Melanie Thiel is in New Orleans reporting live all week for the 4th annual Centenary College/Drew
University Relief Trip.
Listen to WNTI from January 4th through the 10th to hear up to the minute reports from Melanie Thiel as she takes part in
the 4th annual Centenary College/Drew University Relief Trip to New Orleans, LA. Mel will be sending news reports three
times a day while she is in NOLA! This year the 110 workers will focus on rebuilding not only homes but a women's shelter
in the 9th Ward.
John & Elise Lewis
(mp3; 4 MB) |
Day One: Jan.
4, 2009
Mel Thiel interviews John & Elise Lewis, members of the Grace Evangelical Church in New
Orleans. "Where you're sitting right now was 8 feet under water three years ago." |
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Megan Anderson
(mp3; 1.86 MB)
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Day Two: Jan. 5, 2009
Mel interviews Centenary College Senior Megan Anderson about her work with the project in New Orleans. "It's given
me a lot of hope..." |
Trish Dicorte
(mp3; 3.63 MB) |
Mel Thiel talks with Trish Dicorte, the homeowner of the home the group is working on right now. "We
do miss some things we had before the storm..." |
Sean Kumpf
(mp3; 2.23 MB) |
Day Three: Jan. 6, 2009
Mel interviews Sean Kumpf, a Junior at Centenary College (and his Dad is an employee with Centenary
College). "You sometimes get overwhelmed with, 'Wow, I did something great'... You think you've got it bad sometimes...
you don't have it that bad... your house wasn't completely destroyed by a wave of water..." |
Stewart Schmidt
(mp3; 3.49 MB) |
Mel interviews Stewart Schmidt from Beacon of Hope. "tough decision on whether to stay or whether to
go... once we decided to stay, then we never thought twice about it... 200,000 houses were destroyed... Beacon has
a good reputation...it's already established... I think its a great emergency model..." |
Kitsy Dixon
(mp3; 2.43 MB) |
Mel with Kitsy Dixon, Professor of Sociology at Centenary College, about Kitsy's first experience working
with the group in New Orleans. "Their enthusiasm has been nothing but enthusiasm and joy for me....We're
not watching it on television, we're actually here and we're actually hands on and we're doing it... I've been tilling
by hand... I can't wait to see my finished product tomorrow..." |
Loretta Farrell
(mp3; 1.7 MB) |
Day Four: Jan. 7, 2009
Mel talks with Loretta Farrell, "shopper extraordinare" and works for Centenary College in Strategic Advancement.
Loretta shops for the 111 people on a daily basis for food (++). "People ask... when I tell them what we're
doing, they're really excited and happy to have us here... it's a way for me to feel useful and keep me away from
hammers and nails and things I could do damage with..."
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Paul Maassen
(mp3; 4.08 MB) |
Mel visits WWNO and Paul Maassen. Paul is the former General Manager of WNTI and
is now the GM for WWNO (University of New Orleans). "I've been here for about eight months
now - I've seen tremendous progress with the rebuilding... it struck me as soon as I got here - (for the
people that have come down and volunteer to help rebuild the city) the people are very, very, very appreciative...
a very sincere thank you ... there's a lot of very good things happening in New Orleans, that would not have happened
if Katrina hadn't happened... |
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