Our Legal Clinic is expanding! As of July 1st, the Common Ground Relief Legal Clinic, L.L.C. is open from 9-3 on Wednesdays, from 12-8pm on Thursdays and Fridays and from 12-4 on Saturdays. To find our more about our services, click here.

In addition, we're happy to have Ben Varadi join us as the Legal Clinic's new full time Staff Attorney. Back in 2006 Ben joined CGR as our Tech Coordinator. Since then he has graduated with Honors from Tulane Law School while volunteering with countless New Orleans based organizations.

Our New Home Construction and Home Elevation projects continue to grow in conjunction with our Job Training Program. To see a gallery of our newly completed and in-progress houses, visit our website.

Our newly constructed carpentry shop provides a venue for locals to learn skills such as kitchen cabinetry and furniture construction. Our work-crew coordinator Sam is heading up the shop, if you have relevant skills and experience and would be interested to join him in teaching carpentry, contact us! 

Additionally, our Advocacy Center will be providing tax preparation services in early 2012. If you have a background in bookkeeping or accounting, we'd love for you to volunteer with us at that time.

For more information on volunteering, or to fill out an application form, please visit www.commongroundrelief.org/volunteer.

As we near the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the founding of Common Ground Relief, we remain immensely grateful for all the support we have received from the more than 35,000 volunteers who have joined us, along with countless more donors and supporters! 

To continue to follow our efforts, please visit our new website at www.commongroundrelief.org, and see our updates on facebook and twitter throughout the year!

In Solidarity,

Common Ground Relief