That's how we do it in Chicago!

Here's some more pictures of our hard work... Allison and Mori resting while we nail in another slab of sheeting.

Sue on top of the house and Rod on a ladder, to install the sheeting.

Mori nailing in sheeting

Andrea adding clips to the sheeting to help hold it in place.

Group shot with the girls from Elms College, Mike from Tacoma and Diane from New York. Too bad its not a little closer up so you can see how Mike and Rod are interlocking their hammers!!!

Louis Roby is the owner of the house we were working on on Saturday. If you have great eyes, you can read a bit of his story.

We finished our last night in New Orleans by having enjoyable dinners, then we all met up for drinks and a final walk down Bourbon Street.

This was probably one of the best trips I've ever taken. While we had our fun time, we also worked hard to help low income families get back on their feet. While we never were able to meet any of the home owners, it still felt wonderful knowing that there is a family that will be enjoying their brand new house later this year.

I'm extremely proud of the Chicago Jaycees team who worked their butts off and attempted to try things they've never done before. The Chicago Jaycees team consisted of Allison Mead, Andrea Michelfelder, Mori "Jersey" Johnson, Shatisha Wilks, David "McShady" Young, Rod "Bob the Builder" Hopkins, and me, Sue Warmuskerken (or Watermelon!).

Thank you to everyone who supported our work. You will be receiving your gift from us in April.

If you would still like to make a tax deductible contribution to either the Habitat fund or any other Jaycees Foundation projects, please go to PayPal and click "send money" and type in Chicago.Jaycees@yahoo.com.

Thanks again,

Sue Warmuskerken