Tuesday, January 26, 2010

NATIONAL SERVICE SURVEY

HELP NEEDED!!!

We are conducting a series of surveys about national service in the Greater New Orleans area. The LINK to the member survey and information about the study is below. Please help improve the service experience and tell the story of national service post-Katrina by completing the survey and encouraging any Corps members who served in the GNO area since Katrina to complete the survey as well.

We hope to have all of the data collected by Feb. 12th at the latest. Once we have results, we will share them with the entire group and all participants.

MEMBER SURVEY: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/gnonationalservicemembersurvey

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR TIME!!

Thursday, January 7, 2010

MLK DAY OF SERVICE

Need an MLK Day Project? Join the Literacy AmeriCorps group as we help rebuild our wetlands and serve an often forgotten part of our city - New Orleans East.

Audubon Louisiana Nature Center Forested Wetland Restoration

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and Entergy Corporation invite you to parti...cipate in a forested wetland restoration project at Audubon Louisiana Nature Center.

Prior to Hurricane Katrina, Audubon Louisiana Nature Center was named one of the top five urban nature centers in the United States. The Nature Center suffered considerable damage from Hurricane Katrina which devastated its
interpretive center, exhibits and an estimated 75 percent of the forest was destroyed.

This project is being completed through a partnership with Entergy Corporation, Restore America's Estuaries, Audubon Nature Institute, RPM Ecosystems, Natural Resource Conservation Service and the Coalition to Restore Coastal
Louisiana. Volunteers will plant approximately 500 pots of various species of wetland trees, including bald cypress, red maple and pecan.

When: Saturday, January 16 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Where: Audubon Louisiana Nature Center, 5600 Read Boulevard, New Orleans East (Behind Joe Brown Park)

All planting equipment (gloves, shovels, dibbles, etc.) will be provided. Lunch and drinks will be provided to all volunteers. You can volunteer for one or more days.

Additional information will be provided to volunteers after registration.

You can register to participate online at
http://www.crcl.org or call the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana at (888)-LACOAST for more information. Additional information will be provided to volunteers after registration.