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getting ready to head out on the road
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robert to the rescue with toilet paper for the kids
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Karlo, Jason and Carolyn take off across country
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Map of Louisiana - Plaquemines Parish highlighted - A very vulnerable area when hurricanes arrive
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The mouth of the Mississippi River runs through the middle of Plaquemines. All ships headed north and south enter and exit through the parish
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belle chase elementary
all of the children in green tops are from buras elementary school which was destroyed in the southern part of the parish |
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former house lots
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main highway plaquemines
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belle chase elementary
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curl up and dye beauty salon
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entryway to house
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calabasas group with church that floated from other side of parish in background
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notice to remove house
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cemetary with open graves
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stuck in the mud near a broken levy
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Dept. of Homeland Security Mobile Medical Unit
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mardi gras beads in front of homesite
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water damage inside houses
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new orleans 9th ward
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missing pet notices
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ripped out drywall
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debris in median
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st. bernard parish
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superdome
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french quarter
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handing out cards from the spirit of calabasas fund drive
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check point to southern part of plaquemines parish
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cafe du monde
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senior center converted into an animal shelter
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presenting a check and the truck contents to the plaquemine school district
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the cross country trio
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senior center converted into an animal shelter
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american flag that made it through katrina in plaquemines
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Coast to coast, help is on the way
Plaquemines getting
truckloads of supplies
New Orleans Times Picayune
Friday, December 02, 2005
Plaquemines bureau
In separate cross-country hurricane relief efforts, a California city
and the Boston Police Department this week are set to deliver trucks
full of supplies for Plaquemines Parish schools and sheriff's deputies.
The first truck is set to arrive today in Belle Chasse after a
1,900-mile trip from the city of Calabasas in southern California. The
20-foot truck is bringing materials and computers for parish schools
collected by Calabasas and the Spirit of Calabasas Foundation,
foundation officials said.
The city of 23,000, a number slightly lower than the pre-Katrina
population of Plaquemines Parish, began its hurricane relief drive after
a Calabasas resident came to New Orleans with the Red Cross in the days
after the storm. The city collected donated school supplies, including
computers and other office equipment. The city rented the truck, and
city employees are driving it to Plaquemines, where it's scheduled to be
unloaded at ceremony today.
Foundation officials said they hope to set an example for volunteers in
other cities across the country to seek out sister communities in the
areas hit by the hurricane and offer assistance.
Also on the road this week is a 30-foot trailer with materials collected
by the Boston Police Department for members of the Plaquemines Parish
Sheriff's Office.
About 130 of the office's 200 employees lost their homes and belongings
during the storm, said reserve deputy Mike Jurina, who helped coordinate
the delivery. He said Boston police officers collected several thousand
dollars in donations and bought toiletries, toys, book bags and other
materials for families of deputies.
"It's not right to leave the kids to suffer through the holidays,"
Jurina said.
Local company Versabar paid for the trip expenses. The truck is set to
arrive Saturday.
