LOUISIANA HURRICANE RELIEF UPDATE JUNE 2021
TOTAL PROGRAM IMPACT
9,023 89 1,969 175
LIVES IMPACTED*
VOLUNTEERS
VOLUNTEER DAYS
JOBS COMPLETED
*includes 8,675 people who we indirectly impacted while working at a distribution center
Current Activities Our second cohort of DM12 volunteers hit the ground running last month, making good progress on our roofing sites, as well as on our first interior home repair site. We plan to increase the number of interior repair sites in the coming weeks, so the team is currently carrying out assessments to identify the families in greatest need. In light of the recent flooding in Southwest Louisiana, we are also bringing in additional Response Team Leaders and will be adding more muck and gut sites to our work queue to address new needs in the communities. We continue to work closely with our partners, SBP and the Fuller Center, and are delighted that these positive collaborative efforts are enabling us to support more families.
Community Voices Our team was really pleased to be able to complete a new, resilient roof for Ms. Rosie’s home. Ms. Rosie was the president of the NAACP Lake Charles Chapter for 40 years, and she is an author who has written extensively about race and religion and how those intersect in her experience. Our team commented on what an incredibly kind person Ms. Rosie is, and they recently helped her move some of the belongings that were damaged or destroyed by the hurricanes out of her home.
Photos: (top) some of the tools required for our scopes of work, (left) Ms. Rosie and some of our volunteers clearing out her home after repairing the roof.
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