St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church

RHINO in the News

"Rebuilding Hope offers timely lesson in giving"

Published: December 19, 2011

This holiday week is all about giving -- but giving, as UNO film student Ivonne Kubitza has discovered, is often more tangible when the gifts are intangible.

In "Rebuilding Hope," Kubitza interviews director Avery Strada and volunteers at the St. Charles Ave Presbyterian Church's RHINO (Rebuilding Hope in New Orleans) program.

Read the full article and watch the video here.

"RHINO garners national award"

By Bruce Nolan

Published: Saturday, August 07, 2010

St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church's Hurricane Katrina rebuilding program, which has hosted more than 4,000 volunteers to gut, repair or build scores of homes around New Orleans, has been cited by its national denomination, the Presbyterian Church USA.

The church's Project RHINO, for Rebuilding Hope in New Orleans, was among six national ministries singled out for excellence at the denomination's General Assembly in Minneapolis. Read the full article.

"A party amid lingering pain"

By Eric Fredrick

Published: Sunday, Febuary 07, 2010

NEW ORLEANS -- As the Saints get ready today for America's biggest party and the world focuses on Haiti, it's easy to forget that New Orleans is only four and a half years removed from the greatest natural disaster in U.S. history.

But this city, while healing, still hurts.

In areas east of downtown, it's still difficult to avoid the X that is painted on many houses. The mark was left by the first humans who entered those homes after Hurricane Katrina and who recorded a few cold facts with a can of spray paint - including how many people had died inside. Read the full article.

"New homes rebuild hope for two families in N.O."

By Darren Simon

Published: Monday, March 31, 2008

Carolyn Horne cried when she walked into her new three-bedroom, two-bath, camelback-style home. In another camelback next door, Jenika Sly took a deep breath and smiled.

The two neighbors on Ferry Place, a one-way street in the Leonidas/West Carrollton neighborhood, took another step toward homeownership during a dedication ceremony Sunday. New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity and Rebuilding Hope in New Orleans, an outreach ministry of St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church and its partners, welcomed the families into their new homes. The two camelback homes are part of a larger plan to build 14 houses on Ferry Place. Read the full article.