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Louisiana Shelter at Home Program Aims to Get Flood Victims Back Home

Single-family owner-occupied properties that were inundated with floodwater are eligible for up to $15,000 in damage remediation designed to return the home to a safe and habitable state.

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DineOut4LA Flood Relief Tonight with Second Harvest Food Bank

All across the New Orleans area tonight, 25 percent of sales at participating restaurants will be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank to help flood victims through the DineOut4LA program.

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Great Neighborhood SELLabration on WDSU

Education + Outreach director Suzanne Blaum took to the airwaves this weekend to chat with WDSU reporter Jennifer Crockett about the Great Neighborhood SELLabration, a free annual homebuyer fair that will take over the Corpus Christi-Epiphany Resource Center this Saturday morning.

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Denham Springs’ Main Street is Open for Business

Pictures of flooding in Denham Springs washed across screens nationwide in early August, but 60 percent of the town’s Main Street businesses are flood-free and open for business.

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RTNO Donates Supplies to RT Acadiana

Catherine Crowell of RTNO spearheaded the effort to partner with our Rebuilding Together Acadiana compatriots after the entire area surrounding the RT Acadiana offices was inundated with floodwater earlier this month.

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Consumer Tips for Natural Disaster Victims

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has put together a booklet to help residents who are rebuilding from the recent floods avoid falling victim to a scam.

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FEMA Fact Sheet: Building Back Safer and Stronger

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has released a new Fact Sheet detailing the techniques homeowners should employ in order to rebuild in a “flood smart” manner.

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Eleven Years of Rebuilding: the PRC Looks Back at Hurricane Katrina

As the Preservation Resource Center works to bring our hard-earned Hurricane Katrina recovery experience to so many homeowners who lost everything earlier this month, we look back at how far we have come in the past 11 years.

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Suzanne Blaum Talks Great Neighborhood SELLabration on WGNO

Education and Outreach program director Suzanne Blaum took to the airwaves to discuss the upcoming Great Neighborhood SELLabration.

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Happy Birthday to America’s Parks!

As we celebrate the NPS’ centennial birthday, we must ensure the National Park System has the necessary resources to properly maintain and interpret its natural, historic, and cultural treasures, so future generations may enjoy and learn from them for the next 100 years.

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Donate to the PRC’s Emergency Recovery Fund

The Preservation Resource Center and Rebuilding Together New Orleans are dedicated to supporting our neighbors who have been affected by the historic floods of 2016.

Shell Volunteering at October Build 2015

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Rebuilding Together New Orleans Teams up with Shell to Help Flood Victims

Rebuilding Together New Orleans is partnering with Shell to help Louisiana residents devastated by this month’s historic floods.