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Volunteer Housing

Rebuild 1000 volunteers spend their work week at a volunteer housing facility. Volunteer housing facilities were established in response to Hurricanes Rita and Katrina to meet the needs of large groups of volunteers that travel to the area to help the recovery effort, utilizing them allows Rebuilding Together to focus the majority of financial support on building materials and other project costs. It is important to remember that volunteer housing facilities are meant to provide basic accommodations for volunteers and are not a hotel or motel. Most facilities are converted churches, schools or community halls.

Depending on the size of the facility, some can hold 40 to 200 volunteers at a time. Volunteers should expect to sleep on cots or in bunk beds in large rooms that are divided by gender. Volunteers should bring their own sleeping bags, or sheets, blanket, and pillow. All volunteer housing facilities have individual shower stalls with hot water and separate bathrooms for men and women. It is advisable for volunteers to bring shower shoes (flip-flops). Meals are provided for volunteers at the volunteer housing facility. Depending on the location, there is usually a staff that will cook two hot meals a day and a bagged lunch for the work site. Some locations require the volunteers to participate in the cooking of the meals for the week. Groups should inform the housing facility if they plan to go out to a restaurant for dinner so that they can plan for the appropriate number of volunteers.

Frequently Used Volunteer Facilities

    Acadiana, LA
  • First United Methodist of New Iberia Ministry Center

    Calcasieu, LA
  • SWLA Volunteer Housing Center
  • McNeese State University

    New Orleans, LA
  • Camp Hope

    Gulf Coast, MS
  • Lagniappe Presbyterian Church, Bay St. Louis
  • Camp Coast Care, Long Beach
  • Yankie Stadium, Biloxi
  • Project Hope& Compassion, Lizana Gulfport
  • Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, Orange Grove
  • Our Lady of Fatima, Biloxi