Countdown: 4 Days to NOLA

Tim’s New Orleans Itinerary
Remember, I can still be reached on my cell phone at

646-537-5442.

Saturday, August 16
6pm: Arrive West End Collegiate Church for New Orleans departure dinner and sleep over.
10pm: Lights out. Ha!

Sunday, August 17
5:30am: Depart West End Collegiate Church, 7:30am: Depart La Guardia, 10:30am arrive New Orleans.
Board vans for Devastation Tour of Ninth and Eighth Wards. Drive 1 ½ hours to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
Check in early afternoon at Mission on the Bay.
Free afternoon for the kids at the beach (across the street from the mission).

Monday, August 18
7am: Report to building site in Mississippi. Work till approximately 2pm.
Rest of day to be determined. Breakfast and dinner at Mission on the Bay, lunch onsite.

Tuesday, August 19
7am: Report to building site in Mississippi. Work till approximately 2pm.
Rest of day to be determined. Breakfast and dinner at Mission on the Bay, lunch onsite.

Wednesday, August 20
9:15: Depart Mississippi for New Orleans. 11am: Honey Island Swamp Tour.
Mid-afternoon: Check into Camp Hope.
6pm: New Orleans Ghost Tour in French Quarter
Rest of evening spent exploring French Quarter (with 13 year olds… yikes!!!)

Thursday, August 21
9am: Project Greenlight. Installation of environmentally friendly light bulbs in willing homes.
3pm: Tour Mary Queen of Vietnam Development Corp (Vietnamese/Hispanic rebuilding community)
6pm: Meet with local teenage political and social organizers at Café Reconcile.

Friday, August 22
9am: Student led tour of Frederick Douglass High School
12pm: Gulf Restoration Network briefing
4pm: Garden District tour and evening free (but well organized).

Saturday, August 23
Drive to Plaquemines Parish to tour offshore drilling devastation.
Work the afternoon with Grace Harbor Church Victims Unit.

Sunday, August 24
Morning: Jazz brunch
Early afternoon: Last minute souvenir shopping
3pm: Leave for airport, 9:30pm arrive back at LaGuardia
11pm: Projected arrival back at West End Collegiate Church