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Mrs. Laura Bush embraces two students Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, as she meets and speaks with members of the Gorenflo Elementary School first grade class in their temporary portable classroom at the Beauvoir Elementary School in Biloxi, Miss. The students, whose school was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, are sharing the facilities of the Beauvoir school until their school’s renovations are complete. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush embraces two students Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, as she meets and speaks with members of the Gorenflo Elementary School first grade class in their temporary portable classroom at the Beauvoir Elementary School in Biloxi, Miss. The students, whose school was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, are sharing the facilities of the Beauvoir school until their school’s renovations are complete. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush receives a farewell hug from a young child at a Boys & Girls Club program Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007 at the D’Iberville Elementary School in D’Iberville, Miss. White House photo by Shealah Craighead Mrs. Laura Bush participates in a discussion with children in a Boys & Girls Club program Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007 at the D’Iberville Elementary School in D’Iberville, Miss. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush participates in a discussion with school and local officials Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007 at the D’Iberville Elementary School in D’Iberville, Miss., about the continued progress of the children and the community in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. White House photo by Shealah Craighead Mrs. Laura Bush poses for a photo Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007 with children at the D’Iberville Elementary School in D’Iberville, Miss. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush talks with Mayor Connie Moran during a tour of Katrina Cottages, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007 in Ocean Springs, Miss., the quaint, colorful and quickly built cottages for post-Katrina living. White House photo by Shealah Craighead Mrs. Laura Bush meets with teenagers and staff during a lunch and roundtable discussion at the Cafe Reconcile, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007, in New Orleans, Louisiana, a program offering teens life skills and a working education to help them successfully enter the workforce and become productive adults. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush joins in a musical number playing a drum with children at the Louisiana Children’s Museum in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007, during her visit to see the rebuilding progress in the Gulf Coast region. The museum, closed nearly a year following the 2005 hurricanes, is working to address the needs of young children and families seeking a safe and nurturing environment. White House photo by Shealah Craighead Mrs. Laura Bush participates in an interview Wednesday, May 3, 2006 in Biloxi, Miss., with Steve Hartman of CBS News, and 11 year-old Kelsie Buckley, founder of Kelsie’s Books, a non-profit foundation which focuses on helping libraries receive money for large print books for low-vision students. Kelsie has raised nearly $79,000 through her efforts to help libraries in the Gulf Coast region devastated by Hurricane Katrina. White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt
Mrs. Laura Bush and U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings meet with school officials to talk about the The Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries' Gulf Coast Library Recovery Initiative grant announcement at the St. Bernard Unified School Wednesday, May 3, 2006 in Chalmette, La. White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt Mrs. Laura Bush embraces two students Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, as she meets and speaks with members of the Gorenflo Elementary School first grade class in their temporary portable classroom at the Beauvoir Elementary School in Biloxi, Miss. The students, whose school was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, are sharing the facilities of the Beauvoir school until their school’s renovations are complete. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Laura Bush attends a ribbon cutting ceremony with football star Brett Favre and his wife, Deanna, left, Secretary Margaret Spelling, center, Darell Hammond, Associate Director, USA Fredom Corps, right, and student of Hancock North Central Elementary Shool at the Kaboom Playground, built at the Hancock North Central Elementary School in Kiln, Ms., Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2006, during a visit to the area ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Laura Bush visits with a young boy displaced by Hurricane Katrina in the Cajundome at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette, La., Friday, Sept. 2, 2005.
Laura Bush visits with people affected by Hurricane Katrina in the Cajundome at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette, La., Friday, Sept. 2, 2005. First Lady Laura Bush gets an update on the situation of efforts to help people in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina during a visit of Red Cross headquarters with President George W. Bush on Sunday September 4, 2005.
Laura Bush meets with people while visiting a clothing distribution site at the Biloxi Community Center, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005 in Biloxi, Miss., where she also interviewed with the television program, ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. White House photo by Krisanne Johnson

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Gulf Coast Rebuilding Photo Essay: Part 2