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Event Pros Take Action returned to New Orleans for their annual work of restoring a family home in the Lower 9th Ward. Even 12 years after Katrina there is still a lot to do in the neighborhoods that were flooded in August 2005. Alisa Walsh was happy to join the "Wolfpack" again. Besides working in home remodeling, she also volunteered for EPTA's Carnival for Covenant House. Event Pros Take Action invited volunteers back to make a difference in 2017. EPTA headed to New Orleans from July 15th to July 19th, 2017, working for the seventh year with local non-profit St. Bernard Project in rebuilding the community after Hurricane Katrina devastated the gulf 12 years ago. In addition, EPTA's Youth Project Initiative partnered with Liberty's Kitchen on a hospitality seminar program. At the end of the work week, EPTA hosted the third annual Cov Carnival for the homeless youth at Covenant House New Orleans.* Alisa: "EPTA invites us to give back and build lastin...

Photo Courtesy of EPTA End of July in New Orleans means hot & humid. But difficult weather did not deter Alisa Walsh from happily accepting Susie Perelman's and Larry Green's invitation to join Event Pros Take Action's 2016 New Orleans visit to rebuild homes and help disaster victims in the Lower 9th Ward. "It was wonderful! I have made friends for life. I have never been this sweaty and dirty and I can't wait to do it again!" End of July in New Orleans means hot & humid. But difficult weather did not deter Alisa Walsh from happily accepting Susie Perelman's and Larry Green's invitation to join Event Pros Take Action's 2016 New Orleans visit to rebuild homes and help disaster victims in the Lower 9th Ward. "It was wonderful! I have made friends for life. I have never been this sweaty and dirty and I can't wait to do it again!" AFR had donated all the furniture needed to create a new home f...