Hamburgers in Paradise
Posted on October 20th, 2010 by by Bob
Dispatch #3 from Jaywalker’s sober service expedition to New Orleans (Thanks for this update from residential manager Buckley Bailey-Gates.)
Using a putty knife as a spatula, Justin decided to grill up a few burgers at the worksite today. Our supervisor took one look at this and called our guys “the most eccentric group I’ve ever seen.” I suppose in New Orleans… that’s sayin’ something!
Day # 2 on the worksite featured, well, more hard work… followed by a gratifying nosh at Popeye’s afterwards.
Here’s a little background on the project organizers, St. Bernard Project, organized out of St. Bernard’s Parish in New Orleans. The mission of the St. Bernard Project is to create housing opportunities so that Hurricane Katrina survivors can return to their homes and communities. So far, SBP has completed 290 homes, and these families are living in their homes again.
Our group of seven Jaywalker Lodge clients and three staff are hard at work on one of 50 home projects currently underway: these homes are under construction and families will be able to move home in the coming weeks.
