Building a Bridge from Long Island to New Orleans
LIHome411.com, Long Island’s local source for home improvement contractors is building a bridge from Long Island, New York to New Orleans, Louisiana.
To mark the upcoming two-year mark of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall and subsequent destruction, LIHome411.com announces a commitment to support The Phoenix of New Orleans (PNOLA) by raising money, materials and equipment to help the massive rebuild effort in New Orleans.
The founders of LIHome411.com will be traveling to New Orleans in August to bring donated materials and to spend a week working with PNOLA, gutting and rebuilding homes and restoring public areas.
LIHome411.com’s goal for this partnership is to raise $1,000,000 for PNOLA and New Orleans. This equates to just over $1.00 from each of the 921,000 households that the U.S. Census counts on Long Island. Cash donations can be made via check made out to PNOLA and sent in care of LIHome411.com at 43 Libby Avenue, Hicksville, NY 11801. Donations via credit card can be made online at www.lihome411.com (please click through our link to PNOLA’s site). Donations of building materials and of new and used tools are welcome; please email pnola@lihome411.com or call 516-558-0760 to coordinate these donations. A list of other items accepted for donation will be displayed at www.lihome411.com. All donations on behalf of PNOLA are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
About LIHome411.com:
The mission of LIHome411.com is to make professional remodeling and repair easy for Long Island homeowners, by connecting them with prescreened professional contractors in 60 categories covering all aspects of home improvement.
Visit www.lihome411.com or contact Tom or Bob at 516-558-0760 or email pnola@lihome411.com.
About The Phoenix of New Orleans:
The Phoenix of New Orleans (PNOLA) is a federally-recognized 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization devoted to rebuilding and recovery of Lower Mid-City, a centrally-located 120-block neighborhood in New Orleans. PNOLA was founded by Tulane University medical student Paul Ikemire as a rapid response to the decimating effects that Hurricane Katrina and the flooding that followed had on Lower Mid-City, a neighborhood already struggling to overcome socio-economic hardship.
Visit www.pnola.org or contact Sarah Ralston at 504-342-4399 or saraheralston@gmail.com.
