Help in Disaster
Response & Recovery Efforts
HURRICANE ISAAC VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO DATE:
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United Saints (New Orleans) is working in Orleans and St. John the Baptist parishes doing roof repair, rebuild, and gutting. Volunteers ages 18+ (16 & 17 yr old volunteers with parental assent). They will accept groups of 15-30 and individual volunteers (housing available). There is a housing fee for volunteer groups but food is provided. Most of the projects are on weekdays with the occasional weekend event. Transportation is limited. Please contact the volunteer coordinator Jennifer Inberg for additional information: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or
504-895-2922 ext. 108.
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Operation Nehemiah is a faith based non-profit organization committed to the cause of providing all individuals in the greater New Orleans area with disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricanes. They operate out of Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, Jefferson, St. John and St. Tammany parishes. Volunteers are needed for a variety of recovery work including rebuilding homes; doing community projects; working on green projects (including wetlands restoration); operating a local Furniture Bank; and specialty projects directly related to children, the elderly, and the homeless. Operation Nehemiah also provides housing and meals for volunteer groups as well as securing projects and project coordination. For More Information, please contact Fred Franke at 504-782-3337 or send email to (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and request Email Information Package.
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St. Bernard Project (SBP) is looking for volunteers during the week to help rebuild homes for displaced families that have yet to return after Hurricane Katrina. They accept individual volunteers and groups. However, groups may be separated to different sites. Volunteers must provide their own transportation. Email (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call (504) 277-6831.
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St. Paul’s Homecoming Center/ Hike for KaTREEna needs volunteers to help with post-Isaac recovery in Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish and also New Orleans 504-644-4215 (o), 504-415-8434 or email (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
- lowernine.org puts volunteers, skilled and unskilled, to work in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans repairing hurricane-damaged homes. Email (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call 504.344.4884.
- Assist the New Orleans East Little Woods community in their Post-Isaac recovery work by working with the Little Woods Homeowners Neighborhood Association. Efforts will be centered around neighborhood clean up projects. Email (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)m
Plaquemines Parish
- Volunteer with Living Cornerstone Church International and help Plaquemines Parish with post-Isaac debris clean up, home gutting, and other recovery work. Contact (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
St. John Parish
- United Saints (New Orleans) is working in Orleans and St. John the Baptist parishes doing roof repair, rebuild, and gutting. Volunteers ages 18+ (16 & 17 yr old volunteers with parental assent). They will accept groups of 15-30 and individual volunteers (housing available). There is a housing fee for volunteer groups but food is provided. Most of the projects are on weekdays with the occasional weekend event. Transportation is limited. Please contact the volunteer coordinator Jennifer Inberg for additional information: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 504-895-2922 ext. 108.
- Helping Out Communities: Volunteers are needed in St. John Parish to help out on a variety of disaster relief projects, including both skilled and unskilled labor. Projects may include gutting houses, putting up sheetrock, tarping or repairing roofs, tiling and flooring, building or repairing fences, tree work, and more. Volunteer housing can also be provided for both groups and individuals. To learn more about these activities, please contact: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)or call 985-359-1024
- Volunteer Coordination: The Volunteer Reception Center in LaPlace is in need of local volunteers to help out with managing and coordinating volunteers. Volunteers may be asked to answer and make phone calls at the homeowner’s assistance hotline, help enter homeowners who need assistance into a database, perform warehouse and office maintenance. scout damaged houses, and more. To learn more about these activities, please contact: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call 985-359-1024
If you would like to learn about other volunteer opportunities, click here (www.VolunteerLouisiana.gov) and use the Search Box to find opportunities. You may also want to contact the Volunteer Center or HandsOn affiliate in a particular parish, and can find that information by clicking the state map at the bottom of the homepage or clicking here(http://www.volunteerlouisiana.gov/LAVCD).
