One time I carried 4 cans of dearly purchased paint from downtown out to the lower 9th

My friend Jenna is (was ?( working down in NOLA for the summer:
http://toneworleans.blogspot.com/2009/07/weekend-with-my-favorite-people-son.html?showComment=1249549027965#c6889451135200661167

This part about the can of paint brings tears for me.  This is just how it was when I was down there: so many good people working so hard with so few resources apart from the volunteers themselves.  The world is full of people of amazing generosity and love but it's sometimes so hard to see.  I really believe we need to propagate volunteerism the world over: people are helping other people so much more efficiently and effectively without the impossible cargo of governmental bureaucracy.