I've been listening to stories, working with locals. and listening to local news radio. And like I just told someone back on the West Coast, the sh*t is bananas.
I'm here with a fantastic nonprofit called Relief Spark that has been here since November 2005. Sydney Ray and this grassroots organziation work with many of the other non-profits; providing donations, supplies, and volunteers. And in fact, its been a very effective way to see many different aspects of the Katrina fallout; as opposed to working with just Habitat or just Hands On New Orleans. Do not misconstrue as they are wonderful organizations... just different.
First up, we took a tour of the lower 9th Ward. Things are still eerily quiet....
And guess what? Sydney Ray also has a Westie(Chica)! ... She joined us for the tour too.
It was heartening to see some rebuilding in action.
You can see where the floodline rose up to on the house below. This building was lucky...
And then we happened upon the Brad Pitt house! ... Well, thats what people are calling it. It's really the Holy Cross Project.
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I can't even imagine how you are feeling....must be on a high still for this great experience. This is really amazing Row. Oh when would I ever find the time to be able to do something like this.
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