Description of Sites for MLK Day
- ARC of GNO (Loyola Avenue)
- Arc of Greater New Orleans
- Bayou Rebirth
- Beacon of Hope
- City Park
- Common Ground Relief
- Communities in Schools
- Creative Alliance of New Orleans
- GNO Fair Housing Center
- Green Light New Orleans
- Green Project
- Hands On New Orleans
- Hands On New Orleans: Volunteer Leader Training
- High Voltage Youth Camp
- Junior Achievement
- Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
- LowerNine.org
- LSU Post-Katrina Community Survey Campaign
- MQVN CDC: Community Clean-up
- Operation Helping Hands: Providence Housing
- Save Our Cemeteries
- The Community Book Center
- UNITY
- X-mas Tree Marsh Restoration Prjoect
- The ARC-GNO is a non-profit organization serving people with intellectual disabilities and delays from birth through adulthood in Orleans, Jefferson and St. Bernard parishes. The Arc of Greater New Orleans is committed to securing for all people with mental retardation the opportunity to develop, function and live to their fullest potential.
- Remaining spots available : 13
- Get ready to dig your hands into the Arc! Volunteers will work to restore the outside garden and improve the surrounding area.
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers must wear closed toe shoes and are advised to wear sunscreen and long pants.
- For more information, visit:http://www.arcgno.org/
ARC of GNO (Loyola Avenue)
- The ARC-GNO is a non-profit organization serving people with intellectual disabilities and delays from birth through adulthood in Orleans, Jefferson and St. Bernard parishes. The Arc of Greater New Orleans is committed to securing for all people with mental retardation the opportunity to develop, function and live to their fullest potential.
- Remaining spots available : 1
- Throw me some beads, Mister! Volunteers will have the choice of sorting and repackaging Mardi Gras beads.
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers must wear closed toe shoes and comfortable clothing.
- For more information, visit:http://www.arcgno.org/
Arc of Greater New Orleans
- Healthy wetlands once surrounded the greater New Orleans area and protected it from hurricane storm surges, but various human activities have led to their degradation and rapid disappearance. Bayou Rebirth is engaging volunteers in and teaching the local citizenry about coastal restoration.
- Remaining spots available : 4
- Come get down and dirty in the muck and help restore the wetlands that protect us! Volunteers will be planting healthy vegetation.
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers must wear closed toe shoes and are advised to wear sunscreen and long pants.
- For more information, visit:http://bayourebirth.org/
Bayou Rebirth
- The Beacon of Hope Resource Center is a grassroots organization that provides homeowners with resources and information to assist them in the process of returning and rebuilding their homes. The organization works to maintain clean neighborhoods to enhance the quality of life and to facilitate the rebirth of its neighborhood.
- Remaining spots available : 18
- "Keep hope alive in the Gentilly neighborhood. Volunteers will clean yards from doorstep to curb, removing debris, overgrown weeds, and grass in the Gentilly Filmore area. "
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers must wear closed toe shoes and are advised to wear long pants, hats, and sunscreen.
- For more information, visit:http://www.lakewoodbeacon.org/
Beacon of Hope
- City Park is one of the most important green spaces in the city, and it supports a variety of conservation locations. The hundreds of acres of Park land also provide enjoyment for young children playing on its playgrounds and walkers, joggers, and bicyclists winding through the Park's streets and trails.
- Remaining spots available : 0
- Come explore City Park's beautiful Couturie Forest and Arboretum and help spread protective and nourishing mulch along its newly constructed trails. These trailsare home to over forty-five species of trees identified by both their common and scientific names.
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers must wear closed toe shoes and are advised to wear long pants, hats, and sunscreen.
- For more information, visit:http://neworleanscitypark.com/
City Park
- Common Ground Relief provides short term relief for victims of hurricane disasters in the gulf coast region, and long term support in rebuilding the communities affected in the New Orleans area. Common Ground Relief is a community-initiated volunteer organization offering assistance, mutual aid and support. The work gives hope to communities by working with them, providing for their immediate needs and emphasizes people working together to rebuild their lives in sustainable ways.
- Remaining spots available : 29
- We are still in this together! Volunteers will be clearing and preparing work sites, cleaning up and finishing rebuild sites, community support projects, clearing lots, yard maintenance, and some final-stage gutting.
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers must wear closed toe shoes and are advised to wear long pants, hats, and sunscreen.
- For more information, visit:http://www.commongroundrelief.org/
Common Ground Relief
- Communities In Schools of New Orleans seeks to champion the cause of connecting needed community resources with public schools in New Orleans to help young people learn, stay in school, and prepare for life.
- Remaining spots available : -1
- Come represent your school and share your experiences about college with local high school students. Students and admission counselors from Tulane, Xavier, Loyola, and Dillard University will break down the college application process, discuss financial aid and factors to consider in selecting a college, and end the day with a unique version of a campus tour of Tulane and Loyola!
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers should wear presentable yet comfortable clothes and shoes.
- For more information, visit:http://www.cisneworleans.org/
Communities in Schools
- CANO project-The Studio at Colton School provides working and exhibition space in exchange for free creative class for the community to artists and students in order to advance their career, education and marketing opportunities. The Studio features 78 local artists, designers, arts organizations, performers, film makers, builders and culinary artists.
- Remaining spots available : 10
- YOU CAN with CANO! This amazing and busy space has undergone major renovations, and CANO needs our help in keeping the school presentable for all of the visiting children and guests. Activities include sweeping and mopping, renovation a finishing a commununity kitchen, and assisting working artists as needed.
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers should wear comfortable clothes and closed toe shoes.
- For more information, visit:http://www.cano-la.org/studio_at_colton.html
Creative Alliance of New Orleans
- The Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center is hosting Fit For a King ’09 Community Power Day @ Dillard University as a communal celebration of Dr. King’s legacy. The event will feature screenings of films about neighborhoods around the country who are working to reclaim their communities and create affordable housing, followed by conversations about community power in New Orleans.
- Remaining spots available : 0
- Volunteers will help the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center staff facilitate Community Power Day by guiding attendees between activities, assisting with registration and lunch, providing simple technical support when needed, and attending film screenings and workshops.
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers should wear presentable yet comfortable clothes and shoes.
- For more information, visit:http://www.gnofairhousing.org
GNO Fair Housing Center
- Green Light New Orleans is a New Orleans environmental organization that helps low and middle income families and individuals make the switch from incandescent bulbs to energy efficient compact fluorescent lights (CFL). The organization strives to make a change, one house at a time.
- Remaining spots available : 0
- Help light up the lives of the citizens of New Orleans and reduce energy costs and the serious consequences of global warming. Volunteers will install CFLs in the homes of New Orleans residents so that the bulbs are put to immediate use.
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers are required to wear closed toe shoes and are advised to wear long pants.
- For more information, visit:http://www.greenlightneworleans.org/
Green Light New Orleans
- The Green Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creatively promoting and encouraging environmental sustainability in New Orleans. The Project recycles building materials and paint, deconstructs homes and salvages usable materials.
- Remaining spots available : 0
- Participate in the Big Clean in the Big Easy! Volunteers will participate in a massive cleaning and reorganization of the recyclable paint and arts warehouse.
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers are required to wear closed toe shoes and are advised to wear long pants.
- For more information, visit:http://www.thegreenproject.org/
Green Project
- Hands On New Orleans inspires and motivates people to meet critical community needs, by encouraging active citizenship through meaningful service.
- Remaining spots available : 0
- Join Hands On New Orleans and volunteers in revitalizing the Albert Wicker Elementary School Play Spaces! Tasks range from light construction to mural painting and landscaping! (50), restore an historic home in the Central City neighborhood (25), 7th ward neighborhood clean up (20)
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers are required to wear closed toe shoes and are advised to wear sunscreen and a hat.
Hands On New Orleans
- Hands On New Orleans inspires and motivates people to meet critical community needs, by encouraging active citizenship through meaningful service.
- Remaining spots available : 2
- Become a leader in the New Orleans area! Learn how to develop and lead a service project from start to finish!
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers should wear presentable yet comfortable clothes and shoes.
- For more information, visit:http://www.handsonneworleans.org/
Hands On New Orleans: Volunteer Leader Training
- High Voltage Youth Camp began during the summer or 1991 to provide educationsal and recreational programs to homeless, run-away and economically disadvantaged youth living in distressed neighborhoods in the New Orleans are.
- Remaining spots available : 2
- ? Help kids succeed! Student volunteers will serve as tutors to 4th and 8th grade students to help prepare them for the LEAP tests. Extra student volunteers will provide tutoring assistance to help additional students prepare for iLEAP testing. Student volunteers will work along with volunteers from the Herff Jones Corporation.
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers must wear presentable clothing.
- For more information, visit:http://highvoltageyouthcamp.org/
High Voltage Youth Camp
- Junior Achievement is a worldwide K-12 educational nonprofit that inspires and prepares young people to succeed in a global economy. The three core pillars of our curriculum are financial literacy, work-readiness and entrepreneurship. JA BizTown is a program in which 5th and 6th grade students undergo 18 hours of classroom training in which they learn about communities, economies, banking, check writing, and how to get a job.
- Remaining spots available : 1
- Help restore JA BizTown to its pre-Hurricane condition by installing computers, printers, furniture and more. In addition to the outfitting of JA BizTown, JA Staff will train all local university student present to be future volunteers for JA BizTown simulations in Spring 2009 and beyond so that this day of service is only the beginning or kick-off of what local university students can do to help rebuild New Orleans’ economy through the JA kids!
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers should wear comfortable clothes and closed toe shoes.
- For more information, visit:http://www.jagno.org/
Junior Achievement
- As the public’s independent voice, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation is dedicated to restoring and preserving the water quality and habitats of the entire Lake Pontchartrain Basin. Through coordination of restoration activities, education, advocacy, monitoring of the regulatory process, and citizen action, LPBF works in partnership with all segments of the community to reclaim the Basin for this and future generations.
- Remaining spots available : -8
- Get your shine on! Volunteers will paint the safety railings of the New Coral Lighthouse and prepare the surrounding area for a garden. This beautiful structure serves as an educational facility and overlooks Lake Pontchartrain.
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers should wear closed toed shoes and clothing that can get dirty. This Site is Closed.
- For more information, visit:http://www.saveourlake.org/
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
- Lower Nine is a non-profit organization devoted to teaching home rebuilding to volunteers and residents; facilitating access to social services; working with youth; and experimenting with models of sustainable economic development in the Lower Ninth Ward.
- Remaining spots available : 0
- help spruce up the business corridor to encourage businesses
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers should wear closed toed shoes and clothing that can get dirty.
- For more information, visit:http://www.lowernine.org/
LowerNine.org
- It has been over three years since Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. Community and church leaders are partnering with the LSU Sociology Department to help take stock of what residents have gone through, what we’ve all accomplished, and what challenges remain ahead. The Post-Katrina Community Resilience Study is supported by the National Science Foundation & over 2,800 interviews have been completed, & counting, in dozens of communities & neighborhoods all over GNO.
- Remaining spots available : 57
- Volunteer with this canvassing campaign so we can further understand why people have decided to return to New Orleans or move away, what people need to rebuild and how we can help them, and what these things will mean for the future of our community.
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers should wear comfortable and presentable clothes and shoes.
- For more information, visit:http://www.lsu.edu/fweil/lsukatrinasurvey/
LSU Post-Katrina Community Survey Campaign
- Mary Queen of Vietnam Neighborhood Community Development Corps. is committed to rebuilding the Vietnamese American community in New Orleans East and to contribute to the rebuilding of a more equitable New Orleans. In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, MQVN CDC played a leading role in providing emergency relief assistance as well as organizing Vietnamese-American residents to play an active role in the rebuilding of the community surrounding New Orleans East area.
- Remaining spots available : 24
- Come celebrate cleanliness and and traditional culture in this east New Orleans neighborhood alongside residents, business owners, and community leaders as they join together to pick up trash, clear debris, and support an annual traditional Vietnamese Flower Festival.
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers should wear presentable yet comfortable clothes and shoes that you don't mind getting dirty.
- For more information, visit:www.mqvncdc.org
MQVN CDC: Community Clean-up
- Operation Helping Hands brings volunteers from across the country together to help rebuild New Orleans by rebuilding homes of elderly, disabled or uninsured homeowners. They provide assistance by doing limited electrical and plumming work, hanging sheetrock, painting, landscaping, and help homeowners to navigate the intimidating process of finding reputable contractors and filling out paperwork.
- Remaining spots available : 3
- Contribute to the affordable housing effort being made for seniors Providence Housing. Volunteers will be working on the construction site deconstructing apartment structures and hauling debris.
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers must wear closed toed shoes, preferably with hard soles. Long pants and appropriate shirts for a construction site are highly encouraged.
- For more information, visit:http://www.ccano.org/operation_helping_hands.htm
Operation Helping Hands: Providence Housing
- Save Our Cemeteries, Inc., founded in 1974, is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the historic cemeteries of Louisiana, and to fostering a public appreciation for the architectural and cultural value of these cemeteries.
- Remaining spots available : 1
- Keep Louisiana cemeteries alive and kicking by spending the day on the grounds of the historic Carrolton (Green Street) Cemetery. Volunteers will be cleaning up and landscaping the cemetery in an effort to keep this wonderful site attractive to visitors and surrounding residents.
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers are required to wear closed toe shoes and are advised to wear sunscreen and a hat.
- For more information, visit:http://www.saveourcemeteries.org/
Save Our Cemeteries
- The Community Book Center is a vital hub of learning and a popular community space where locals near and far have been stopping in for the last 25 years to get the latest news and updates about returning and displaced friends, local happenings, politics, news, weather, and anything else under the sun.
- Remaining spots available : 0
- Its more than a book store! Come lend a hand in this beautiful space by helping with some early spring cleaning and reorganization of displays and book inventory.
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers should wear comfortable clothes and shoes.
- For more information, visit:www.communitybookcenter.com
The Community Book Center
- UNITY is committed to ending homelessness and bringing New Orleans home. Their mission is to provide services to those who are homeless – those families and individuals who were homeless prior to Katrina, as well as those who have lost their homes as a result of Katrina, advocate for effective public policies to bring home and rebuild the lives of all low-income people in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish, and work to prevent new homelessness as we rebuild our community.
- Remaining spots available : 0
- Come help improve the lives of people who are homeless in New Orleans. Volunteers will assemble toiletry kits and bedding packs, as well as helping to deliver donations to people around the city.
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers should wear comfortable clothes and shoes.
- For more information, visit:http://www.unitygno.org/
UNITY
- Since 1991 the Jefferson Parish Christmas Tree project has recycled over 700,000 Christmas trees have been recycled by using them to rebuild wetlands rather than taking up valuable landfill space. These tree fences help slow wave action, trap sediments and combat erosion.
- Remaining spots available : 1
- Help Santa save the wetlands by recycling Christmas trees into the marshes. volunteers will travel in shallow draft boats to assist with placing thousands of Christmas trees into pre-constructed shoreline fences located in Goose Bayou.
- What should I wear/bring?:Volunteers must be at least 17 years of age and should wear layered clothing, including longs pants, long sleeved shirt and closed toe sturdy shoes. Hats and sunscreen are also recommended.
- For more information, visit:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT8NlXz6ufY