Thanks to Volunteers

I live in Houston and am all too familiar with hurricanes. We were in Ike's direct path in September of 2008 and had no access to buy food, water, or gas for several days. No electricity for 2 weeks. Volunteers set up stations dispersing water and ice to keep the foods from perishing that we had stored in coolers preparing for the storm. Volunteers have busy lives but they make the time because they have big hearts! This email was sent to me a few weeks ago.

Laura wrote:
I live in New Orleans, and since Katrina, I have witnessed more acts of kindness from volunteers all across America than I ever could have imagined! New Orleans City Park sustained $43 million in damages when the levees broke. The staff went from 260 to about 5 employees. The entire 1300 acre park has been rebuilt thanks to volunteers from all over the United States! There are examples like this all across our city...we could not have rebuilt New Orleans without the generosity and hard work of volunteers. Yes, we still have work to be done, but we are rebuilding thanks to the kindness of others.

Many thanks, Laura Claverie New Orleans