NEW ORLEANS – Nationwide, thousands of volunteers will not be taking a day off from work this Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Instead, they will be out embodying the spirit of MLK and renovating homes in blighted areas taking part in today’s National Day of Service.
Locally, Teach For America (an AmeriCorp program) and Fidelity Bank have partnered to deploy 150 volunteers to serve six different non-profit organizations including unCommon Construction, which is finishing the construction of a new home for low income residents in the 8th Ward.
From 10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., at 2504 N. Prieur St., the groups will improve the quality of life in New Orleans by beautifying one neighborhood and returning renovated blighted properties to low income residents.
unCommon Construction is a nonprofit organization that creates high energy, impactful construction experiences that develop New Orleans’ hard working high school students into team-oriented, resourceful leaders, organization reps said.
Today, dozens of volunteers from various backgrounds and experiences will unite to serve the community by painting, cleaning and making final preparations on a newly built house that will soon be home to a young family all in an effort to improve the quality of life in the city and beautify the neighborhood.
