Traemel slept in her house for the very first time on Friday. Although I've worked on other houses that have since been completed, this is the first house that I've worked on from the very beginning, and I was present when she moved in on Friday.
We've begun and nearly completed three houses this year, this is in addition to the four left over from last year that we're finishing. Two others should be complete in the next two weeks. Just in time for us to begin worrying about the fourteen that we will attempt in May.
As you may or may not have heard, both of the volunteer camps in the New Orleans area have received supplemental funding, so the operation of both Algiers and Premier should continue until June. Maybe someone listened.
Sunday, April 09, 2006
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Updates from Baton Rouge
I don't have a whole lot to post. I know that the house count in St. Bernard was around 900 houses as of April 1. My sister came down to St. Bernard to volunteer. Because she was injured the first day she was working, she wasn't able to complete the week. I think with 14 stitches, her excuse is good enough.
The camp is still scheduled to close on April 10 (or 11), as far as I know. It is quite possible that they will exceed 1,000 houses before that date (if they haven't already). I know there are plans to move the operation to a local school, and that people have begun the process to prepare for the volunteers. I'm not aware of alternative transportation arrangements nor of the plans for food. I'm certain that either the information I just provided is dated, or will change at the last minute.
As far as Baton Rouge is concerned, we are busy preparing for our 14 house blitz the last week of May. There is a lot of preparation necessary, and we need volunteers. In fact, if anyone wants to step up and build one of the houses, I'm certain there are at least six people who will write songs to praise you.
[edited 2006/04/07 @ 00:25:39 to correct stupid grammatical error]
The camp is still scheduled to close on April 10 (or 11), as far as I know. It is quite possible that they will exceed 1,000 houses before that date (if they haven't already). I know there are plans to move the operation to a local school, and that people have begun the process to prepare for the volunteers. I'm not aware of alternative transportation arrangements nor of the plans for food. I'm certain that either the information I just provided is dated, or will change at the last minute.
As far as Baton Rouge is concerned, we are busy preparing for our 14 house blitz the last week of May. There is a lot of preparation necessary, and we need volunteers. In fact, if anyone wants to step up and build one of the houses, I'm certain there are at least six people who will write songs to praise you.
[edited 2006/04/07 @ 00:25:39 to correct stupid grammatical error]
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