Colorado Americorps Alum Week of Service…

More Americorps Alumni Chatter….

So today I kinda decided to do the last wing of the Month of Service in New Orleans. See this is the only one I could do because it is while I am off work this summer.It is working with the “Hands on New Orleans ” organization.

10 days of mold cleanup and interior work with 15 other Colorado Americorps Alumni, which very much excites me that I may do this. Still contemplating the cost of the plane ticket and if I want to get up and leave Neil for 9 days…He is all for me going because he knows my love for Americorps, Volunteering and helping. But I feel bad that he will be in the house all alone… It is pretty lonely in the Clinton Abode when there is no one to chat with believe me I lived there 1 /2 years alone…Well I will say a year before I had someone there the whole time.

So this project would mean the world to me, since last August I have only wished that I could also be down there to help with clean up and rebuilding and now here is my chance. I will do some thinking tonight and talking it over with Neil, to get his feedback, which I already think I have. But I need to think if I can drop my “life” for 10 days and do this, it is harder the older you get.

But then again for every one person from the NCCC that shows there face as still being a volunteer and still wanting to make a difference even after there 1 or 2 years of service is one step closer to saving an amazing program.