Volunteer
   Team Build
   Adopt a Family
   Green me!

 


HOW YOU CAN HELP

 

Get involved!

Volunteer

There are several easy ways to volunteer in the NOLA100

Lower Ninth Ward Village - Our Base! (http://thelower9thwardvillage.org/Home_Page.html)

Hands On New Orleans (http://www.handsonneworleans.org/AboutUs/index.php/volunteer_MAIN.htm)

Common Ground Relief (http://www.commongroundrelief.org/volunteer)

 

Accommodations

Camp Hope in Violet, LA is our favorite place to live the true volunteer experience. Meet and mingle with likeminded souls who have literally come from all over to help the New Orleans area recover.

Located in the former school this air-conditioned facility offers dorm style accommodations using bunk beds and housing approximately 16 per room. There are community showers, a computer room and a conference room as well as basketball courts and a picnic area. While definitely more Spartan than a hotel in the CBD or French Quarter, there is something magical about meeting other volunteers and the fantastic AmeriCorps members who help run the camp. There is also something magical about the price, which is $150 per person per week, and that includes 3 meals a day!

Camp Hope, located in St. Bernard Parish, is approximately 15 miles from the NOLA100 Base. Camp Hope is a wonderful project of the New Orleans Habitat for Humanity Affiliate, Click here for reservations and information. http://www.habitat-nola.org/camp_hope/reservations.php

Hotels in the CBD and French Quarter

What can you say about downtown New Orleans- hotels for every taste. There are dozens of hotels in the Central Business District (Convention Center) and French Quarter, located approximately 15-20 minutes from NOLA100 Base, a few of our favorites are:

Moderate:

  • Courtyard Marriott Convention Center (CBD)
  • Country Inn and Suites French Quarter
  • International House
  • Sheraton Canal Street
  • Omni Royal Orleans
  • Hotel Monteleone

 

Superior:

  • Ritz Carlton
  • W Hotel New Orleans
  • W Hotel French Quarter
  • Windsor Court Hotel

 

Team Building with Adventureworks


Corporate teambuilding opportunities also work hand in hand with Adopt a Family. Our partnership with Adventureworks allows the best of all worlds- Meet and Work with Your Adopted Family AND get a customized team building experience from the professional s at Adventureworks. What can be better- rebuilding the lives of Katrina survivors and building your team in a most unforgettable manner.

Adventureworks offers hands on training that empowers mangers, leaders, and team members to:

  • Lead teams more effectively
  • Be better team players
  • Assume greater responsibility
  • Get better results

Participants will spend five days in New Orleans, LA rebuilding a home damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The group will begin learning concepts from Patrick Lenconi’s Five Dysfunctions of a Team immediately upon arrival on Monday. The concepts will be reinforced and put into practice through-out the week as the group works together to completely repair and renovate a damaged a house.

Participants will leave NOLA 100 Corporate Training Camp with knowledge and experience required to build a better, stronger team in the workplace. They will know the importance and have the ability to develop a foundation of trust among team members.

Click here to visit the Adventureworks (http://www.adventureworks.com/) website and learn about their NOLA100 program.

 

Adopt a Family


Help a Family- Many of the NOLA100 participants are elderly and on a fixed income. Even with the generous support from our partners, the Salvation Army and the Clinton Foundation, many homeowners still have gaps of $5,000-$15,000 to fully recover and replace furnishings lost in the storm.

Although a substantial sum, this is an amount that is within reach of traditional fundraising programs. By raising money with bake sales, pancake breakfasts, steak dinners, Fun Runs, special offertories, etc., you can give these residents the gift of a new home and furnishings with no mortgage or credit card debt to worry about. There are many opportunities available, with a few listed below. Send us an email and tell us your interest we will be happy to provide you a profile of a deserving family, and progress reports and photos when you adopt!

adopt@nola100.org

 

Green me, baby!


What if you could help the environment and practically double an elder’s disposable income? Who wouldn’t do that, right? Here’s your chance- many of the homes that the NOLA100 will be working on used 250% more energy than the average home built in the last 5-10 years. Where that is a tragedy for the environment, it is a catastrophe for someone on a fixed income of less than $1000 per month.

Take the case of Janice J., a grandmother caring for 3 grandchildren on a fixed income of $800 per month. Living in the family’s home that was built in the 30’s with no balloon frame construction and insulation, her average utility bill was nearly $400/mo! Half her income was going to heating and cooling her house.

NOLA100 was able to make the energy upgrades necessary to cut her projected energy bill in half. But others may not be so lucky without your help. Since there is a fixed budget for all projects, some homes will fall short of implementation of all the needed efficiency upgrades. For as little as $125, you can change that.

Take a look at ways to make an unbelievable impact in someone’s life-