'You're doing your best for others'

SLIDELL, La. – In his past few weeks in Slidell, La., John Kirkpatrick of Champaign has learned how to jack up a travel trailer on cinder blocks, level it off and hook up the plumbing.

Thanks to the hard work of Kirkpatrick and other volunteers, a woman named Zelda now has decent living space.

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