Previous Service Trips -- Pictures & Articles
What is it like to do this kind of community service? These articles and pictures will give you an idea of what students found in the first two trips south. More articles can be found on the news archive page of the college website: Union College News See the 'links' page for more information about the Gulf Coast and hurricane relief efforts there.
December 2006: The group stayed at Camp Hope in St Bernard Parish, east of New Orleans. We gutted houses in the parish and built Habitat for Humanity houses in New Orleans East...
December 2005: Barely 3 months after hurricanes Katrina & Rita, 30 Union students spent their break in New Orleans, gutting houses, schools and churches...Students return to New Orleans; report much to be done (Apr 10, 2007): Twenty-two Union College students and two faculty members who recently spent a week helping out in a Katrina-ravaged area of New Orleans say the rebuilding work has just begun.
Union volunteers back from second visit to Katrina area (Dec 11, 2006): Back from New Orleans, students say much work still left to be done
Union students return to spread hope to Katrina victims (Dec 04, 2006): Students return for second time to rehab New Orleans
Organizing Theme majors nurture their curiosity across disciplines (Jun 07, 2007): OT majors design their own program
A picture is worth a thousand 'thanks' (Apr 18, 2006): Daniel Khasidy '06 documents students rebuilding New Orleans
Helped by Union (Jan 24, 2006): Union College students spent a week in New Orleans helping victims of Hurricane Katrina
29 lives forever changed by hurricane relief (Jan 18, 2006): Union students bound by experiences in devastated New Orleans
Lessons from Katrina: Media join Union volunteers in New Orleans (Dec 11, 2005): Feature article highlights Union students' volunteer efforts in New Orleans
Union Students return from New Orleans (Dec 06, 2005): The students said they worked each day from dusk until dawn
Union students help rebuild NOLA schools (Nov 22, 2005): The volunteers will paint, move furniture, set up the library and help with clerical tasks.
