This is what the top of 1,197 steps looks like... what a view! Team Tina has raised just under $5,000 for the American Lung Association. A HUGE thank you to everyone who donated and participated. Can't wait until next year :)
Showing posts with label Volunteer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Volunteer. Show all posts
Monday, March 28, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Getting Ready to Climb...
Tomorrow I will climb 52 stories (that's 1,197 steps) for the American Lung Association's Fight for Air Climb in San Francisco at 555 California Street (former B of A Building.) Go Team Tina!
Friday, February 18, 2011
New Orleans: 2006 vs 2011
After graduating from college in 2006, my friend Sarah and I made our (almost) cross country journey from San Francisco to New Orleans to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity post Hurricane Katrina. Last month (almost five years later) I returned to the Big Easy. Here are the photos from my journey...
2006: Watch out NOLA, here we come!
Sarah and I arrived in New Orleans on the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. We stayed at Camp Hope, a volunteer camp organized by Habitat for Humanity. We were put into teams to start "gutting" homes, which consisted of debris removal, knocking down drywall, and leaving the shell of each home so that the homeowner could return and start to rebuild.
Many of the homes we gutted were under 20+ feet of water for days after Katrina hit. The majority of homeowners in St. Bernard's Parrish and the Lower 9th Ward lost everything they owned.
New Orleans & the Lower 9th Ward: 2011
2006: Watch out NOLA, here we come!
Sarah and I arrived in New Orleans on the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. We stayed at Camp Hope, a volunteer camp organized by Habitat for Humanity. We were put into teams to start "gutting" homes, which consisted of debris removal, knocking down drywall, and leaving the shell of each home so that the homeowner could return and start to rebuild.
Many of the homes we gutted were under 20+ feet of water for days after Katrina hit. The majority of homeowners in St. Bernard's Parrish and the Lower 9th Ward lost everything they owned.
New Orleans & the Lower 9th Ward: 2011
Last month, I returned (this time by plane) to visit my friend Sarah who now lives in New Orleans and works for Habitat for Humanity. I was lucky enough to revisit the Lower 9th, and the progress this community has made is absolutely amazing.
Make It Right NOLA (Brad Pitt's organization) builds sustainable and affordable (not to mention beautiful) homes in the Lower 9th Ward for working families who want to return to the community.
The Lower 9th & other communities have come a long way since August of 2005, however, the foundations of destroyed homes remind us of the devastation Hurricane Katrina caused to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.
I am so grateful for the opportunity I had to volunteer in New Orleans in 2006, and to return and see the progress this amazing community has made over the past 5 years. If you are looking to volunteer in the Big Easy or want to make a donation, check out these fantastic organizations: Habitat for Humanity, Make It Right NOLA & The Zeitoun Foundation.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
On my way to NOLA
Happy Friday! I'm off to New Orleans for a long weekend to visit my lovely girlfriend Sarah. The last time I visited NOLA was back in 2006, when Sarah and I worked with Habitat for Humanity gutting homes that were hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. I can't wait to get back to one of my favorite cities and see how the rebuilding process is coming along!
Have a great MLK weekend! xo
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