Pre-Spike

Were going to New Orleans!!!!!!!!! For our spike reveal, Colleen had us go on a scavenger hunt around 9H. We each had a different area to go to and find a letter....when we put all the letters together it spelled out "Helping Hands". Then she gave us all a few puzzle pieces and without talking we had to put the pieces together to make a picture.....it ended up being Bourbon Street!!!! After we figured out that we were going to New Orleans and calmed down a little....Colleen told us about our spike details. We are living in Marrero which is only about a 10 minute drive from downtown New Orleans and Bourbon Street! They said that we would be living in a small cottage. We are working with Catholic Charities of New Orleans and Operation Helping Hands. What OHH does is help those that are elderly and dissabled rebuild their homes after hurricane Katrina.
The week leading up to our departure was crazy busy. We had to put together all of our information about New Orleans in a Power Point Presentation and present it to the Director! It was intense and very nerve-racking, but we got it done and even got a compliment on it! Once the director's briefing was over, it was pretty much smooth sailing and planning for the rest of the week!