Day Four–July 11, 2007
Yesterday we worked for New Orleans Recreation Department and made two baseball fields. The fields were on the west side of the city and FEMA trailers had been parked there during the disaster recovery. Now, the children involved in summer recreations programs can use the fields for games of dodgeball, softball or baseball and the entire L&S team felt that it was well worth our effort to do.
We took a ferry to the north side of the river and toured some areas that our host, Craig, had worked with Disciples Disaster Response organization. We also met Michael Maggio who shared his story of Katrina with us and showed pictures of his house before and after.
In the evening, we had dinner with our co-ordinators of the UU organization. More work is ahead today–working on cleaning up more house lots and helping in others ways. Here are some pictures from yesterday:
Working on the ball fields
Michael Maggio shares his story.
Time for a snowcone break.