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Resource Center will be auctioning off a pair of Suite Level tickets to see the Saints play the
New York Jets on October 4, 2009. The starting bid will be $250.00. This includes suite
access, food, and drink. Bids can be made at the Gulf Coast Bank on
848 Harrison Ave., New Orleans, LA 70124, between August 1 and August
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By the Numbers:
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Volunteers: 10,173
Hours Served: 75,821
Service Impact (in U.S.
Dollars): $1.5M
Louisiana Beacons: 18
Total Beacons: 20
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Renaissance Marketplace of Eastern New Orleans
5770 Read Blvd
July 25, 2009
4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.
Family Movie Night
5320 Canal Blvd.
July 25, 2009
6:15 PM
Gentilly Fest Marketplace
1545 Wakefield Pl
August 7, 2009
4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.
Harrison Avenue Marketplace
801 Harrison Avenue
August 12, 2009
5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.
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Beacon of Hope is on Youtube.com
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Click here to see some our volunteers from New York help paint a house. |
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HMGP Program Funds Available: The Office of Community Development, Disaster Recovery Unit Hazard Mitigation Grant Program provides awards up to $100,000.00 to elegible Road Home Program homeowners to elevate or reconstruct their homes. For more information please call 1-877-744-7235, or email hazardmitigation@la.gov.The State of Louisiana and the City of NO
continues to offer a $65,000 soft second mortgage program. Details
about this program can be found at www.FinanceAuthority.org. Liberty
Bank and Trust Company announces the launch of the $20 Million Gentilly
Homeowners Initiative, which provides assistance to homeowners in estimating costs,
indentifying contractors, and determining financing options to rebuild
their homes and neighborhoods. To learn more please visit www.libertybank.net, or call 1-866-386-2293.
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Citizen Assisted Evacuation Plan
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Citizens who have no means of evacuating on their own, especially those who may need special physical assistance and do not have computer or phone access can now register for the City Assisted Evacuation using city kiosks at local Winn Dixie grocery stores. Located near the Customer Service desk at the grocer, the City of New Orleans kiosk offers internet access to the cities' website to register for the CAEP.
Winn Dixie stores offering the kiosks are located at:
- 4600 Chef Menteur Highway
- 3008 Holiday Drive
- 5400 Tchoupitoulas Street
- 9701 Chef Menteur Highway
For more information on the CAEP or emergency planning, dial 311,
1-800-981-NOLA (TTY) or log on to www.nolaready.info. |
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Beacon of Hope Opens Two New Beacons
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It has been a busy month at the Beacon of Hope Resource
Center. Beacon of Hope has opened two
new Beacons in Hollygrove-Dixon, and Gentilly Terrace and Gardens. Several more are scheduled to open in the following
months.
 The Hollygrove-Dixon Beacon opened on July 9, 2009. Dianne Wooden is the Beacon Administrator. If you live in
the Hollygrove-Dixon neighborhood and would like to volunteer with this Beacon or need assistance in your recovery,
please contact Dianne at HollygroveDixon@lakewoodbeacon.org.
 The Gentilly Terrace and Gardens Beacon opened on July 12,
2009. Daniel Falk is the new
Beacon Administrator. He will be joined by over 24 residents of Gentilly
Terrace and Gardens in adopting the Beacon of Hope
Neighborhood Revitalization Model. This Beacon will be located at 4665 Painters,
New Orleans,
and will open on Saturdays from 9:00 AM to Noon. If you live in Gentilly
Terrace and Gardens and would like to volunteer with this Beacon or
need assistance in your recovery, please contact Daniel at GentillyTerraceandGardens@lakewoodbeacon.org.
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International Visitors Visit the Beacon of Hope Resource Center
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 As part of the International Visitor
Leadership Program through the Citizen Diplomacy
Council, Beacon of Hope Resource
Center staff met with a group of more
than 20 community and government leaders from Haiti and the Dominican
Republic at St. Paul's Beacon in Gentilly .
These visitors toured the city to
see the recovery process to learn more about our
Neighborhood Revitalization Model and efforts to engage and empower residents. They were
especially interested in community development, youth empowerment, and public
health issues.
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Beacon Of Hope Resource Center in the News
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Beacon of Hope has been featured in the news recently. Below are a few links to some of the articles about us:
ABC 26 WGNO did a story on our Founder Denise Thornton, to watch this piece, please click here.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune has done several articles about our organization this month.
"New Marketplace addresses.." - June 26, 2009 - click here
"Eastern N.O. Market Opens.." - July 2, 2009 -click here
"Gentilly Warriors" - July 2, 2009 -click here
"Gentilly's Recovery ...", July 12, 2009 - click here
"Volunteers Roch!" - July 16, 2009 - click here
"Gentilly Warriors" - July 16, 2009 -click here
Finally, Our Development Coordinator, Amy English was interviewed about the Beacon of Hope Resource Center by Andy Holt. The interview was broadcast on B-97, Bayou 95.7, and Magic 101.9 on July 19, 2009. We will be putting this interview on our website in the next month.
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Look for the Green Shirts!
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 The Christian
Reformed World Relief Committee has partnered with Beacon of Hope Resource
Center to survey neighborhoods in Gentilly to identify unmet needs and connect
residents to resources. CRWRC will begin door-to-door long term recovery
assessments for two weeks starting on July 20, 2009. If you are not home when one of our teams comes by, they will leave
instructions on how you can still participate in the assessment.
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SHRM Takes a Day to Help Rebuild New
Orleans
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 Note: Beacon of Hope Resource Center hosted over 125 Volunteers from the Society for Human Resource Management Conference on the weekend of June 27 -28, 2009. The volunteers planted 140 trees and shrubs along St. Roch in Gentilly Terrace and Gardens. They also assisted 25 homeowners in completing the repairs to their homes.
On Sunday June 28, 2009, Doyle "Trumpet Red" Cooper, a third year student of the Tipitina's Foundation, was on his way to a recital, when he noticed the SHRM volunteers working in his neighborhood. He proceeded to give these volunteers an impromptu performance in appreciation for what the volunteers were doing for his neighborhood. His mom, Leslie Cooper accompanied him on the tambourine. A picture of their performance is below.
Below is an article written by Rick Bell about the project for www.workforce.com.
As the noontime temperatures in New Orleans soared into the low 90s, the 75
or so SHRM members participating in Saturday's 'Voluntourism' event didn't
wilt. SHRM volunteers laid sod and planted dozens of oleanders and trees.
By Rick Bell
 Dozens of boxed lunches sat on air-conditioned buses as
the noontime temperatures in New Orleans soared into the low 90s, but for a
portion of the 75 or so SHRM members participating in Saturday's "Voluntourism" event, Martinez McConduit was
serving up plates of red beans and rice and bowlfuls of gumbo inside
her red-brick home.
The 81-year-old great-grandmother said serving up a
down-home meal was her way of giving back to the dozens of  SHRM volunteers who
were helping to rebuild her Gentilly Terrace neighborhood.
"These people are here to help me and my neighbors,"
she said between posing for pictures with the SHRM members who arrived before
the 61st Annual SHRM Conference & Exposition officially opens
Sunday afternoon just to participate in the Voluntourism event. Another
group of SHRM volunteers will participate Sunday morning.
To read the rest of this article please click here.
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Beacon of Hope Resource Center is supported by |
 
United Way Pledge code 3672
United Way CFC Code 15984
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