Today our group learned a lot, about the area and about the people. Heidi told our group that a spray painted X on the front of an abandoned building was a symbol to show how many bodies were found inside, the date of when the house was searched, the team that found the building and the water height inside the house. Many houses were still left as they were the day after Katrina; still filled with water soaked furniture and appliances.  the local area of many of the people live near nothing except overgrown lawns and landscapes.  our assigned job for the day was to landscape the property of a community center named Apex. Our tasks was to weed-wack the side grass next to the side walks, mow open lots full of grass and weeds and to trim the bushes. Later when we were done with our yard work we met the local kids that attended the Apex center after school and played basketball with them. To say the lease we need to work on our basketball skills.

  Written by Mitch West, Mason Krahmer, Dylan Simmard, Tim Burnes, Bridget Dixon, Thomas O'hare, and Joe Dimartino.