It is a week of reflection that has led me to this final post from the first week of filming in NOLA. What a difference five days with five incredible groups can make on one’s outlook. We accomplished so much, I was able to show Shannon some of the best parts of the city, and [...]
Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Gretchen Wieland
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I could not have asked for a better final work day here in New Orleans. Shannon and I met up with the University of Wisconsin Hillel group, and they joined forces with Hillel groups from Florida International and the University of Arizona. We found ourselves on Burgundy Street in the Ninth Ward, on a block [...]
Posted on March 21st, 2008 by Gretchen Wieland
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Shannon and I began the morning with eggs. No, we didn’t eat eggs for breakfast…someone egged my car. After a failed carwash and a makeshift scrubbing job, the worst part of our day was soon over, and we were able to meet the energetic and outspoken group from Reed College. Humorously, their houses were located [...]
Posted on March 20th, 2008 by Gretchen Wieland
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I tend to focus on the rebuilding efforts in which the volunteers are partaking, but our group today gave me a new view on the storm’s aftermath. We met up with the five students and one leader from North Central Texas College in St. Bernard Parish, where they are working this week to recruit for [...]
Posted on March 19th, 2008 by Gretchen Wieland
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New Yorkers supplied Shannon and I with an exhilarating morning. We met Hobart and William Smith Colleges at an assisted living center, where they began painting ceilings. Yesterday, they sprayed the mold of the six-floor building and then dropped furniture out the windows to a dumpster on a homemade pulley system…talk about creativity! The living [...]
Posted on March 18th, 2008 by Gretchen Wieland
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