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.

Sabrina

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First Day at Work!

Hey Everybody!

First of all I want to say thanks to all of you taking the time to read about our time in New Orleans.  We have all just finished up our first day of work down here at our various projects and we are all really excited about the chance to help our respected non-profit organizations improve in various aspects.  I am personally with a great group at the St. Bernard Project.  This organization was founded after Hurricane Katrina struck and devastated the St. Bernard Parish (population 67,000), which was the only Parish or County in the history of the United States to be completely wiped out due to a natural disaster.  SBP is now building over 100 homes per year for homeowners whose properties were devastated during the storm.  Out of the thirty Kellstadt students down here, ten are working with SBP on three separate projects, which we will go into detail about as the week goes on.  I encourage all of you to look up the St. Bernard Project at their website which is www.stbernardproject.org or “like” them on Facebook. 

Stay tuned to hear from our other two groups sometime soon and to hear more about our progress!  I will also be posting a video update sometime soon.  Again thank you for reading and following us throughout the rest of the week.

Side Note: Anything else you would like to know about our projects? Please leave a comment and let us know. We would love to hear from you!

Billy Puckett

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