In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, All Saints’ sent 14 teams to Louisiana to help in recovery and rebuilding efforts. We raised over $90,000 to help in these efforts. In addition to gutting and rebuilding homes, we volunteered to help restore wetland areas, an important buffer during storm surges. We continue to make donations to both Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative and All Souls Episcopal Church and Community Center, a mission church in the Lower Ninth Ward that was started after Katrina.
In April 2015, we sent our 14th group to Louisiana. This eleven-member team spent several days in New Orleans working with Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative to help revitalize housing opportunities in the city. Then, the team went down to the bayou to work for Barataria Terrebonne National Estuary Project (BTENP) on a wetland restoration project.
We continue to make donations to both Jericho Road and All Souls Episcopal Church and Community Center, a mission church in the Lower Ninth Ward that was started after Katrina.
The group is now discerning future trips which will be announced in the All Saints’ email newsletters.