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CulinaryCorps in New Orleans

Jessica of Su Good Sweets recently joined CulinaryCorps—a volunteer culinary outreach program—in New Orleans and recounted "one of the hardest yet most rewarding experiences" of her life in her blog. While restoring a walk-in refrigerator full of rotting food (including 200 pounds of spoiled chicken) and working with Emergency Communities, she was struck by the devastation that still remained in one of the city's poorest neighborhoods, the Lower Ninth Ward, two years after being hit by Hurricane Katrina: Everything at Emergency Communities seemed hopeless, from the kitchen to the glassy-eyed residents who hobbled in for the meals. CulinaryCorps put in two days of hard work, but on-site volunteers are still working there for free. Twenty of them slept in...

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3 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, June 19, 2007 at 4:30 PM
Tagged: CulinaryCorps, Louisiana, New Orleans