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Article: AMHERST COLLEGE STUDENTS, FACULTY TRAVEL TO NEW ORLEANS TO CLEAN UP
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 23, 2006
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Amherst University issued the following press release:
Seven Amherst College students and two professors joined a clean-up trip to New Orleans earlier this month, working with the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). Pat O'Hara, the Thalheimer Professor of Chemistry at Amherst, who was one of the organizers of the trip, says they worked for five days in the devastated city clearing debris and gutting homes so that rebuilding could begin. "We slept on the floor, cooked our meals in the church kitchen, and really felt that we were able to make a big difference in the lives of the elderly and disabled homeowners with whom we worked," says O'Hara. "Everyone we met had their own story, ...