Kelly O'Meara from Oak Park, IL points out the high water mark just under the window at the house where they are working. An unbelievable 31 feet of water swept through Cedar Rapids in 2008, leaving 1 in 5 people homeless.
It was an eye-opening and productive day one for our groups from Burlington and the windy city. They got a quick visual tour of the devastation and the mountain of work yet to climb for our community to make a full recovery. The Chicago group spent the day putting in a privacy fence on 10th Street in NW Cedar Rapids while the group from Burlington worked on a porch, some landscaping, and cleaned out a basement to paint later this week. Check out more photos by clicking the slide show in the upper right hand corner of this blog.
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