Rooms for Revitalization Program Announces Partnership With Volunteers of
America, Catholic Charities and the Katrina Krewe
NEW ORLEANS, May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- This month during a visit to the
areas of New Orleans affected by Hurricane Katrina, President Bush strongly
urged fellow Americans to visit and volunteer. In response to this call for
volunteers and to help support the rebuilding effort, New Orleans Fine
Hotels has launched Rooms for Revitalization, a program that provides
donated and discounted hotel rooms to volunteer organizations and
individuals volunteering in the Crescent City this summer.
To launch the program, New Orleans Fine Hotels (NOFH) has donated a
total of more than 13,000 room nights -- 75 rooms per night to Volunteers
of America and 25 rooms per night to Catholic Charities from May 15th
through September 30th. NOFH will also provide 75 complimentary rooms each
month surrounding the Katrina Krewe's summer clean-ups to help accommodate
visiting volunteers.
"One of the biggest hurdles Volunteers of America faces when recruiting
volunteers is finding them affordable places to stay," says Jim LeBlanc,
president and CEO of Volunteers of America Greater New Orleans. "These
hotel rooms will be invaluable to recruiting volunteers to support the
rebuilding process in New Orleans and we thank New Orleans Fine Hotels for
its generous support."
"Complimentary accommodations will attract volunteers from surrounding
communities and from across the country to assist with our monthly
clean-ups," says Becky Zaheri with the Katrina Krewe. "We need all of the
volunteers we can get to keep New Orleans clean as the city rebuilds."
As part of the Rooms for Revitalization program, any group or
individual who wants to visit New Orleans this summer and plans to
volunteer while they are in town will receive their third night free of
charge. Offers are also customizable to accommodate different lengths of
stay, for example, book five nights and receive two nights free. These
offers are subject to availability.
Patrick Quinn, owner of New Orleans Fine Hotels, says, "As part of the
Rooms for Revitalization program, New Orleans Fine Hotels will help make
individual volunteers aware of the volunteer opportunities that are
available and will connect them with the charities of their choice."
New Orleans Fine Hotels has been actively involved in the rebuilding of
the city with projects such as the Clean Krewe. NOFH also provided
thousands of rooms to displaced residents in the FEMA Hotel Housing Plan
and developed the Canal Street Parade Preservation Alliance.
"With more than 1,550 hotel rooms at our nine properties in the French
Quarter and Central Business District, New Orleans Fine Hotels is happy to
help foster volunteerism this summer by making the trip more affordable for
our dedicated volunteers," says Quinn. "Rooms for Revitalization is our way
of saying thank you to the people we couldn't rebuild without."
How to Register
If you are interested in registering to secure a complimentary room
through the partnership with Volunteers of America of Greater New Orleans,
please contact Cathie Peterman at (504) 483-3557 or visit the website at
http://www.gnodrpvc.com (website will be active by May 15th).
If you are volunteering with Catholic Charities of New Orleans, please
contact Susan Lackey at (504) 310-6960 or visit http://www.ccano.org .
For more information about Rooms for Revitalization, or if you are
volunteering with the Katrina Krewe, please visit
http://www.NewOrleansFineHotels.com .
New Orleans Fine Hotels is a collection of nine unique hotels located
in the most historic areas of New Orleans and managed by Decatur Hotels,
LLC.
SOURCE New Orleans Fine Hotels
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Related links:
http://www.NewOrleansFineHotels.com
http://www.gnodrpvc.com http://www.ccano.org
CONTACT:
Libby Wunsch, +1-504-299-7181, or
libbyw@keatingmagee.com , for New Orleans Fine Hotels
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