Finding hope
I have been asked several times in the past few days how I can justify this crusade for rebuilding the Gulf Coast almost three years after a storm when people from the Midwest are currently experiencing major flooding.
Project: Katrina Hope does not turn a blind eye to this destruction. In fact, two of the Insiders and myself live or have lived in towns directly affected by these floods. A suspension bridge I traversed hundreds of times in my childhood collapsed, and I have a number of friends who have been evacuated from their homes.
However, just as in the Gulf Coast, I am confident that this destruction will be overcome. I am even more confident that it will occur in a much more timely fashion than some of the heartbreaking circumstances Louisiana and Mississippi volunteers still come upon today.
No, we do not focus on the Gulf Coast because we choose to ignore tragedies elsewhere. We focus on the Gulf Coast because, nearly three years after a debilitating hurricane, we need to remind people where to find hope. The students at Hobart and William Smith Colleges have done just that, as you can see below.
Our thoughts are with all of those suffering the effects of natural disasters, especially in this brutal spring season.
With hope,
Gretchen
Posted on June 18th, 2008 by Gretchen Wieland
Filed under: From Gretchen
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