- / N2N / – In preparation for the 5th anniversary of the landfall of Hurricane Katrina, on July 24, nearly 100 volunteers from UPS (NYSE: UPS), the United Way and the St. Bernard Project will help the Treaudo family finally move into a permanent home.

Recognizing that nearly 1,000 families in the Greater New Orleans region are still in FEMA trailers or temporary housing, UPS has partnered with the St. Bernard Project and United Way’s NO Place Like Home campaign to move local families from temporary housing back into their own permanent homes.

In addition to the move-in, volunteers will also work on the construction of three new homes for Katrina-affected families.

Executives and volunteers from UPS, United Way and the St. Bernard Project will be on hand as well as The Treaudo family and other families affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Volunteers will be rebuilding homes, planting and painting. The volunteers will also be helping move displaced families into their new homes.

This isn’t the first time that UPS has aided victims of Hurricane Katrina. The UPS Foundation initially donated $1.25 million toward relief efforts in 2005, but since then UPS has donated a total of more than $2 million and countless volunteer hours to recovery efforts.

Source = Business Wire

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