We took the first set of after photos today!!
We finished scraping the carpet glue off the floors, painted the walls and floors, and put more beds back in place! If we keep up this pace, we are going to have most, if not all, of the dorms finished by before we leave on Friday!
We watched the WLOX documentary, "Katrina - South Mississippi's Story," to remind us why we are here. The before, during, and after footage covered by local residents presents a very powerful perspective of the storm. The before footage helps us to recognize slow progress but the need for volunteers will be here for a very long time. Three years post-Katrina, the Mississippi coast is only 30% rebuild and experts estimate that it will take another 8-10 years to fully recover (statistics from www.campvictor.org).
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