Traverse City Record-Eagle

Restoring Hope

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    Volunteers, town have 'come a long way'

    St. Bernard Parish's governmental center flooded with nearly 12 feet of water after Hurricane Katrina two years ago, and it has yet to be restored. So government employees lead the roughly 465-square mile parish, based in the town of Chalmette, from trailers set up in the parking lot.

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    Jan 27, 2008 2:43 pm 1 Photo
  • Restoring Hope: A Test of faith
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    A full recovery is still a long way off, but the Rev. John Dee Jeffries believes nothing can be accomplished without first having a vision. It's how blueprints emerged to renovate the First Baptist Church of Chalmette, La., after Hurricane Katrina destroyed it.

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    Jan 27, 2008 11:52 am 2 Photos
  • Woman finds a miracle in mud
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    Residents in southeast Louisiana know the formula for hurricane evacuations: You leave for a few days, but you'll soon be home. It's more a pain than a plan. But when the evacuation orders started two years ago for Hurricane Katrina, Carol Saling knew this time would be different.

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    Jan 27, 2008 11:51 am 1 Photo
  • Students refurbish gutted homes, landscape
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    Regina Craft leaned on faith to get her through the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Water damaged Craft's home in New Orleans' Chantilly neighborhood, but she was at the house Wednesday, where she shared her story with a handful of students from Traverse City Christian School.

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    Jan 26, 2008 10:54 am 6 Photos
  • Residents vow to make New Orleans better
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    There was nothing left of New Testament Baptist Church when the Rev. Jack Battiste returned to his neighborhood for the first time in months. Katrina made sure of that.

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    Jan 25, 2008 10:24 am 5 Photos
  • Wednesday, January 23, 2008
  • Relief workers target New Orleans homes
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    The lawn likely hadn't been cut in years, and Anne Friedlander fired up the lawn mower in ankle-high grass. The one-story, brick house in the New Orleans East neighborhood was one of several homes students refurbished as part of a schoolwide mission trip to Louisiana to assist in Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts.

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    Jan 23, 2008 10:59 am 2 Photos
  • Tuesday, January 22, 2008
  • Local students begin relief mission in La.
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    Jared Olshove's no stranger to basic construction chores, so the Traverse City Christian School sophomore jumped right into the fray at a church tattered by Hurricane Katrina.

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    Jan 22, 2008 5:28 pm 2 Photos
  • Monday, January 21, 2008
  • TC students head back to New Orleans
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    Less than six months after Hurricane Katrina, in a devastated region of the Gulf Coast, students from Traverse City Christian School spent part of a week tearing things down. Now, two years later, they plan to build things up.

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    Jan 21, 2008 4:47 pm 2 Photos
  • First look at battered city an eye-opener
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    For the next week, students from Traverse City Christian School will replace their semester exams with a different kind of test. The 123 students and several dozen parent volunteers will spend the week rebuilding parts of Chalmette, La., a town that has yet to recover from Hurricane Katrina.

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    Jan 21, 2008 4:47 pm 1 Photo
  • Archives: Mission To Moss Point

    A list of links to stories and photos published during Traverse City Christian School's first trip to the Gulf Coast region in 2006.

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