About Persevere

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• Persevere was founded on February 13, 2006.

• Persevere began fulltime operations in June 2006.

• Persevere has responded directly to natural disasters in MS, Fl and AL.

• Persevere's Katrina Relief Project ran from June 6, 2006 - June 30, 2007.

• 100% of all donations made to Persevere go directly into a relief effort.

• Persevere is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit and donations made to Persevere are tax deductible.

• Persevere is staffed by volunteers and no one receives a pay check from Persevere.

• Persevere has hosted nearly 450 volunteers hailing from 30 states and Canada.

• Persevere's Katrina Relief Project Volunteers:

Removed over 1200 hazardous trees.

Contributed over 27,000 hours of service to Katrina Survivors

Saved the community an estimated $708,000 in labor costs.

Provided assistance to or collaborated alongside 40 other organizations helping along the Gulf Coast.

Assisted in the reconstruction of 18 homes.

Built infrastructure at volunteer camps around the Gulf Coast allowing for thousands to successfully volunteer.

Replaced thousands of street signs that were washed/blown away by Katrina.

Helped connect Katrina Survivors to over $60,000 in mini-grants and other resources/assistance for rebuilding.

About the Community We Served in Mississippi following Hurricane Katrina:

• Persevere worked primarily in the coastal communities of Pass Christian, Bay St. Louis and Waveland Mississippi.

• The Eastern eye wall of Katrina, considered the worst part of a Hurricane, traveled directly over this section of Mississippi.

• Katrina’s 37 foot storm surge touched up to 10 miles inland in some places.

• Most of the people in this community lost everything to Katrina.

• As of 4/07 roughly 80% were still living in temporary FEMA trailers or with family and friends.

• Waveland suffered a 90% loss of structures.

• Bay St. Louis lost every municipal building in town.

• "The Isles," a section of Pass Christian, was left with only 23 houses out of the 450 homes pre-storm.

• Persevere worked directly with residents as well as the local and county long term recovery committees of each city.