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The work in New Orleans has just begun and we need YOUR help. Use the link below to make your donation to our effort to help in the rebuilding of New Orleans via Pay Pal.

By making a donation to this effort, your money is going directly to purchase materials, supplies and tools to keep this project alive, so we can serve and train as many homeowners and volunteers as possible.

This picture shows the work that has been done on the home of Sheila Narcisse of Urquhart Street. Miss Sheila will be able to return to her home by the end of the year, as long as volunteers & donations keep finding their way to our door.

WHERE DOES MY MONEY GO?

Your donations will be used to.....

1)....allow us to purchase building materials for residents who can't afford them. The cost of rebuilding
a house in the Lower Ninth Ward runs in the
$12,000 - $17,000 range.

• A new roof = $600-$800
• Re-wiring a house = $1,500
• Re-plumbing a house = $800 - $1,000
• Insulating = $1,000
• Sheetrock = $1,200 - $1,600
• Kitchen cabinets/countertops = $1,400
• Lumber to replace damaged studs/sills/etc. = $750
• Lumber for window/door trim/baseboards, etc. = $800
• New windows & doors = $1600

2)...help us house and feed volunteers, which costs us $100/week for each volunteer. By Spring of 2008, we will be hosting and feeding an average of 12 volunteers per week.

3)...pay our bills! Utilities; gas, maintenance and repairs for our vehicles; insurance; tools and safety equipment; stipends for our on-site staff, and the myriad services, supplies and incidental expenses associated with running a program as ambitious as ours.

Roy Bradley, Jr., of El Dorado Street in the Lower 9th Ward, showing his flood-damaged house to Rick Prose in November. It was this chance encounter with Roy that led to the ongoing training project using his home as the “classroom.”