteer project was whether the team could retain the energy from Day One and push past the sore muscles. That turned out to be the least of the issues we faced. The day started out great with lots of sun and the [...]