Galliano resident Donna Lee, who was living in a camper at a RV park, and has been living in a tent for the past two months, finally has something to smile about.
Hurricane Ida ripped apart her camper and sent much of it in a pond behind the RV park. Donna spent the first few days after the storm wandering from place to place staying with friends. When she made her way back to the park she found that her home was completely destroyed.
“When I got back I found my sofa frame and put some plywood on top of it. I put it under the frame of the camper, wrapped some tarp around it and slept there for a week. I eventually received help from Catholic Charities through Sacred Heart Church in Cut Off. They supplied me with a tent to live in until I could get something better.”
Through the coalition of local businesses and industry organizations led by the Terrebonne Economic Development Foundation (TEDF) and assistance from Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux a used travel trailer was donated to Lee. On hand to deliver the trailer was Matt Rookard, CEO of TEDF.