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Hands On Greater Portland posts disaster response volunteer opportunities

Friday, December 7, 2007

Hands On Greater Portland has posted disaster response volunteer opportunities on their site. The partner programs are Victim Volunteer Services (Vernonia and Columbia County) as well as the American Red Cross.
The Red Cross is looking for folks to show up tomorrow morning (12/7/2007) at 8am. See the Hands On site for details. Vernonia […]

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gulf coast trip: halloween, new orleans, lazarus project

Saturday, November 24, 2007

We drove to New Orleans on Halloween. That night, we walked down Bourbon Street, to the Frenchman. It was a Wednesday night, but the streets were packed. We talked with people on our way, bought some pastries at a coffee shop, and we lost half of our crew in the crowds.

Eventually, we found a […]

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gulf coast trip: biloxi, hands on gulf coast, de-molding

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

My first volunteer project was de-molding a house in Biloxi. Over three days, nearly all of the Hands On Portland team and I worked with Emily, a team leader from Hands On Gulf Coast. The house was built about 20 years ago, and it sat unoccupied after Katrina. Despite being 13 feet off the […]

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back from the gulf coast

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

My trip to the Gulf Coast with volunteers from Hands On Portland ended on Sunday. I wrote continuously while I was there, cataloging every experience so that my leaky memory wouldn’t fail me when I wanted to reflect.

I had a wonderful time and made some lifelong friends. Karol wrote eloquently nearly every day. While […]

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