Piano Delivery

With all the relief efforts and aid that was needed in communities affected by Hurricane Katrina, Central New Yorker, Norm Andrzejewski, a former New Orleans resident couldn't sit on the sidelines.
Founding Operation Southern Comfort, Andrzejewski travelled down to the Gulf Coast 19 times,helping to rebuild homes in Mississippi and Louisiana. One his most important deliveries was a collection of 13 pianos bought from a Syracuse music store that was closing.
Hauling the large shipment down to high schools and churches in county-sized St. Bernard Parish, where only one piano in the school district survived the flooding, was a worthwhile endeavour.
Flood waters cut off access to life's necessities for residents for quite some time after the hurricane, and with several big chain stores gone, the arrival of the pianos seemed like a luxury.
"I was on the delivery for the last six pianos and I was able to meet the principals, music teachers and kids," say Andrzejewski. "I had the honour to hear the teachers play and the kids sing and it was just beautiful."
Wonderful how the things that seem less important can have such a wonderful impact on people's lives.