The Archbishop’s Community Appeal is in the final weeks of its 2011 campaign. To date, volunteer fundraisers have helped to bring in $1,621,683 or 92% of our $1.75 million goal.
Help us reach the finish line by the end of January: Donate Now! We only have $128,317 to go, so every gift helps get us closer to the goal. All proceeds of the Archbishop’s Community Appeal support the work of Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
Last week, our Operation Helping Hands program celebrated 3 milestones: 200 homes rebuilt, 450 homes painted and 30,000 volunteers since Hurricane Katrina. Pictured are some of our volunteers visiting from across the country at the home of the Roberts family in New Orleans East.
Yesterday evening, Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond visited the Operation Helping Hands Thursday thank-you dinner at St. Raymond Catholic School. Here, Archbishop Aymond says the blessing before the meal shared by staff, volunteers and homeowners. He also spent some time visiting with the youth group from Sacred Heart in Newark, New Jersey and some long-term volunteers who have been working to rebuild New Orleans.
Welcome home, Miss Jessie Thomas! Miss Jessie moved into her home last Friday after living in Texas post-Katrina. Our Operation Helping Hands volunteers had worked on her home since April, and it looks great. Miss Jessie is thrilled and thankful to be back home.
Last week, Cafe Hope, Cornerstone Builders & Crescent House participated in the New Orleans Kids Partnership (NOKP) Celebration of Mentoring as part of National Mentoring Month.
Cafe Hope graciously hosted the event at its Marrero location. Guest speakers included Jefferson Parish President John Young, Judge Lee Faulkner and WDSU’s Rachel Wolff.
New Orleans area sports celebrities Mike McKenzie, Marlon Favorite and Skyler Green (pictured above with Cafe Hope students & staff) came out to celebrate the positive impact mentoring can have on young adults.
A group of 48 employees from Kluber Lubrication came to volunteer with our Operation Helping Hands program this week. (Some are pictured here at a home in the Ninth Ward.) The group donated enough paint to allow three lucky homeowners to customize their homes’ paint colors. The team from Kluber also gave a monetary donation to enable our volunteers to continue rebuilding homes devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
Operation Helping Hands, our home-rebuilding program, is in great need of volunteers to come help paint and/or rebuild homes damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Our elderly and disabled homeowners need your help to get home!
We need volunteers to join us for the following dates: the entire month of November, the week of December 6, January 17-28, the week of February 7, April 4-15, and the week of April 25.
Thanks to the help of many dedicated volunteers, our Operation Helping Hands program has rebuilt 177 homes and painted 359 homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Gain valuable project management experience while making a difference in the lives of New Orleanians whose homes were devastasted by Hurricane Katrina as a Long-term Volunteer (LTV) with Operation Helping Hands.
Long-term volunteers (LTVs) apply to work with Catholic Charities for commitments ranging from 3 months to 1 year. LTVs are the project supervisors on many of our Operation Helping Hands home rebuilding sites and they teach short-term volunteers valuable painting and construction skills while learning project management.
The LTV position is open to both skilled and non-skilled individuals ages 21 and up. Operation Helping Hands provides housing, meals and a small stipend for our long-term volunteers. We work Monday – Friday 7:30 AM – 4:15 PM.
August 29, 2005 was a day that changed us and our beloved city forever. After Hurricane Katrina struck our coast, we started our work for those who had lost everything as a response to our loving God’s call to feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, and comfort the hurting.
In order to stay intimately connected with our donors, volunteers and friends, we have established a Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans Facebook page.
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