The Gulf Coast is still in need of volunteers since the 2005 hurricane season. The following resources will help you plan a volunteer trip to the area. Check out our congregation grants, partner organizations information, New Orleans Reform congregations contacts and more.

Union for Reform Judaism congregations have played an important role in helping to rebuild the Gulf Coast region. The following volunteer trip itineraries can be used as a resource in planning your own congregation’s trip:

• Sample Group Volunteer Itinerary (created by Rabbi Sari Laufer)
  Sample Itinerary and Katrina Mission Handbook
  
• Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Baltimore, MD
  Itinerary PDF, E-mail: Rabbi Elissa Sachs-Kohen
  
• Leo Baeck Temple, Los Angeles, CA
  Itinerary PDF, E-mail: Rabbi Leah Lewis
  
• Am Shalom, Glencoe, IL
  Itinerary PDF, E-mail: Patti Vile
  
• URJ Leadership Mission to New Orleans
  Itinerary PDF, E-mail: Naomi Abelson

Volunteer Expeditions
Volunteer Expeditions is a trip-planning service developed to assist Jewish volunteer delegations traveling to New Orleans.

Young Adult (20's and 30's) Gulf Coast Mitzvah Corps, December 21-27, 2008 
Join fellow Reform Jews in their 20's and 30's for an intensive week of volunteering, study and worship. Together we will help rebuild the city of New Orleans post-Katrina. Keep your eyes open for upcoming registration materials.