Daisy steps out, Duke darting out with a bark to see who’s coming. On the front door is a black wreathe carefully wrapped in gold ribbon, opening to a living room in black and reds. It’s the same frame, but on the inside? Her home is all new. Katri…
Field reports from Biloxi, Miss.* It’s 9 a.m. and the steps to The Micah Center are full of people, waiting. It’s been unusually cold here for January, and a day since anyone could get a shower. Here, the homeless of Biloxi can get a shower, pick…
Mike Meyer, of Ohio, has been a volunteer construction leader with his church for the Back Bay Mission since 2001, including sleeping in a parking lot to help immediately after Katrina. He’s working with our group for the week. “My first experien…
In the agonizing aftermath of Katrina, the people of Harrison County needed assistance, but lacked manpower and resources. From day one, Livingston CARES volunteers made their own way, says Connie Rocko, Harrison County district administrator. That…
It's actually 33 here in Biloxi. It's the same temperature as my hometown, Rochester, in New York. Hey south, you are a weather trickster!…
Ten years ago, Daisy Guyton lost everything she had in flood waters from Hurricane Katrina. Like her neighbors, she waited it out on the roof, as water washed away everything including photographs. I am in Biloxi, Miss., again, to share her story a…
