As I touched down in New Orleans, my first thought was “I’m Home”. New Orleans has become the city I’ve grown to love and I was glad to be back to do my part in the restoration of this city. Today we helped “The Village” in the lower 9th ward. Mack is the organizer of the Village and his goal is to transform a warehouse destroyed by Katrina to a community center for the people of New Orleans. We helped Mack by organizing books donated to the village and painted the entry door leading to the kids zone. By providing Mack with help we played a special role in Mack’s vision for the Village. Amazing start for the week of service ahead.
Kimberly Francois was a member of the DeVos 2008 class and has been to New Orleans 5 times.
About Me
- Team Hope
- In August 2005 a horrific natural disaster tore through New Orleans and neighboring gulf coast communities. In the months following Hurricane Katrina the media was filled with pictures and stories of destroyed homes, abandoned streets and the Superdome filled with people left homeless from the storm. Hurricane Katrina stories no longer make the headline news and to many people in New Orleans it seems as if the rest of the world has forgotten the devastation they deal with everyday.
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