Bill is heading down to the Gulf for the fourth time since Hurricane Katrina. He stayed and worked in St. Bernard Parish in 2006. In 2007, he stayed at Camp Hope in St. Bernard Parish with 36 UNH students and another 600 close friends from across the country. They worked mostly in the Upper Ninth Ward in and around Habitat for Humanity’s Musician’s Village. In March 2008, he and nearly 50 UNH students (including the 20 students in his New Orleans class), went to the Gulf Coast and spent a week working in and about Waveland, MS. They made many planned (and unplanned) trips into New Orleans, saw an ex-President, Brad Pitt, various parades, listened to music, and took in the sights and sounds of this unique American city.
In 2009, Bill and his class will head to New Orleans to work with Operation Helping Hands, an agency of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. He will be joined by his class of 21 ans six student leaders, five of whom are veterans of his class. In his first two post-Katrina trips to New Orleans, Bill never managed to write about his experiences; last year was different. This year he will try even harder.
