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Public Employee Press
Displaced New
Orleans family says thanks A
prominent New Orleans couple uprooted by the Hurricane Katrina tragedy visited
DC 37 to thank the union for its support. On Sept. 7, Charles E. Hamilton
Jr. and Patricia Wade Hamilton poignantly described how they had to leave their
suburban home without any possessions after their house was flooded with 10 feet
of water last year. They stayed with relatives in Houston. Mr. Hamilton
is the president of the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club in New Orleans. The
group is a leading organizer of the annual Mardi Gras celebration. Mrs.
Hamilton is the sister-in-law of Onita J. Wade, a manager at the DC 37 Health
and Security Fund. DC 37 helped Wade collect and send relief items to the Hamiltons
and other family members, including their recently born granddaughter, who also
went to Texas. The Hamiltons were in New York in September because Mr.
Hamilton was the grand marshal of the annual West Indian American Day Carnival.
As a gesture of appreciation for DC 37s support, Mr. Hamilton presented
the union with a plaque from New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin that honored DC 37
Executive Director Lillian Roberts. | |