West Seattle's Hope Lutheran Church at 4456 42nd Ave. SW will be the host for the Total Experience Gospel Choir on Sunday, April 18 in a fundraising effort for Seattle area students and adult chaperones who will travel to New Orleans on June 27, 2010 to work as Hurricane Katrina volunteers out of Camp Restore.

Prior to the performance a Gumbo & Jambalaya lunch will be presented at noon with the choir performing at 1:30 PM.
This is a free event but a free will donation is appreciated.

The students and adults will go to Camp Restore (volunteer housing center) in the Gentilly area of New Orleans, and funds raised will help defray travel and housing expenses.

Total Experience Gospel Choir, led has been involved in Hurricane Katrina restoration efforts in New Orleans and the Gulf South, both through local benefit performances, and performances and volunteer work for Hurricane Katrina survivors throughout the Gulf South.

Pastor Patrinell Staten Wright started the group as a gospel music class at Seattle's Franklin High School in 1973. Since then the choir has grown to become a nationally and internationally known gospel singing group.

For more photos and information, go to: www.totalexperiencegospelchoir.org.

Hope Lutheran Church provides an annual mission work opportunity for area high school students, led by DCEJeff Kranich. This will be Hope Lutheran's 2nd year of involvement with Camp Restore in New Orleans. More than 20 students and chaperones volunteered through Hope and Camp Restore in 2009, and a group of 21 volunteers will travel to Camp Restore on June 28, 2010.

For more information, go to: www.hopeseattle.org or contact Jeff Kranich (206) 937-9330 or jkranich@hopseattle.org