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Volunteer Travel: Beers Beget Building

August 3, 2007 at 1:29 PM | by | Comments (2)

Last week we told you where to drink in New Orleans. But after our Big Easy adventure, we wondered what visitors do when they're not downing hurricanes or nursing hangovers.

Turns out, they're picking up hammers.

Located about 20 minutes outside the French Quarter, Habitat for Humanity New Orleans, has been hosting on-going builds and offering affordable housing to its volunteers since Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.

Twenty bucks (or roughly the cost of two of those fancy drinks) buys you a cot for the night in a revamped elementary school and a chance to relive those summer camps days.

But just what does that mean?

The nominal fee covers three square meals of peas, carrots and canned ravioli in the communal cafeteria and access to communal bathrooms, showers and rec rooms, too.

Projects include new builds in the Ninth Ward's Musicians' Village, and rehabbing old houses and clearing debris with residents in St. Bernard Parish.

Volunteers can work for one day or an entire week--which still leaves plenty of time for drinking.

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Life at Camp Hope and St. Bernard Parish

To get a better idea of what life at Camp Hope is like, you can read our One Brick New Orleans Trip blog at:
http://www.onebrick.org/blog

We have photos, articles, and videos describing our on-going periodic trips to Louisiana.

If you're not familiar with One Brick, it's best summed up as Volunteering Made Easy :)

Lloyd on August 5, 2007 at 2:00 AM #Permalink

One Brick volunteer opportunities

p.s. I forgot to add that One Brick trips to NOLA are in addition to local volunteer opportunities with SF, NYC, Chicago, and DC chapters.  See the One Brick Event Calendar - http://www.onebrick.org/calendar.asp - for upcoming events.
Lloyd on August 5, 2007 at 2:13 AM #Permalink

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