Wish List

Katrina Books for Visiting Volunteers

Why New Orleans Matters, By: Tom Piazza

New Orleans in Photographs, By: Rh Value Publishing

The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, By: Douglas Brinkley

A Confederacy of Dunces, By: John Kennedy Toole

1 Dead in the Attic: After Katrina, By: Chris Rose

Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City, By: Jed Horne

Time: Hurricane Katrina: The Storm That Changed America By: Editors of Time Magazine

Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security, By: Christopher Cooper and Robert Block

Unnatural Disaster: The Nation on Hurricane Katrina, By: Betsy Reed and Adolph Reed

Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster, By: Michael Eric Dyson

Katrinaville Chronicles: Images and Observations from a New Orleans Photographer, By: David G. Spielman

Hurricane Katrina, A Nation Still Unprepared: Special Report Together with Additional Views, By: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Senate

Hurricane Katrina: Response and Responsibilities, By: John Brown Childs

It Takes a Nation: How Strangers Became Family in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina, By: Barack Obama, Laura Dawn, and C. B. Smith

The World that Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square, By: Ned Sublette

 

Tools for Volunteer Projects:

• Polaroid camera/film 

• Digital camera and memory card (Cameras are the best way for us to document the work that we are doing.   It allows us to educate future volunteers on the work that we have completed as well as provide concrete evidence for funders, grants and donations so that we continue the work that we do.)

• A metal lock box for tools on the job site

• A 13" DeWalt bench plane

• Microsoft Project and tutoring in the program

• Ten leather tool belts

• Lawnmower

• Roto-tiller

• Storage/warehouse/workshop space in New Orleans

• A $2000 gift certificate to a local lighting store

• Gift certificates to Freret Hardware, Markel Lumber, Mikes Hardware  (These are vendors that are locally owned and operated and we are trying to expand our relationships with local companies/corporations in our community.)

• A power tool maintenance tutorial

• Used and older Trucks

• A box truck             

 

Special Requests: 

• Trainings for Hands On Staff

• Money For 6 Custom Mattresses

(Building the bunk beds for disaster response volunteers was one of our first projects and a large part of Hands On culture, they are covered in graffiti by all the volunteers who have slept in them, and one makes it’s home in the Smithsonian.  However, the bunk size is not standard, therefore the mattresses have to be custom made and we need more of them.)

Volunteer House Community Space:

• Fire Pit
• Stereo
• DVD Player
• Foosball Table
• New Orleans Movies
• Tuti’s Last Suit
• Hurricane on the Bayou
• New Orleans Music in Exile
• NOVA – Hurricane Katrina: The Storm that Drowned a City
• American Experience: New Orleans (2007)
• Globe Trekker: New Orleans

 

Office Supplies:

• Printer
• Scanner
• Fax Machine
• Laptops
• Microsoft Publisher
• Adobe Photoshop
• Filing Cabinet ( Two drawers with locking key)

Volunteer House Kitchen:

• Industrial style pots and pans
• Tupperware
• Fryer
• Electric hand beaters
• KitchenAid Mixer
• Economical Coffee Maker
• Food Processor
• Refrigerator
• Knife sets
• Reusable plates and cutlery
• Ikea Style (build yourself) Shelving
• Dishwasher
• Chef Coats and Aprons for volunteers (fun colors preferred)
• Ice Cream Maker
• Microwave
• Coffee Maker with timer
•  Toaster Oven

 

Hands On New Orleans is a non-profit organization that relies on funding from grants and personal contributions.  We recognize that it is sometimes more helpful to allow donors to know some of the tangible items we are looking for.  As our organization continues to house and mobilize volunteers both local and out of state in the Greater New Orleans area, we are forever thankful to those who have supported and helped to fund us along the way. 

 Below you will find a comprehensive list of items that the staff have identified as needs and wishes to improve and sustain our work.  We hope that you may consider helping to support us in donating any of the following items to Hands On New Orleans!