Join me for a NOLA Startups Home for the Holidays build

• November 30th, 2010 /
•  Chris Schultz

I want to invite you to join me on Dec 17th to spend the day hanging out and volunteering to help get a New Orleans family home for the holidays.

I did my first build with the St. Bernard Project as part of TribeCon and it was a blast and felt really good.  We painted and swapped brainstorms for businesses… it really was a lot of fun to get a chance to have in depth conversations about startups while helping to rebuild a home damaged by Katrina and get a family home.

I really believe in the St. Bernard Project and their mission to get people back into their homes that were damaged by Katrina.  At the orientation for our TribeCon build, I learned:

If reconstruction of all the houses damaged by Katrina by all of the organizations involved continues at the current pace, then all families who want to move home will be able to get home in 16 years.

Wow, that’s not good enough. This is a really motivating projection to me.  It makes me want to do more.  And I can tell you it really feels good to step away from the computer and volunteer at a family’s house where you can see the impact of your work at the end of the day.

After a great day of volunteering our time to bring someone home for the holidays, we’ll all head to the 2nd Annual Launch Pad Holiday Party to celebrate the spirit of the season with a few cocktails.  You’ll be so radiant with goodness no mistletoe will be required.

• Home for the Holidays Volunteer Day
• December 17th – 9am-3pm
• Location TBD
• Anyone who wants to connect with great people and rap about startups, technology and have fun rehabbing a house. No construction skills required! Don’t worry its fun, and you can do it!

Update: I’ll be making a $25 donation to the St. Bernard Project on behalf of everyone who comes out, so please help lighten my wallet and support an this important organization.

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