Our heavy equipment has arrived! Persevere now has a borrowed backhoe and a bulldozer assisting in the Katrina Relief effort. The equipment was shipped down from NH with the help of Hands On Disaster Response (formerly Hands On USA).
The equipment's first order of business will be to assist Kaboom and the Hands on Network prepare
This heavy equipment sets Persevere apart from most relief groups who do not have this type of machinery at their disposal.
The machines come with high maintenance and fuel costs. Donations to help defray the cost of maintaining the machine are much appreciated.
Over the next year the Persevere backhoe and bulldozer will be involved with many types of projects including:
Clearing land for rebuilding
Demolition
Stump removal
Grading lots
Linking water and sewer lines to new and existing homes
Playground construction
These machines will provide residents with services that would normally run them bills for hundreds of dollars - free of charge
check out our photogallery to see the machines in action:
http://community.webshots.com/user/PersevereDisasterRelief
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