Just act natural!

This was a very different sort of week for us at "The Village". When Presbyterian Disaster Assistance owned the camp, it was called Olive Tree Village.
Now that the camp is owned by Project Homecoming, it is simply called The Village.

In order to promote volunteerism, Project Homecoming was filming around the camp in the morning and on a couple of the job sites. We were told to wear our new white T-shirts and to "just act natural!"

It seemed like the perfect opportunity for a few group shots...

of PEOPLE Jake, not teeth!

Team Frank with Julie, Nicole, Ray and Georgie

"Team Testosterone", Jake, Doug, Cory and Chadd

Team Tom with Sam, Joanie and Anthony

The entire Katrina 15 Krewe!

The camera crew is off to film on one of the worksites!

Nicole listening intently to the wisdom of Ray?

No wonder Team Frank is getting so much done.

He has lots of help!

Ms. Elvira likes the room that Frank and Julie finished with a little help from Tony.

George and Nicole are lounging on their nicely finished master bedroom floor!

Meanwhile over on Duels......

Anthony scaled new heights to get into his job while Sam stayed firmly planted on the ground.

and Joanie climbed up right along side Tony to tackle another job.

Tom, always the animal lover,

took a moment to decide......

if he really needed another pet.

Enough work for one day. Time to go find Team Testosterone and head for the Second Line!

More on that very soon!

Getting into the groove

Tuesday dawned way too early for those of us with more than one chore on the morning chart. We dove right in and knocked them out and headed to the job sites. Today we will take a look at Team Frank who is working on the house owned by Ms. Elvira.

It's a nice brick house that took 6 feet of water during the storm.

Ms. Elvira is a very sweet woman with lots of wonderful stories and has tremendous faith that helped her survive the ordeal she went through during Hurricane Katrina.

Inside there is a lot of work to be done on the second floor.

The master bedroom is ready for the new bamboo floors.

Julie and Nicole begin laying the floor while Frank and George finish painting the ceilings.

After a few detailed instructions from our site manager Thomas, the teams are redivided.

George joins Nicole to work on the master bedroom

She really is getting into the swing of things.

The smaller front bedroom is also ready for bamboo.

Frank and Julie team up to tackle that room....

While Ray keeps busy cutting boards for both rooms.

Even the ladies wanted to help, but mostly...

They just hung out with Pdah on Team Mischief. 

They spend lots of time supervising.

By the end of the work day...

Both rooms are half complete.

Pdah was happy to be back in his special seat.

and anxious for George to get him back to camp.

We still can't figure out how Z-X got so dirty when the only thing she was up to all day was a bit of mischief.

Wednesday was a very busy day, more to come...

Camp at last!

We all arrived safely at camp on Sunday,

some a bit later than others.

Upon our arrival we noticed a few things had changed...

The lunch prep room has been given a sprucing up...

even the chore chart has been moved.

the kitchen has added a pass through window,

some cabinets and a little color as well.

Now you can see the little worker bees in action.

There's a nice new TV in the common room...

and more color on the walls.

We began our week with a brief orientation and 

received our work assignments.

Team Tom headed to their house on Duels

for a bit of exterior work.

Joan always puts her best foot forward when working

And the new Project Homecoming spokeswomen are...

Tom gives Nicole a few brief instructions...

and she is soon working that saw!

The ladies are up to their chins in paint and caulk.

Time to powder some noses.

Tom is so thrilled about the brand new saw that he gives

it a salute and Tony just can't stop smiling!

Meanwhile, Team Frank enjoyed a little

lunch break at the taco truck

before beginning dinner prep

Many hand make light work.

and a little cancan just keeps the mood light!

Stay tuned for Team Frank at work, Second line in Jackson Square and find out what exactly team testosterone is up to