The KatRita Wood Project.
     The money will be distributed to and through community centers in the areas 
affected. These facilities, once repaired if necessary, will be able to house 
teams of workers coming from all over the nation. The teams will work in the 
neighborhood of the community center gutting, stripping, and rebuilding houses, 
removing downed trees and debris, and whatever else needs to be done. The 
KatRita Wood Project will provide drywall & supplies, lumber, paint, tools, etc. 
for the teams. We are working on getting bulk discounts on wallboard without 
having to store it. (tricky) 
     We will also seek discounts on lumber from companies who are part of the 
Southern Forest Products Association (SFPA) - whose newsletter carried an 
article about KRW to over 300 industry members last Friday - as well as all the 
other necessities of rebuilding. 
     Our first project is Trinity Christian Community in the Hollygrove 
neighborhood of New Orleans. See photos and read how TCC has served it's 
community for over 50 years and Director Kevin Brown's storm journal at 
www.trinitychristiancommunity.org or www.helphollygrove.com.
     Hollygrove, which sits at the base of the I-10 overpass where Airline 
Highway turns into Tulane Avenue, was inundated with floodwaters. TCC had 8+ 
feet of water in their building, and the roof was torn off. The industrial 
kitchen was ruined, as well as the computer lab. The entire downstairs was 
gutted to the studs, new electrical has been installed, and some floors 
replaced. The roof has been replaced, but portions of the ceiling inside, which 
had become wet and fell in areas of the bedrooms. Once repaired, this facility 
will be able to house up to 50 at a time, all of whom will work in the area, and 
eventually out from there into other neighborhoods. You can imagine what a team 
of 50 staying for two weeks can do for some houses whose residents have 
returned. For those who have not been able to return, we hope to be able to help 
them come home even for just a day to see if there is anything they can retrieve 
from their home. Some homeowners and renters even today, 7 months later, have 
not been able to close the book on their pre-storm life because they haven't 
been able to see their home and neighborhood. We want to help them do that. 
Amy Canada