Since Hurricane Katrina/Rita, there have been thousands of youth groups, church groups, families and individuals who have made multiple trips to the Gulf Coast to help us clean up and us rebuild and they are still coming. Nearly five (5) billion dollars in private donations have been made just for hurricane Katrina/Rita relief which does not include the personal cost of volunteers. Even in the midst of our own losses, we help each other here. The donations continue to flow in.

The charity and the volunteers have been a fabulous blessing. We saw firemen from New York City coming down to donate their time, money and equipment to repay our love and kindness when we went to their aid after 911. Americans spoiled and uncaring? Hardly.

If you would like to volunteer your time/money and put in a few weeks of uncompensated hard work, let me know. You'd get to work side by side with many thousands who continue to do so. It will change your sadly lacking and flawed perceptions of Americans.