“Home is where the heart is” must be the oldest cliché in the book. Yet after spending a week with eight newly acquainted volunteers from Berklee College of Music helping to build a home for a family of displaced Katrina survivors, I have a newfound respect for the cliché. The thoughts that linger have much [...]
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Letter from New Orleans: Leigh McLaren Featured on Boston.com
May 12, 2011 – 9:58 pm
Day One at Habitat for Humanity, and one of the many things I learned today, is that New Orleans is HOT. Not just like the New England summer heat that we complain about in July, but really, really hot. Despite the heavy heat, we had an amazing first day. We were not sure of our [...]
what is knowing?
May 11, 2011 – 10:00 pm
this morning, our fearless leader mike popped out the side door of the house and told us how psyched he was that he could trust us to handle the concrete on our own. michael, magen, corinto and i looked at each other, like, “is he talking to us?” he was. apparently, now we know concrete. in [...]
Onsite in New Orleans
May 10, 2011 – 3:34 pm
Greetings from New Orleans, and Berklee’s 5th Annual Gracenotes trip with Habitat for Humanity! We just finished our first day onsite at 1839 Allen Street in the 7th Ward, where we’ll be spending our next 5 days.