Second day!

Hello Guys,

How are y’all doing? 

We have just completed the second day with our organization called HandsOn New Orleans. Just like the St.Bernard Project, it was founded after Katrina struck the New Orleans area. HandsOn work with partners to develop service projects for communities in need and since Katrina and Rita, HandsOn New Orleans has mobilized over 32,500 volunteers to provide over 614,000 hours of service to the community.  Since March of 2006, HandsOn New Orleans and its volunteers have saved the community $2,453,320 through volunteer service. They completed repairs and beautification in more than 60 schools and built 1 library. We met Cathy, the Executive Director of HandsOn New Orleans on Monday, who showed us the Bunk House on Banks Street where they host visiting volunteers.

Ever since then, we have been working from the HandsOn New Orleans headquarters. Even though it wasn’t always easy to get to the actual facility... 

… Today has been a very productive day indeed: 

We narrowed down the scope and got quite a good idea of what the organization expects us to do and wants us to deliver by Friday.  We have already made a bit of an impact in the organization’s accounting division.  To quote Shane, our first major impact has been the facilitation of greater internal accounting communication amongst divisions. Let’s hope for another great day, we’ll keep you guys posted.

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