August 26, 2007
August 29th, 2005—The day that changed New Orleans forever. Do you remember the images two years ago? The levees failed, leaving 80% of the city under water. Men, women, and children stood on their roofs, waving their arms and praying to be rescued. Thousands waited for food and drinking water in the Superdome. Looters waded through filthy water to raid grocery stores, some to feed their families, and others to help themselves. There were worse pictures, some of which aired, others of which we only learned about later. Approximately 200,000 people left New Orleans. But many stuck around, even with family members dead and no place to call home anymore. Why? Hope.
According to a recent report by the Corporation for National and Community Service, more than 1.1 million U.S. citizens have volunteered their time to rebuild from Hurricane Katrina. These people have performed 14 million hours of work in the past two years. Wouldn’t it be incredible if that number could double over the next year? By supporting our organization, we can make this a reality, together.
What is Project: Katrina Hope doing to accomplish this goal? We are currently producing a promotional video that will soon appear on this website and will be shown to corporate sponsors. It will give you a taste of what’s to come in the next year, as soon as we can make it down to New Orleans to shoot. Along that vein, I wish to thank a number of generous people who have already decided to financially support the project. No donation is too small to help us reach our initial goal of $2,500. Soon, we will sell t-shirts to raise funds and promote awareness of our organization. We will begin taking preorders for these in the next month or so. Another feature that will be added shortly to the site is the contact information of the Project: Katrina Hope insiders. These six talented young adults have committed themselves to making this documentary and organization successful, and you will be introduced to them over the coming weeks.
Remember the tragedy of Katrina and how you felt after seeing those images of the storm. Please keep that in mind when considering aid to our organization, especially in the next month.
With hope,
Gretchen
Posted on August 26th, 2007 by Gretchen Wieland
Filed under: From Gretchen
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