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April 05, 2007
National Collegiate 4-H Members Volunteer in St. Bernard Parish, La.
Collegiate 4-H members from 34 schools in 27 states converged on St. Bernard Parish in Louisiana last month to lend a helping hand in the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort. Having a community service project is part of the group’s national conference each year. With this year’s conference being held in Baton Rouge Feb. 15-18, the students had a chance to help with ongoing recovery efforts in the New Orleans area.
The volunteer effort was coordinated by LSU AgCenter agents Wayne Burgess, Lauren Faust and Alan Vaughn. The students worked in three locations in the parish to help make things look more like normal again.
Patrick Voorhies, who served as national conference co-coordinator for the collegiate 4-H conference, said the Louisiana chapter had a bid in to host the conference in New Orleans before Katrina.
"After the storm we decided that we still wanted to host it, so it was held in Baton Rouge this year," he explained.
Voorhies said LSU Student Government provided transportation for the students to go to Chalmette for the work day. And, after they finished working, they were rewarded with a trip to the French Quarter and Downtown New Orleans – where they caught several parades during the Mardi Gras celebrations.
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Gillette Vaira from Montana helps spread mulch at a school in St. Bernard Parish.
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