This short video was filmed in summer 2008 in New Orleans for the Bureau of International Information Programs at the U.S. Department of State. The piece was part of a series designed to show what Americans do with their leisure time. In this case, hundreds of volunteers used their vacations to spend a week in New Orleans helping to build homes for Hurricane Katrina survivors. Still one of our favorites after all this time, this video was shot pre-HD, but we think it holds up pretty well!