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		<title>RTA Welcomes A New AmeriCorps Member</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here at  Rebuilding Together Acadiana, we  welcomed a new AmeriCorps member to our team in August. George Arceneaux IV will be serving with us for a year in the CapacityCorps program, a partnership between AmeriCorps and Rebuilding Together that places national service members in RT affiliates all around the country to help with their programs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rtacadiana.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2691853&amp;post=757&amp;subd=rtacadiana&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Over Summer Vacation, RISE Volunteers Make an Impact with Rebuilding Together</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past summer in July, a group of over 100 volunteers from the Catholic Diocese of Lafayette joined with RTA to work on 15 homes in a single week. Their group was mostly high-school students on summer vacation, with some adult leaders, who came out to volunteer with us through a faith-based service  program called [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rtacadiana.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2691853&amp;post=748&amp;subd=rtacadiana&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RTA Marks Fifth Annual AmeriCorps Week with a Service Project in Rayne</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 17:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, AmeriCorps members, alumni, and partners across the country marked the fifth annual AmeriCorps week by performing service projects, hosting community events, and engaging government officials and community leaders to support community service and spotlight the role AmeriCorps plays in addressing  America&#8217;s most pressing social needs. RTA was proud to be a part of this event. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rtacadiana.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2691853&amp;post=680&amp;subd=rtacadiana&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Homeowner Stories: Cleavland &amp; Corine JohnBaptist</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 17:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No one could ever say that Cleveland and Corine JohnBaptist didn&#8217;t deserve our help. The elderly couple has lived in Crowley their entire lives, over 60 years for each, and before they retired they both worked for A.S.S.I.S.T. Agency, a Community Action non-profit that provides services for improving the lot of families living in poverty. Between [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rtacadiana.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2691853&amp;post=644&amp;subd=rtacadiana&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Homeowner Stories: Howard Broussard, Generous and Thankful</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebuilding Together Acadiana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Howard Broussard lives in the likewise named city of Broussard, Louisiana. Now retired, he formerly worked for Southern Structures LLC, making building materials, and spent seven years as a volunteer boxing coach. When we met him for the first time, he told us that things have been hard for him  since his wife died, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rtacadiana.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2691853&amp;post=631&amp;subd=rtacadiana&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>14th Annual Rebuilding Day a Great Success</title>
		<link>http://rtacadiana.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/14th-annual-rebuilding-day-a-great-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, April 9th, over 300 volunteers made repairs and renovations to 16 homes in Lafayette during our 14th annual Rebuilding Day. The event was a great success. With the help of hundreds of volunteers—college students, AmeriCorps members, local businesses, and civic and faith-based organizations—we repaired broken floors and foundations, replaced failing roofs, restored inadequate bathroom facilities, fixed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rtacadiana.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2691853&amp;post=616&amp;subd=rtacadiana&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>College Students Travel from Afar to Volunteer in Southern Louisiana</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebuilding Together Acadiana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, we had the pleasure of hosting an Alternative Spring Break group made up of college students from the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio, and C. W. Post University on Long Island, New York. Some traveled more than 20 hours to reach Southern Louisiana and spend their Spring Break doing volunteer work in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rtacadiana.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2691853&amp;post=596&amp;subd=rtacadiana&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RTA Joins the Recovery in Rayne</title>
		<link>http://rtacadiana.wordpress.com/2011/03/25/rta-joins-the-recovery-in-rayne/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; When heavy storms struck Acadia parish earlier this month, the town of Rayne was hit particularly hard. Hundreds of homes and businesses were damaged as a tornado carved a 3 mile path through the city. RTA has since been active in the recovery effort. At this time, we are focused on addressing critical housing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rtacadiana.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2691853&amp;post=524&amp;subd=rtacadiana&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://rtacadiana.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/ramps-and-rails-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, Rebuilding Together Acadiana built its fourth wheelchair ramp of 2011 at the home of Lois Jean-Louis in Jeanerette, Louisiana. Mrs. Jean-Louis  suffered a stroke several years ago, and gets by with very limited mobility as a result. She has faced many challenges in recent years, but tells us she feels fortunate to have made [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rtacadiana.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2691853&amp;post=316&amp;subd=rtacadiana&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lead-Safe</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 23:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rebuilding Together Acadiana is now officially lead-safe! The RTA staff and our AmeriCorps members went through an 8 hour training this week to become lead-safe certified renovators in order to ensure the safety and well-being of our volunteers and the homeowners we help. RTA is dedicated to using lead-safe practices in order to work towards [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rtacadiana.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2691853&amp;post=295&amp;subd=rtacadiana&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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