At the airport, Sept. 5, before taking
off for New Orleans. From left, standing, Sue Bailey (JHBMC), Lou
Ann Rau (JHHCG), Lauren Baker (JHH/Wilmer), Amy Herbert (HCGH),
Jennifer Roos (HCGH), Michelle Whitfield (JHH), Paula Murphy (JHH),
Donna Hawley (BMC), Mitch Brittain (BMC). Sitting, Mike Millin (JHH),
Maggie Neely (JHHCG), Sherry Holland (HCGH). Not pictured: Steve
Sisson (JHH). |
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When
the Saints Came Marching In
A team of 13 joined Maryland emergency
workers to aid a Katrina-ravaged community
The soulful sounds of Ray Charles’ “Georgia On My
Mind” filled a ramshackle, makeshift clinic in West Jefferson,
La. Before Hurricane Katrina hit, this building housed an elementary
school. Now it’s a walk-in health clinic. An accomplished
jazz pianist from New Orleans’ storied French Quarter, now
homeless, sang and played on an abandoned upright.
Suddenly the tempo picked up. Patients and volunteers at the
site couldn’t restrain themselves. They tapped, they clapped,
they burst into song as the musician belted out “Hallelujah,
I Love Her So.”
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