Denise Barrett Quotations

We want residents to take the time and refresh the information, if it has changed. People's cell phone numbers tend to change or business phone numbers, and they may have changed jobs.

Many of the Comfort Kits we hand out contain friendly notes from Seattle students that bring smiles and sometimes tears to the faces of Gulf youth. It means a lot to the children to know that others care about them as they continue to process what happened.

So many of the people, organizations and businesses that are helping rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf were themselves victims of the disaster. Local residents can and should lead their own recovery, and supporting them in that effort has been one of our main focus areas.

People have been calling and asking about replanting to replace the trees that were destroyed. They looked at what trees did well and which would hold up better next time.

We want to keep their minds on the Weston businesses, and this would provide them access to locations they are looking for in Weston. Let's keep the spending dollar in Weston and benefit our businesses as well.

Too many youth groups are fighting to keep their doors open at a time when their services are needed more than ever. These grants are meant to help the healers and enable more children to stay engaged in activities - especially during the summer - that keep them learning and playing, which is the best medicine for recovery from this disaster.

We try to strive hard for good communication and this verifies that we are really doing a great job. We are judged by professionals and they consider these top communications efforts.

It was definitely one of our primary communication devices after the hurricane. Many people had no Internet or electricity but had their cell phone or landline working. We would not just use it for anything. It's for emergencies and after emergencies. So please do not disregard it; we do not overuse the system.

It literally takes about 10 minutes. You can specify who do you want to call. If a water main line breaks you don't have to call the entire city. You can call residents within a 2-mile radius of the address.

If you only look at the occupational license, you can't tell what they have and what price range ... even phone numbers change. We don't even tell many of them who we are. We just take a quick look and check the information.

But high school is a better age to absorb what's going on there.