United Way Alternative Spring Break sponsored by Deloitte

Hey Y'all. Being here in Louisiana is one of the most wonderful experiences of my life. After all the mishaps at the airport I finally arrived safely... luggage and all. On Sunday we took a tour of Cameron Parrish. It was shocking to see that even a year and a half later there is still so much work to be done. My group Team BIG E is workin at Camp Wi-Ta-Wentin. Many people think of the recovery effort as just rebuilding houses, but our team is working on trying to rebuild the entire community. This camp has been unable to function at full capacity since Rita, and after all that these kids have been through it is so important to get some normalcy back into their lives.

I love everyone down here. My team is great!!! They all have such great attitudes and are so eager to volunteer and make a difference in this community. I want to give a shout out to Cheddah, Playah, Hemi, Naners, Pickle, Nash, Sniffy, Patch, Bandy, Kleps, Ducky, Papi, and Bones for being SUPERFABULOUS!! And not only have we being doing superfabulous volunteer work, but we are having so much fun. At night after long hard days painting and building I have played kickball (I rock by the way), danced to some cajun music (yes I danced), was a fly girl for the funniest karaoke version of ice ice baby ever, and went to the beach and locked my van keys in.

Also for all of you back in the Fort... they didn't let me use power tools but they did let me climb on roofs and drive 15 passenger vans. Jamie got to use power tools though. I'm jealous.