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Rabbi Steven Lowenstein of Am Shalom synagogue in Glencoe, Ill. gives Patti Vile, 65, a picture frame made with debris from Hurricane Katrina while fellow "voluntourist" Barbara Blinderman, 74, and driver Paul Rogers, 55, watch at the Tulane University Hillel chapter house on the school's campus in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana on March 12, 2008. The group of "voluntourists" from Glencoe, Illinois is traveling to New Orleans to combine traditional tourism with volunteer work in the aftermath of the devastation wrought by Hurrica Katrina in 2005.
© Amanda Rivkin / Sun-Times News Group