New Orleans: A Labor of Love

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> Forward Fundraising E-mail2007 is a crucial turning point. If we don't rally to rebuild New Orleans and other Gulf Coast cities now, the issue will soon be forgotten. Two years after Katrina, people are still homeless, displaced, living in overcrowded spaces, or squatting in unstable, mildewed structures.

Those are our people down there and they need our help.

New Orleans: A Labor of Love is organizing to inspire a civic movement of volunteerism among students, churches and community groups, even greater than what we’ve seen since Katrina hit. We are a user-supported clearinghouse, connecting interested volunteers with relief groups and other important resources to help them have rewarding experiences.

In other words, we bring order to the chaos of disaster recovery work and support to the embedded relief agencies who are often too busy in the field or under-staffed to recruit and coordinate volunteers externally.

We're spreading the word about the ongoing need for volunteers through screenings of the New Orleans: A Labor of Love documentary which follows a group of Los Angeles Valley College student volunteers during their recent trip to New Orleans. New Orleans: A Labor of Love screens this November at 50 campuses, churches and community centers. Volunteers will be recruited on-site.

To do this work we must raise $100,000 per quarter. Donations support:

• Marketing the campaign to universities, churches and MySpace / FaceBook / BlackPlanet web communities to recruit volunteers.
  
  •Traveling to screenings to recruit volunteers.
  
  •Researching and coordinating resources for volunteers.
  
  • Stipends for our student moderators who maintain the user-supported community of Katrina volunteers in search of information and resources.
  
  • Additional trips to New Orleans/other Gulf Coast cities to document and videocast the stories of those affected by Katrina.
  
  • Completion funds for the film.

Please contribute to at least one of our fundraising campaigns:

• We need 1,000 good people to give $100.
• We need 100 Greek Fraternity and Sorority Chapters to give $1,000.
• We need 100 Churches to give $1,000.
• We need 100 Businesses to give $1,000.
• We need 100 Elected Officials to give $1,000.
• We need 100 Community Organizations to give $1,000.
• We need 100 College/University Campuses to give $1,000.

All donations are tax-deductible through our fiscal sponsor, International Humanities Center. And there are visibility entitlements associated with each sponsorship level.

Please help us spread the word about our work by forwarding our fundraising e-mailer to friends, family, church members, fraternity and sorority chapters, business associates, elected officials, etc. To forward click here.