Habitat for Humanity
Zurich Classic of New Orleans
By Julie Petrovic

Last year in New Orleans, PGA TOUR Wives Association members helped gut a house devastated by Hurricane Katrina. This year, we helped Habitat for Humanity begin building a new house in Musician's Village, a unique group of homes owned 80% by local musicians. The Association, represented by Erin Armour, Megan Beck, Michelle Green, Kristy McLachlin, Sandy Perry, Julie Petrovic, Kristina Putnam and PGA TOUR player Chris Riley, spent the morning building seven interior walls. They were joined by a Habitat staff member and a newly approved home owner, Jerreau Fournett and his wife, who have to put sweat equity into building someone else's home before beginning work on their own. "I feel like this was a full circle event for us," said Julie Petrovic. "Last year we helped tear something down and this year we helped build something up. It was great to be a part of this progress." One might be surprised to see how much progress still needs to be made in a city that made such wonderful strides. There are still vast areas of destruction and a lot of building that needs to be done. Habitat for Humanity has a goal of building 250 new homes in New Orleans this year. They built 35 last year. If you are interested in volunteering, contact volunteer@habitat-nola.org or your local Habitat office.