Greg Kopp and son Joe

IdeaStar Development Manager Greg Kopp and his son Joe recently returned from Slidell, Chalmette and New Orleans, LA where they put their muscles to work in hurricane rehab. They joined 24 others from Cuyahoga Valley Church working through several Baptist churches in the New Orleans area.

Greg and Joe painted a ceiling in one house, emptied the contents of a storm damaged house, worked on new construction at a church, repaired the bathroom floor of one house and tore down an old shed in the same backyard, and dry walled two bedrooms of another house. Whew! We’re tired just thinking about it.

Greg is proud of Joe, 13, who even lead a Bible study group. And how is New Orleans looking as it continues to rebuild from Hurricane Katrina in 2005? “Much better than I expected since it was much worse than I expected last year,”  Greg, who volunteered for Habitat for Humanity last year, said. “Lots of progress in less than a year. Visited the house I worked on. The family finally moved in.”

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