An invitation to join 'rocketsjudoka'- Hurricane Ike repairs

Probably during the day even I imagine.....is there room for some people during the afternoon or perhaps a saturday if those days fall on a saturday.

 

Rhester;

Thanks for your praise but none of this could happen without you and the students and myself appreciate the oppurtunity to come down and help. Plus the students get to escape Minnesota for a week and enjoy the Gulf.

Also lets not forget my secret agenda of converting the students to Whataburger eating Rockets fans.

As rhester noted help would be appreciated, even for a day or an afternoon. I don't know about the housing situation as that is being handled either by Rhester's church and / or the Surfside community.

On the schedule the students are starting work on Monday March 16. I have prior commitments in MN on Tues. March 17 so I won't be in Surfside until the afternoon of Wed. March 18. We have another person supervising the days I'm not there and Rhester plans on being there on Monday the 16th.

If clutchfans are interested in helping but can't come down during the week what might make sense is to come down on Sat. March 21st and work then and or that Sun.. One of the projects we are likely to do is build new beach shelters, palapas, and perhaps we could do a Clutchfans one since various college teams might end up building and branding them with their school logos. At the moment though planning is still being worked out.

Anyone who wants to help and can't make it down then though there are still many ongoing projects in Brazoria County that Rhester's church is working on and I'm sure he would appreciate the help.

 

I'm there for Sat. and Sun. I might have a couple of helpers in tow. I'll have to dust off my toolbelt, and you might want to keep me away from anything that has to stay up, but I'll help however I can.

 

Is there a specific place one could donate $ to aid in this venture. I'll actually be in Houston that weekend, but for a soccer tournament. I'd still like to help in some way...

 

It's good to see you guys doing this for a charitable cause.

Keep us posted!

 

Getty ready to fly back to MN and the cold weather after spending 5 days down at beautiful Surfside beach working on hurricane repairs. It was a great experience and we were lucky to have great weather the whole time. Thanks again to Rhester and his church for organizing things from the Texas side and for all of the great food for the team. Thanks also to weslinder for coming out on Sat. and Sun. to work also.

Speaking of food while this was volunteer work there was more than ample compensation in a couple of great meals of fresh blue crab, gulf shrimp and seafood gumbo. Its been at least two years since I had that much fresh seafood.

For the rest of y'all who still want to help out there is still work to be done down in Surfside and also along the coast. I don't have the contact info on me at the moment but Rhester does otherwise I will post it in the next few days.

Before I forget thanks to the Rockets for the chance for me to watch them beat the Spurs with fellow Rockets' fans!

GO ROX!

 

Good job guys.

 

Way to go rj, rhester, weslinder etc. Even though I have long since left Texas and the gulf coast, I'll always have a warm spot in my heart for Surfside. Many days I spent surfing there as a young 'un. The octagon, the pier, the jetties. Good times.

Is the Purple Cow still around? They used to make an awesome burger and fries.

 

It was a quite enjoyable time. The Surfside folks were really welcoming, provided for us well, and fed us really well. rocketsjudoka is quite the carpenter and kept us amateurs pointed in the right direction. The weather was great, the company was great, and we did a little good. What could be better?

 

Good job, guys.

 

You and the rest of the volunteers brought us that extra bit of luck needed to knock off the Spers in SA!

That area is so badly damaged. I'd like to see it get the same attention, money, and resources that New Orleans and the Post-Katrina Gulf Coast have been getting after too long a wait. Let's not look back and say relief took far too long in the aftermath of Ike. Sure looks like we'll be doing that.

Anyway, a great thing to do, folks.

 

beautiful!

 

Made it back to Minnesota safe and sound after a 4 hour delay in DFW. I don't know what it is about that airport but I have always been delayed there.

Following on Rhester's post regarding the projects the shower for the paraplegic man is still a ways from completion as it requires some expertise that most volunteers don't have, laying tile, plumbing and wiring an exhaust fan. It sounds like there is some of that expertise in the Brazoria County Recovery group.

One of the students emailed me today and said she really enjoyed the experience but is thinking about doing her Master's Thesis project around one of the Ike hit areas. Also while there I gathered some information for the group I volunteer with, Architecture for Humanity http://www.architectureforhumanity.org/, to give some design advice for rebuilding the services building down at the beach and / or an education center they want to build.

 

Thanks but when it comes to actually putting things together I'm as much as an amateur as you are. Most of the time I'm drawing things up and not putting saw to wood.