Bike for the Gulf!
CGR co-founder Malik Rahim is biking from Louisiana to Washington D.C. to raise awareness for wetlands restoration. Learn more here!
Brian Owen Snow benefit in October!
Brian Owen Snow will play New Orleans Gallier Hall on October 19 as part of his "Love, Life and Legacy Tour," which supports many organizations, including Common Ground Relief. Find out details here
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Peter Greenberg Worldwide on our wetlands program
"Wading through mud carrying baby Cyprus trees while watching my every step for piles of fire ants, I didn’t have high hopes for my long-haired volunteer leader to change that opinion. Morgan, a project coordinator for Common Ground Relief in New Orleans and my leader on this particularly muddy trek, specializes in working to rebuild the wetlands of the Mississippi delta, which is disappearing by football fields everyday. Being a hardened New Yorker, greenery doesn’t impress me. “Couldn’t we be doing something better with our time like building a house or tutoring kids at a local school?” I asked. Morgan coolly responded with, “In New Orleans, the wetlands can mean the difference between a regular hurricane and Katrina.”"