Volunteers
"We are thrilled at this opportunity to play a central part in the rebuilding of New Orleans," said Andy Lee, a vice president of New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity's governing board. "As soon as we acquire title to this property, we will move forward with plans to bring in thousands of volunteers from across the country to work alongside our homeowners."
Jim Pate, executive director of New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity, "We'd hope some of our musician partner families could do some of their sweat equity by doing performances or concerts for some of our volunteers."
Many thousand volunteers have and are taking part in the project. Nearly every day of the week, hundreds of volunteers from around the country, and from all over the world, can be found carrying wood, hammering and sawing. Many groups have also volunteered at the Village, including the Mighty Sound of Maryland Marching Band in January 2007.
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“Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)