Grant My Birthday Wish: Support Rebuilding Together New Orleans!

by Leigh Graham · 2009-08-26 04:00:00 UTC
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Happy 34th Birthday to Me! In honor of my birthday, I've set up a Facebook page where you can donate $34 to the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, a non-profit dedicated to the architectural and historic preservation of the city.  Focused on more than just buildings and materials, the PRC also runs a program called Rebuilding Together New Orleans that rehabs the homes of the disabled and elderly so they may rebuld their lives and communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

In less than two months I'm marrying an historic preservationist, a former VISTA volunteer who came to community planning and historic preservation through spending most of his 20s working as a resident services coordinator in a low-income housing community in Minnesota.  Together he and I share a deep commitment to fighting poverty, to honoring and respecting the culture and histories of the communities in which we work and live, and a love for the City of New Orleans.

You can help me today continue the work of the PRC by making a donation through my Fb page.  Please help bring older and disabled New Orleanians home to improved neighborhoods and more peaceful lives.

Leigh Graham
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