My name is Amber Penna and I am a Sportsmedicine Junior at the Hurst. Today, we were split up into two groups and sent to two different sites. My site was in the Lower Ninth Ward on Elysian Drive. The house is a shotgun style and was damaged from the hurricane. We completed many tasks today, including cleaning out various rooms, priming all the walls, and then adding a coat of beige paint. After this was completed, a few volunteers laid the upstairs rooms with black tarp so that flooring could be put in. Myself and two others, Brian and Joe, started laying down bamboo wood slates to form the floor. This was so much fun because none of us have ever done this type of work before and it was very easy to see progress being made!
Here is a picture of the outside of the house my group worked on today.
The work day went by pretty quickly, but we had an awesome day and really could see all the progress we made and how productive we were! We are very excited to go back to the house tomorrow and meet the homeowner Ms. Mary, who was treated wrongly by her original contractors. Therefore, Project Homecoming took over and is hoping to have her home finished by the end of this year. The other group went to a site on Chatham Drive, where they painted and made a banister for the front porch. They as well enjoyed their day and the beautiful weather outside!
For dinner, we had salad and the famous New Orleans dish, Jambalaya, which is composed of rice, spices, seafood, chicken, and sausage. It was absolutely delicious! The dinner was hosted by Project Homecoming and we met several women who had moved down to New Jersey a few years ago to help with Katrina Relief, and we also met the first homeowner of a Project Homecoming house.
Hope all is well!!
God Bless,
Amber
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