PRESERVATION ISSUES

Make a Difference

Make a Difference in New Orleans

Looking for an opportunity to make a difference in 2008?  Consider spending a week in New Orleans, volunteering to help bring more families home as recovery efforts there continue. The National Trust for Historic Preservation, in partnership with Rebuilding Together New Orleans (RTNO) and the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, is sponsoring three upcoming volunteer weeks February 25 to 29, April 28 to May 2 and June 23 to 27. Join 49 of your soon-to-be friends equally committed to using preservation to bring New Orleans back. Or, bring a friend and introduce him or her to the role preservation is playing in the city’s recovery.

Volunteers pay their own travel expenses to reach New Orleans and a $200 participation fee to cover housing and food for the week. Daily transportation to and from the work site will be provided by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.  Housing is dormitory-style and a typical workday is 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. During the week, National Trust staff will also offer a special opportunity to explore the unique preservation story that is New Orleans, as well as discuss some of the ongoing work of the field office currently located there.

Tempted? Complete this short form so you can learn more about this chance to continue the recovery work in New Orleans. Great strides have been made since Katrina struck in August 2005, but there is a long way to go before every low income senior in New Orleans is back in a safe, warm and dry home.

Not available those three specific weeks? Consider volunteering with RTNO independent of the National Trust.