The Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College and the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity, New Orleans City Park, and Levees.Org, announce a joint rebuilding project in New Orleans. The New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity (NOAHH), New Orleans City Park, and Levees.Org are partnering with the Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College for a week-long building project March 16–23. Seven Mount Holyoke alumnae and seven Mount Holyoke student volunteers, all chosen from a competitive applicant pool, will work with staff from NOAHH, New Orleans City Park, and Levees.Org at various construction, park, and city sites in and around New Orleans.  They will be joined by Alumnae Association staff members Maya D’Costa, associate director of campus programs, and Krysia L. Villón, assistant director of clubs and graduate of the Mount Holyoke class of 1996.

The New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity project is the second annual service-oriented travel program sponsored by the Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College through the Janet Tuttle Alumnae and Student Service Travel Program.  In 2007, the group traveled to Costa Rica for a week of home construction with Habitat for Humanity.