Dow Corning Thanks Volunteers for Helping Rebuild New Orleans
Working in a subdivision where almost all the houses were condemned, the volunteers were able to experience the situation in New Orleans firsthand. Volunteers were divided into four smaller groups in the city’s Ninth Ward, an area hit extremely hard by flooding from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
One group mixed and poured concrete for the foundation of a newly started home, while another painted trim and added the finishing touches on a house. The other two groups installed sub-flooring and built soffits, the underside surface of eaves. Additional volunteers worked with the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in the facility and onsite, helping demolish a house that was beyond repair.