Bucknell Katrina Recovery Team

Many people would say that to sacrifice a comfy life would be a complete waste of a four year Bucknell education. But I say that to live in absolute comfort with no concern for our suffering fellow humans all over the world is a complete waste of humanity. I have a strong calling to places like this, where there is such unimaginable need. I can only hope that many of my fellow Bucknellians will also realize the immense need in the world and sacrifice at least part of their cozy life that a Bucknell education is so apt at giving and serve those who aren't quite as ridiculously fortunate as us.

Ok, enough of my rant. Today was really good, although it went by so quickly. We finished gutting the house we worked on yesterday and started a new one today. In fact, it seems we started working on a mansion. It was absolutely enormous. And it quickly became incredibly clear that the people who lived there were somewhat wealthy. And it brought up the old question, "should we be helping wealthy people when so many poorer families need help?" Well, we came to realize that the answer is that Katrina did not discriminate based on wealth. Everyone lost everything. Everyone is deserving of some help. It is at least reassuring that Camp Hope offers help only to the disabled, elderly, and single parent families. It is also extremely reassuring to know that most of the gutting work has been completed. Yesterday there were only 40 houses left on Camp Hope's list. And they've already gone through over 2000!! Unfortunately, FEMA will only provide debris removal until the end of the year (as in less than 2 weeks away). So Camp Hope will only be gutting until then. They will then start exclusively rebuilding. Thank God there are less than 40 to go now!

In conclusion, I encourage everyone reading this to drink a can of FEMA water at least once in your life. It's a true experience!!