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The service trip is open to people from all walks
of
life, you need no
affliliation with St. Bonaventure University. Ideally, we get
enough
people from the Western New York/Northeastern Pennsylvania area that we
need to rent extra buses from each surrounding town!
Across Louisiana and Mississippi millions of people were hurt by
Hurricane Katrina. Many of
these
people feel that the rest of the nation has forgotten them.
Let's show
them that we have not forgotten them! Indeed, we will help
them!
    
Many
of the people have lost everything: their homes, their jobs,
and their
belongings. While we can not do it all, we can do some.
And we should
what we can. We will be working with various agencies across the
region and there will be work for people of all ages and
abilities. Don't hesitate coming just because you may not be
able to haul trash
from houses or put up "dry wall". We will also need people to
cook, walk dogs, clean,
and even
to just listen to what the survivors have to say. And of
course if you have a car or van there, we will need people to go to and
from job sites as well as to and from the airport. So there
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 The cost for
the trip for non-Bonaventure students is $250. This is just
below the
cost to us of the trip. Fund raising is expected to make up
the
difference. As the pictures show, there is much work to be done!
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Some
questions that are especially relevant to community volunteers
- How
are we getting there? Buses will be leaving from
St.Bonaventure
University the evening of March 3, 2006 and returning to Olean on the
12th. Alternatively, if you meet us
there, we hope to be able to pick people up daily at the
Gulfport-Biloxi airport.
- What if I can not be there for the entire
week? No problem. If you can be there for even a
few days you will
make a big difference.
- Isn't this just for college students?
ABSOLUTELY NOT! We will be working with people of
all ages.
- Where will we be sleeping? Most
people will
be sleeping in church halls or large (circus sized) tents set up for
volunteers.
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If you would like to
go on the trip, or to help
organize the trip, or to
donate tools, money, or even cookies for the trip down are
(all would
be greatly appreciated) please contact Jim Mahar.
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