Help Common Ground in 2008, Donate a Truck!
2008 is off to a fantastic start for Common Ground: Since January first we have hosted over 200 volunteers at our headquarters in the Lower Ninth ward. With their help we have been able to drywall two houses and gut four homes as well as an 8-unit apartment building which will provide interim housing for residents returning home.
In the coming two weeks we will have roofed three more homes, installed drywall in a tri-plex housing unit, and will be completely rebuilding the home of Walter Goodwin and his family. The Goodwin’s
home was struck by the infamous barge, as it crashed through the ill-maintained levee, a cause for catastrophic flooding throughout the Lower Ninth ward.
In February, the Anita Roddick Legal Advocacy Center will open its doors. With all interior construction to be completed within the next week, Common Ground will be moving our legal and media teams into the Center by the end of January. From this central location, Common Ground will be able to once again provide the legal advocacy to New Orleans residents.
Your donations and the hard work of all our volunteers makes it possible to assist the residents of New Orleans in rebuilding their communities. The response to our end of year fundraiser and raffle
has been wonderful and humbling, and we cannot thank you all enough.
But we still need your help! We are seeking donations of trucks, vans and buses in working condition to help with our rebuilding efforts. As we expand our operations, we have an ever-increasing need to transport volunteers and construction materials across the Lower Ninth ward and the rest of the city.
If you are able to assist us in this search please contact us now! You may also make a contribution toward the truck by clicking on thefollowing link: https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=9343
Thank you again for all your help and contributions to Common Ground Relief and the rebuilding of New Orleans.
Please check out the website for more information on our rebuilding efforts and many other Common Ground projects, as well as updates on our work in the Lower Ninth Ward. http://commongroundrelief.org
Best wishes for 2008,
Malik Rahim and Common Ground Relief volunteers
