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A Very Hectic Day

Today , well today was interesting. Some of us were on our way to Catahoula Bay to plant trees in a marshy area. The drive was and hour and a half and about an hour in it started to downpour. We stopped at a gas station to fill up and decided to wait out the storm....

Day Five

Much like yesterday we went around the ninth ward and beautified the area. We split off into two groups; one group went and planted trees in the nieghbors yards. Four of us got to talk to one lady and her friend not so much about how their experience with the...

Day Three

Today we were working in our own backyard. The Lower 9th ward (where we are staying) was hit the hardest when the levees broke losing a lot of the houses and most of the wildlife. We drove down everyblock and asked people if they wanted us to plant a tree in their...

Team Member: Jessica Singer

My name is Jessica Singer, and I am a sophomore nursing major at UWO. I absolutely love volunteering, helping people, and making a difference within my campus and community. I am so excited and fortunate to have the opportunity to attend this trip, to be able to...

First Day of Volunteering

Today we helped clear chinese tallow trees from the Audubon Nature area. We helped clear about half and acre of trees and they went in later to plant non invasive trees. Afterwards we went on our Hurricane Katrina tour. The three hour tour took us by the levees that...