After spending a week traveling throughout New Orleans, working in different homes and on projects, riding for hours on a bus with students from different schools, living in cabins and meeting the locals, I have a greater sense of what Tikkun Olam means and fulfillment within myself. - Adi Kauf-Stern

The people of New Orleans have been the most appreciative people I have ever met.  Never have I met more grateful people.  Everywhere we went all we heard was that if it weren’t for the volunteers, New Orleans would not be as far along.  Hearing the people’s stories kept me going throughout the week.  Two elderly ladies that I was able to meet told us stories of escaping the water through boats and helicopters.  The bravery and the passion they expressed were so inspiring to hear.  Although they may have lost everything including some family, they still have the motivation to come back to New Orleans and rebuild their lives. -Tara Pokras
The people of New Orleans are as determined as ever to move back, because after all, New Orleans is and will always be their home.  In their time of need I was given an opportunity to answer the call, ‘Where are you?’ -  ‘I am here’ and I will continue to speak out on behalf of the people of New Orleans, helping in any way I can.  I implore you to do the same; it is not impossible.  What may seem like a small or meaningless Mitzvah to one person may mean the world to another person.  You can be a blessing in another’s life. - Shoshana Gibbor

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