Guest blog today! This is filler until I can complete the post on my own :)
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Today as we walked towards the first day on our build site in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, locals called out from their trucks thanking us for helping them rebuild. As it has been 8 years since Katrina (August 29, 2005) this is remarkable to me. Unfortunately, this also reflects the sobering reality of how much destruction remains and how forgotten New Orleans may feel. We, however, are proving each day we build that New Orleans is not the city that hope forgot.
We are volunteering with the St. Bernard Project in the Lower Ninth Ward. Mostly we have been working on the inside walls by mudding, priming and painting a duplex which will serve as a rental unit. never knew it took so much to make a wall flat and straight.
We have also gotten to know the Americorps volunteers at the build site. It is very rewarding to know that we are going to be working with the same organization, at the same house for the next couple days. I am excited to see the impact we will make.
Bikebuildkirstin.wordpress.com
Today as we walked towards the first day on our build site in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, locals called out from their trucks thanking us for helping them rebuild. As it has been 8 years since Katrina (August 29, 2005) this is remarkable to me. Unfortunately, this also reflects the sobering reality of how much destruction remains and how forgotten New Orleans may feel. We, however, are proving each day we build that New Orleans is not the city that hope forgot.
We are volunteering with the St. Bernard Project in the Lower Ninth Ward. Mostly we have been working on the inside walls by mudding, priming and painting a duplex which will serve as a rental unit. never knew it took so much to make a wall flat and straight.
We have also gotten to know the Americorps volunteers at the build site. It is very rewarding to know that we are going to be working with the same organization, at the same house for the next couple days. I am excited to see the impact we will make.
Bikebuildkirstin.wordpress.com
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