New Orleans Community Service Project - 13 July 07

With thanks to Ann Hemmens!

The SR-SIS, SIS Council, and AALL Headquarters (Pam Reisinger and others) have been coordinating a Volunteer Day before the 2007 AALL annual meeting (Friday July 13, 2007).
There is a well-publicized need for rebuilding, clean up, and other types of volunteer assistance in New Orleans...Three organizations have been selected for our community service project: Habitat for Humanity, Second Harvest Food Bank, and the Louisiana State Museum. These organizations were selected because they give our members a wide array of volunteer options; indoor work and outdoor work, a long day and a short day, morning work and afternoon, etc.

Second Harvest Food Bank is taking two groups of 25 volunteers; one group in the morning, and one in the afternoon. Habitat for Humanity is taking a large group of 50 or 60 for an all day shift from 7:15 to 2:30. The Louisiana State Museum is taking only 10 volunteers for the day.
Web-based registration for these projects is now available at http://www.aallnet.org/events/communityproject.asp. AALL has volunteered to coordinate transportation and provide boxes lunches and water for volunteers. And AALL has arranged for additional hotel rooms (because people will probably arrive Thursday July 12th).
Captains have been chosen for each volunteer opportunity. Ron Wheeler of the Georgia State University College of Law Library and Leslie Campbell of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts are serving as co-captains of the Habitat group, Ann Hemmens of the University of Washington Gallagher Law Library is serving as the captain of the Second Harvest group, and Amy Hale-Janeke of the U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit Library is serving as captain of the Louisiana State Museum group.

Pam Reisinger and AALL Headquarters are coordinating publicity, registration for each volunteer project, transportation to projects, water, lunches, and the like. Pam is also coordinating and seeking vendor contributions and vendor participation.
We are looking forward to being part of the rebuilding of New Orleans!
Visit the website at http://www.aallnet.org/events/communityproject.asp
for more information.

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