Late in the day today the Youth split and half went to haul in materials for tomorrow's drywalling task. Lee and Cathy led the team to the eastern edge of New Orleans, near Lake Ponchatrain. It was a newer sub-division, and had more life than the New Orleans East area near Grant Street. Many of the houses had FEMA trailers our front or back and had some level of work accomplished inside. Rudolph and Carol just bought on the block, having learned in 2006 that their place can never be rebuilt. Just unloading the sheetrock (12-foot sheets) took 14 youth more than an hour and left them tuckered. There were 35 double-packed big sheets, smaller sheets, plus 5-gallon pails for drywall "mud", insulation, screws and nails, and tools. Tomorrow we plan to gather all of the youth and "hit it hard," and get that place insulated and the sheetrock installed.
-- Lee
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