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Habitat for Humanity 2008

Noah’s Wish and Habitat Join-Up in Slidell!
 Who Are Those People in Blue?

 

Noah’s Wish volunteers, that’s who!

 

After Hurricane Katrina, Noah’s Wish volunteers poured into Slidell, Louisiana.  They rescued, sheltered and cared for almost 2,000 animals. Now they're back to partner with the East Saint Tammany Habitat for Humanity, to help build homes in Slidell, Louisiana for families still displaced by the 2005 disaster. Volunteers from all over the country will converge in Slidell during the week of February 25, 2008, through March 1st. Everybody is excited and working hard.

 

In Slidell there are any number of houses still in need of rehabilitation and just as many that need to be rebuilt from the ground up. When the Noah's Wish shelter closed in late 2005, many volunteers felt they had left the job unfinished, and that there was still more they could do to help the community get back on its feet.  Turning potential housing into inhabited homes is what Habitat for Humanity does best and Noah's Wish volunteers felt they could provide the needed labor force to help.

Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with local people in need to build and renovate decent, affordable housing. The dedication of everyone involved, from homeowner, to staff, to volunteers, makes it all happen and Noah’s Wish is proud to be a part of this effort.

 

Progress reports will be provided daily, as well as pictures from the building site.

 

 

 

The Noah's Wish Building Crew
Beginning with the back row and reading left to right
Kay Buie, Renee Cantalupo, Jack Novoselski, Josie Gavieres, Jennifer Bahlmann
 Middle Row: Judy Brooks, Gail Monick, Becky Oliver, Charlie Crosby, Sandy Eaves
Front Row: Dianne Montague, Donna Wackerbauer, Tammy Hann-Harlan and Mary Trim
All received an introduction to basic building techniques before they started, now they are all experts!
Way to go team!!!

 

 

                                                                                            

 

 The team's first day on the job

      

 

Tuesday Day Two:

Leave a group of Noah's Wish volunteers alone for a few hours and they find an animal in need of help. Across the street from the work site are two dogs that didn't have adequate shelter. The group took up a collection and two new dog houses are on their way to the neighbors. Way to go gang.

 

 

Everybody was up early to stretch those sore muscles and grab breakfast before they started work.

 

                                    

 

 

 

The group got a tour of the finished product

 

 

 

Wednesday - Day Three of the Build

 

       

 

 

 

                

 

                 

 

Day three is also the day the group presented the dog house to the neighbor's across the street from the home under construction. Everyone one was excited, except perhaps the new occupant.

 

   

 

 

Day Four - As the week draws to a close the group is still hard at work and making progress.
       
       
Noah's Wish volunteer Judy Brooks shown with the owner of the home under construction
Way to go team!!
Friday was the last day of build and what a job they did. Everybody was proud of what was accomplished and the tremendous team work they displayed. The last picture is the entire group working for Habitat for Humanity during the week.
 Included above are the 24 students from Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont that worked with the Noah's Wish volunteers
during the build. This is the third year that students from the college have taken their spring vacation to come to Slidell and help Habitat for Humanity build homes.

 

Noah's Wish is a unique animal welfare organization dedicated exclusively to rescuing and sheltering animals in disasters throughtout the United States and Canada. Noah's Wish is a not-for-profit, 501(c)3, charitable organization.

 

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