French Quarter Festivalities

I'm in the midst of two straight weeks of work and service projects, with our first day off this Friday. It's been productive and we've had a blast throughout, but its fairly evident that a break will be welcome, as all of our team . Fortunately, it's all been worth it. Work, as always, is something new every week and something new to learn, and we had a great Independent Service Project (ISP) over the weekend that I volunteered our team for.

This past week was a bit atypical as we worked on Saturday for the Project. Immediately after work on Saturday, the team drove into the city for the French Quarter Festival, where we volunteered. The FQF happens annually, and its a free festival with music, food, artwork, etc... that is staffed almost completely by volunteers. We participated by walking though various sections of the French Quarter and asking folks to take surveys about their time at the festival.

The following day was another day of volunteering for the team - same idea, all of those surveys. The hours were a bit longer and we were able to see the festival during the day which was nice.

We held our final CAP event as well -- Harper and I set up a table with information right in the Chartre Street Mall. We spoke with a ton of people about NCCC, the weather was beautiful, and we were able to enjoy the music and people-watch.

All in all, a great time at the festival, but we were exhausted, and it wasn't long after we got back to Camp Hope that we crashed for the night to gear up for a new week of volunteers. I've realized I love the French Quarter more and more every time I go. Can't wait for Jazz fest! :)