Rebuilding Lives - Picking up the Pieces Together
From financial contributions to home rehabilitation, Love Knows No Bounds disaster relief and recovery efforts have impacted thousands.
•Created a Sister City partnership between Ithaca, New York and the 7th Ward of New
Orleans which has brought thousands of people in both places together in service and
friendship.
•Participated in or led the rehabilitation of 15 homes or community buildings in New
Orleans, at no cost to homeowners.
•Mentored New Orleans youth, working on-site with our volunteer leaders,
teaching them construction skills.
•Delivered 12 truckloads, including nine 48 foot tractor trailers, of household appliances, home furnishings, mattresses, clothes,
and other needed supplies, saving residents of New Orleans hundreds of thousands of
dollars in new purchases.
week at a time, between 2007 and 2011.
•Collaborated with Binghamton University’s MSW program to provide hundreds of New
Orleans residents with counseling, outreach, and case management services.
•Provided financial support to keep a GED program running in New Orleans.
•Continue to educate our local community about the ongoing needs in New Orleans,
inspiring hundreds of volunteers and dozens of local organizations and businesses to get
involved.
•Inspired Cross and Crown Lutheran Church, in Seattle, WA, to follow a similar model of
service in the 7th Ward.
•Sent two shipments of tents, food, and hygiene and medical supplies to Lamardelle, Haiti,
following the earthquake of 2010.