THIS IS PAM MURTAUGH, ONE OFTHE KATRINA CORPS DIRECTORS. AN EMAIL INQUIRED WHY THE KATRINA CORPS IS PUTTING ANY ENERGY INTO “CELEBRATION CONCERTS”. HERE’S WHY:
Dear (name withheld by request)
I wish we had met when I was in NO this week…some initial thoughts:
1. Whatever site you reached about Pangaea Quest is not our […]
Hi Gang!
What a week!!! Yes. I unleashed Katrina Corps Director Pam Murtaugh on the unsuspecting New Orleanians and she was fabulous. Marte, our new volunteer administrative honcho, dropped in and started the whole super energy karma all over and David, our newest on-the-ground volunteer…. David was breathing the same air as […]
THIS EMAIL WAS FORWARDED TO THE KATRINA CORPS AND WE FELT IT DESERVED A RESPONSE (WHICH FOLLOWS IN CAPS)
From: KB
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 2:54 PM
To: info@katrinacorps.org
Subject: Weather Bulletin -Colorado
Weather Bulletin -Colorado
>Priceless. Think about this for a moment. IT IS WORTH THINKING ABOUT.
This text is from a county emergency manager out in […]
This morning, Ray and I went to The McKendrick-Breaux House which is an absolutely gorgeous 2 building B&B in the Garden District. We met with Brett Ruth, the owner, and his wife Rachel. They are both originally from Miami and moved here a couple years before Katrina.
They have had less business since Katrina because tourism […]
Draft
Note: The Safety & Security provisions outlined here will undoubtedly be modified many times between now and Spring Break. We need your thoughts and comments
on how to make Katrina Corps Spring Break ’07 as safe as possible while keeping it
as fun and enjoyable as possible.
KATRINA CORPS SAFETY & SECURITY
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We have had a number of people who are not college students who are interested in coming down to help with gutting. Anyone who would be available for 1 week before the Spring Break and then again for a time during Spring Break would be able to be trained as a supervisor. They would be […]
Today Katrina Corps is adding a daily blogging feature to our website. While we will continue to update and improve our website, we will use this blog to help keep you updated. We have a full-time employee in New Orleans since mid-January who will be there at least through the end of the […]
It’s hard work to gut thousands of houses and prepare them for renovation. Luckily, we’re working with other organizations in New Orleans to help get things done!
Groups we’re working with
ACORN (http://acorn.org/)
Relief Spark (http://reliefspark.org)
RHINO (http://www.scapc.org/Pages/rhino.html)
Louisiana United Methodists (http://laumcstormrelief.com)
Samaritans Purse (http://samaritanspurse.org)
Catholic Charities (http://ccano.org)
Southern Baptists (http://www.namb.net/)
Youth Re-Building New Orleans […]
While everybody has seen news reports about the damage Hurricane Katrina inflicted on the Gulf Coast, it’s hard to get a real feel for the problem by seeing only blurry news photos and brief press conferences.
That’s why I’m glad Katrina Corps team-member Keith Frohreich sent me these facts about the damage he picked up when […]
Imagine… 5000 homes gutted and ready to rebuild in 5 weeks
Imagine… A generation of youth demonstrating that “we the people” can rebuild the Katrina Frontier, because “IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING!”
The Situation
At the current rate of volunteers, it will take at least six years to gut the wait-listed homes in New Orleans. Gutting is the first […]