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Rachel Glicksman works with residents to beautify the neighborhood

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Corps members welcomed coworkers and community members to their home

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Alum David Eber teaches the group about deforestation in the cypress swamps

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This site is hosted by AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps, which launched its New Orleans program in the fall of 2008. AVODAH engages young people in direct work on the causes and effects of poverty in the United States. This work partners Corps members with service providers and residents in low income communities and equips our Corps members and alumni to emerge as lifelong agents for social change, whose work for justice is rooted in and nourished by Jewish values.

Volunteers help with Jazz Fest food experience

May 5th, 2009 by admin | 0

Every year, Jazz Fest depends on volunteers to help make the festival happen. And every year, volunteers swarm in, benefitting from free entrance to the festival as a perk for donating their time and energy.
A recent article in the Times-Picayune highlights the seasoned volunteers, who come back year after year to work with local chefs [...]

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