RHINO Trip 2010 Report
RHINO - Rebuilding Hope in New Orleans!
2010 is the THIRD year North Church has sent a mission team to New Orleans supporting RHINO.
Imagine the thrill as we arrived our first morning back on Ferry Place in New Orleans. We saw that all of the homes we worked on last year were occupied. The block is nearly complete. There are neighbors on front porches, school buses, kids on bikes, families being families…a Hope-Filled Neighborhood of life & beauty!
RHINO is an outreach ministry of St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church (SCAPC) organized in response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 & partnered with New Orleans’ area Habitat for Humanity. The 14 new homes RHINO committed to build in the Ferry Place neighborhood are now completed! The final three houses (including the ones we worked on this year) are being dedicated Sunday, May 9th.
Special Thanks -
We couldn’t have done this without YOU!
We would like to thank the congregation for your generous support of this important work project & your continued commitment to the mission of North Church.
Did you know that with your caring generosity at Sweet Treats, the Alternative Marketplace, the Benevolence Budget, and the Monopoly Game, we raised around $3200. This allowed us to rent vans for our transportation while in New Orleans plus make a donation of $1250 to the SCAPC fund for building materials.
You are awesome!
NOLA Still Rebuilding
Nearly 5 years after Katrina, there is still an enormous amount of work to be done to restore many areas of New Orleans to their previous condition. Rebuilding communities in open fields where homes once stood will take many years.
According to USA Today:
- “N.O.…has yet to begin work on scores of city structures."
- "Only 7% of 283 city-owned structures slated to be rebuilt have been completed or are under construction...."
- "Rebuilding…has been complicated because of the extent of damage, federal regulations & loss of population, which has hurt revenue & made it hard…to determine where to put its limited resources."
Who went this year?
Meet the 22 hard-working, enthusiastic team members who came to NOLA representing North Church... including former youth members from Denver, CO & Syracuse, NY (so very glad you joined us Ben & Keith!) We installed fascia, soffits, insulation, doors, window sills, door trim, outdoor stairs, as well as doing painting, landscaping & other work.
• Ben Alderfer
• JoAnne Alderfer
• Jane & Neil Arnold
• Tim Ayler
• Olivia & Jeff Ebsary
• Leigh & Frank Gaskill
• Skip Harrington | • Linda & Marlon Koenigsberg
• Kathy Lash
• Pat & Jerry Marchand
• Keith Marshall
• Ellie & Jim McConnell
• Mary & Andres Soom
• Lauren & Rob Stirling
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Would you like to know more…
For more information about RHINO, photos of the team at work (and play), St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church, Katrina – Visit the following websites:
http://npcrhino.blogspot.com - our trip blog, lots of photos
www.scapc.org/RHINO
http://www.nola.com/katrina/graphics/flashflood.swf
Click here for pictures, a video, and more about the Ferry Place dedication.
And for a couple great New Orleans recipes, click here!
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