Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Julian's Review of the New Orleans Trip


Hearthstone School's High School lent their time and energy in early April to help repair New Orleans after it was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Even after so long, the city is still in pieces, so the St. Bernard project was happy to see young Waldorf students from across the country come down to Louisiana to help rebuild, replant, and renew New Orleans. Hearthstone's group began by planting Cypress trees to jumpstart the ecosystem after hundreds of trees were washed away in the flood waters. We then continued on to rebuild homes that were demolished and still hadn't been reoccupied by their former owners. On our off time, our group went to one of Nola's signature music festivals taking place during the French Quarter Festival, where we ate local Cajun food, and mingled with the locals to grasp the rich culture that still engulfed the city. I enjoyed helping people overcome the scars Katrina had left on the city. Hopefully, what we did will help to continue paving the road to recovery. New Orleans will always have a special meaning to me and my class.

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