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Nearly five years ago Hurricane(s) Katrina (and Rita) ravaged the City of New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf at large. Today, residents of New Orleans struggle to rebuild their lives while many are still unable to return home. The concept of HubSpot.NOLA is to create a network built to connect New Orleanians with the resources they need. Is an outlet intended to direct volunteers and advocates from anywhere towards New Orleans based organizations that they can work with. There are a tremendous amount of community and volunteer based non-profit organizations in New Orleans focused on rebuilding the city. Unfortunately, they are too often understaffed and underfunded. We aim to be the "central nervous system" that connects them together, and with supporters around the world. We are also developing a fund raising platform as well, to generate donations and sustain our business efforts.
GOALS:
For June 2010
1. We will have a well researched and detailed mock-up of our hard copy resource publication.
2. We will have an equally well researched and outlined plan for our website.
3. We will have developed out fund raising system.
For August 29th, 2010 (5th Anniversary of Katrina)
1. We will launch our website
3. We will have a prototype copy of our first newsletter.
4. We will have researched the process of incorporating as a Non-Profit organization and will have a well detailed plan for doing so.
Looking forward:
We will host monthly awareness events from September 2010 through September of 2011 and will continue to maintain our website as well as producing and distributing two separate issues of our Newsletter.
Contributed by Sarah Jampol-Auerbach
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
About Us
We are a group of eight Hunter College students who took the opportunity to go to New Orleans in early January of this year to help with the rebuilding efforts. However, we refuse to stop there. We aim to provide a resource network for New Orleanians and volunteers globally and become the "central nervous system" for New Orleans, La. community based organizations.
Contributed by Chrisheena Reices
Contributed by Chrisheena Reices
Dedication Page
Dedication to Ms. Rose contributed by Mark Loercher
The 2010 Hunter Has Heart service learning project was both an enlightening experience and great success. 10 Students were selected for the trip based in New Orleans, a city with rich history, in January. Upon the students’ arrival, they were graciously welcomed into the Church of the Annunciation where they were provided with daily meals, shelter, and encouragement towards their projected task. This task was to help rebuild the home of Ms. Rose McCaskill. While the students were extremely motivated from the start, nothing could match the motivation that Ms. Rose herself provided. Making periodic stops to her home, she told the students the story of her travels and tribulations post-Katrina. She showed her gratitude right away as she greeted each of the students with a warm hug. She shared the grim details of what she had gone through just to salvage a portion of her former life. While she knew that things would never be quite the same, she carried on as she knew that there was no other choice. With tears in her eyes, she showed the students pictures of her home before and after the storm. Through these experiences, the students were not only provided with motivation, but a lasting bond. As the students and Ms.Rose spent more time together, this bond became increasingly stronger. What the students got out of this trip was not only a taste of New Orleans and a opportunity to help the community, but a lifelong friend and source of inspiration in Ms. Rose McCaskill. This Blog is dedicated to Ms. Rose McCaskill and to the people of the Annunciation Mission and New Orleans.
The 2010 Hunter Has Heart service learning project was both an enlightening experience and great success. 10 Students were selected for the trip based in New Orleans, a city with rich history, in January. Upon the students’ arrival, they were graciously welcomed into the Church of the Annunciation where they were provided with daily meals, shelter, and encouragement towards their projected task. This task was to help rebuild the home of Ms. Rose McCaskill. While the students were extremely motivated from the start, nothing could match the motivation that Ms. Rose herself provided. Making periodic stops to her home, she told the students the story of her travels and tribulations post-Katrina. She showed her gratitude right away as she greeted each of the students with a warm hug. She shared the grim details of what she had gone through just to salvage a portion of her former life. While she knew that things would never be quite the same, she carried on as she knew that there was no other choice. With tears in her eyes, she showed the students pictures of her home before and after the storm. Through these experiences, the students were not only provided with motivation, but a lasting bond. As the students and Ms.Rose spent more time together, this bond became increasingly stronger. What the students got out of this trip was not only a taste of New Orleans and a opportunity to help the community, but a lifelong friend and source of inspiration in Ms. Rose McCaskill. This Blog is dedicated to Ms. Rose McCaskill and to the people of the Annunciation Mission and New Orleans.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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