Students from University of Lynchburg Nonprofit Masters Leadership program as well as several undergraduates participated in Rebuilding NOLA service trip from March 8 through March 13, 2020 as part of their spring break.
The students partnered with two local nonprofits, The Acorn Farm to beautify a community lot slated for a rain garden, and withJericho Road to do some neighborhood housing assessments to update housing records.
In addition, trip organizer, Communication Studies Professor, Dr. Jimmy Roux said, the students also participated in a VooDoo tour and a bicycle tour of the lower 9th Ward which experienced devastation during Hurricane Katrina 15 years ago.
