University of Minnesota- March 16-21

No less than 90 students from the University of Minnesota in Duluth "flooded" Olive Tree the week of their Spring Break. New Orleans rather enjoyed having such a fantastic flood. These students collectively worked on 9 homes, the volunteer village, and a Berean Church in Central City, and contributed over 4,400 hours of labor. With costs of labor being valued at $18/hour in New Orleans, this one team of students gave New Orleans homeowners a gift of $79,380.00.

One might say that the size of their hearts was even bigger than the size of their group. That is proven when you consider how difficult it is to do simple things like sleep, eat, and shower when the volunteer village is at capacity.