 Media Credit: Nick Hubel Freshman marketing major Veronica Tuerffs carries wood flooring down the dimly lit hallway of a halfway rebuilt house in Chalmette, La. Tuerffs and several other volunteers from CSU participated in the alternative spring break to help rebuild the homes of Hurricane Katrina victims.
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 Media Credit: Nick Hubel The bumper sticker reads "St. Bernard Proud - We're Coming Back!" but without the work of volunteers like senior health and exercise science major Ryan Peirskalla, seen getting ready to go underneath a house to place insulation, the effort to rebuild the St. Bernard Parrish could take even longer. Peirskalla and several other volunteers from CSU participated in the alternative spring break to help rebuild the homes of Hurricane Katrina victims.
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 Media Credit: Rachel Dembrun Marketing freshman Veronica Tuerffs, left, and undeclared freshman Maddie Fountain cut through hardwood flooring in Chalmette, La. on Thursday. Tuerffs and Fountain traveled with other CSU students to Chalmette, a city about 10 miles away from New Orleans, to rebuild and restore houses destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Most Chalmette residents had inbetween one and 10 feet of water after levees failed to hold up against the category-5 hurricane.
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CSU students traveled to New Orleans for an alternative spring break trip to rebuild and restore houses damaged and destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Here are some photos from the week, check back in the Collegian for more later.
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