Hurricane Recovery Highlights

President Bush visits Habitat site on Gulf Coast trip
During his 11th visit to Louisiana since Hurricane Katrina, President George W. Bush hammered and set trusses on the site of the Musicians Village.

Major League Baseball's World Baseball Classic served as a stage for building three Habitat Operation Home Delivery houses.

Bayou Blue Community: Building Houses and Hope
Learn about the walls going up on Operation Home Delivery’s single largest project to date.

Habitat and NAACP launch partnership to help hurricane-affected families
Latresha Estes stood in the front yard of her Habitat for Humanity home on a warm February morning, watching her new house take shape. Walls were being raised by Habitat and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People volunteers.

Habitat for Humanity International and New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity, working with Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis to build a “Musicians’ Village” New Orleans.
The Musicians’ Village, conceived by Connick and Marsalis, will consist of Habitat-constructed homes for displaced New Orleans musicians. Its centerpiece will be the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music, dedicated to the education and development of homeowners and others who will live nearby.

NCAA launches partnership in conjunction with championship game
Volunteers from the NCAA and American Football Coaches Association joined Habitat for Humanity to construct a home for the Gulf Coast in the days leading up to the Division I-AA National Football Championship.

America Builds on the National Mall brings support from around the country
Volunteers from across the country joined forces to build 51 house frames -- one for each state and the District of Columbia -- on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Bon Jovi helps ‘make volunteering hip’
Rock group Bon Jovi is supporting Habitat through a pair of sponsored builds and a new music video featuring HFH Philadelphia staff, volunteers and board members.

Major League Baseball and Habitat for Humanity make rebuilding the Gulf Coast a team effort
Hope gains momentum for families struggling to rebuild in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and, most recently, Wilma—thanks to Habitat for Humanity partners and Major League Baseball. Read more

Delivering hope by barge
Over the past few weeks, Habitat houses have traveled from as far away as St. Paul, Minn., on barges.

Artists support the rebuilding effort
Some of the world’s leading songwriters and singers are supporting Habitat for Humanity's hurricane response efforts with their lyrical talents. Find out how they’re getting involved.

President, first lady help Habitat build
George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush joined Habitat for Humanity volunteers in Covington, La., to help build houses with three families left homeless by Hurricane Katrina.

Harry Connick Jr. addresses lawmakers, urges them to help rebuild the Gulf Coast
In a statement addressed to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce Finance, singer Harry Connick Jr. challenges lawmakers to make rebuilding the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast region a national priority.