New Orleans Neighborhoods Partnership Network

What: Rebuilding Together New Orleans’ Annual October Build Project is a volunteer opportunity exclusively for local organizations, corporations, families and friends to, join hands, pick up a hammer or a paint brush, and make a difference in the lives low income elderly or disabled homeowners.

When: Friday and Saturday, October 2nd, 3rd and 9th, and 10th (with rain dates on the 16th and 17th)

Teams of 10 people or more are encouraged to sign up to participate. Volunteers are asked to provide their own lunch and transportation and must be at least 15 years or older. Each team will self appoint a House Captain, who will take ownership of the project, creating supply lists, overseeing the workscope, and working directly with RTNO House Captains and Construction Managers.

To sign up, contact Rebecca at:

Rebecca Crenshaw
Special Projects Officer
Rebuilding Together New Orleans
923 Tchoupitoulas Street
New Orleans, LA 70130

Fax: 504-636-3072
Please call 504-636-3383 for questions.

While there is no volunteer fee for this event, RTNO welcomes pledges or in-kind donations to utilize in all stages of the rebuilding process. Pledges of any amount are welcome and are used to cover materials, safety equipment, and overhead costs. Valuable in-kind donations include paint supplies, lumber, tile, flooring, hardware, hand tools and power tools, and safety gear. These items represent our most frequently used supplies, which we constantly replenish throughout the year to complete rebuilding projects.

Now is the time to roll up your sleeves and help your neighbors!

*To be included as a project sponsor in media outlets and t-shirts, please sign up by July 31st, 2009

Thanks for your support! Hope to hear from you soon!

Rebuilding Together New Orleans is currently accepting homeowner applications. If your house needs rebuilding or repairing, please consider applying to RTNO’s program for low-income elderly and/or disabled homeowners. If accepted into the program, we will help to repair your home using both volunteer and professional labor at little cost to you, the homeowner.

Having rebuilt more than 1,000 homes since 1988, RTNO is the largest rehab nonprofit in the city of New Orleans and a trusted member of the community.

To request an application, please contact Sara Moore at 504.636.3061 or

Rebuilding Together is trying to promote local volunteerism in the community. New Orleanians working to rebuild their city! One weekend a month is set aside for volunteer groups from the Greater New Orleans Area. The workdays are Saturday and Sunday from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Sign up for one day or the whole weekend! There is no fee for local groups.

The following weekends are set aside for local volunteer builds:

To volunteer, please contact Caitlin Metzguer at or 504.636.3076

Looking for cheap building materials to use in the reconstruction of your home? Want to preserve the historic architecture and identity of New Orleans while saving the planet at the same time?

For all of your rebuilding needs, stop by the Preservation Resource Center Salvage Store on 2801 Marais St. (the orange building between the train tracks and St. Ferdinand). Look through our extensive supply of used architectural elements such as roofing tiles, doors, windows, cabinets, bricks and columns. Lower your rebuilding costs and decrease the amount of construction waste that goes into the landfill! There is something for everyone!

Store Hours: 9-4 Tuesday through Saturday.

Address: 2801 Marais St. (right next to the Green Project)

For more information please contact Melanie Linn at

For the past twenty years, Rebuilding Together New Orleans (formerly “ Christmas in October”) has worked with local community partners to provide home renovations for low-income elderly and disabled homeowners.

Weekend 1: Friday, October 3, Saturday, October 4
Weekend 2: Friday, October 10, Saturday October 11

Contact Sean Vissar, (504) 636-3076,