New Orleans The call came in during the middle of the week. Did we know that there would be 5000-6000 Wal-Mart store managers having their annual shebang in Kansas City at the Convention Center? We did not, but we do now. Turns out that they meet there every year, so we will have to put …
Category: ACORN
500+ and Counting on Home Clean-out!
New Orleans Today was another big day. More than 100 volunteers were part of the ACORN Services clean-up crews working in the 70117 zip code of the 9th Ward of New Orleans, just west of the Industrial Canal. Today’s full court press might mean 10-15 houses get done before the fall of the sun. …
FEMA Trailers Arrive
New Orleans Yesterday was a big day for a small reason here on Elysian Fields at the ACORN office. Five months after the storm, finally two FEMA trailers ordered for our staff arrived. They were slightly different, but both were essentially big, white boxes on wheels. One had a couple of windows more than …