While
in
New Orleans:
More than 100 students from Howard University are in New Orleans during their spring break to participate in restoration projects, landscaping jobs, tutoring and to work the city’s Public Defender’s Office as they help rebuild the ..more
From Building Schools in Mali to Rebuilding Lives in New Orleans by Bianca Garwood
NEW ORLEANS –
Even
when
Howard
University
junior
Natasha
Graves
was
a
student
at
Harriton
High
School
in
Rosemont,
Pa.,
serving
others
was
important
her.
So,
while
in
high
school,
she
worked
with
seniors
at
Rosemont
Manor
visiting
patients
and
creating
birthday
cards
for
those
who
without
any
family
as
a
member
of
buildOn,
a
service
program
for
American
high
school
students
that
works
on
education
and
building
programs
around
the
world.
“In
my
junior
year,
I
had
the
opportunity
to
go
to
Mali
(Africa)
for
two
weeks
with
buildOn
and
build
a
school
in
a
rural
village,”
said
Graves,
a
cheerleader
and
member
of
the
National
Honor
Society
in
high
school.
“It
was
one
of
the
best
experiences
of
my
life.”,...more
A
major United
States port
and the
largest
city and
metropolitan
area in
the state
of Louisiana.
The New
Orleans
metropolitan
area, (New
Orleans–Metairie–Kenner)
has a population
of 1,235,650
as of 2009,
the 46th
largest
in...more
Monday 8:30am-12:30pm
Group 1 will be at Fannie C. Williams Elementary School
11755 Dwyer Road
