About My Experience With Carl Neuenhaus
During my field trip with my mentor, we visited Volunteers of America of Greater New Orleans, F. H. Myers Construction Corporation, and Lamarque Ford.
At Volunteers of America of Greater New Orleans, they are a non-profit business that helps out people in need; such as distressed victims of natural disaters like Hurrican Katrina, others who are mentally or physically disabled, and people who are recovering addicts. They have many employees who are paid, and plenty more who are volunteers. They make money by donations and a little money comes from the government; however, the money that the government provides them with is not even close to how much they need in order to ensure comfortable alternatives to the things they most need. What surprised me most about the business was the fact that they are able to keep rolling in this economy. And to help others as much as they do, I mean WOW! We met with the President/CEO James M. LeBlanc. He was kindhearted and very nice. Two pieces of advice that he left us with is be thankful for what we do have, and never take anything/anyone for granted.
At F. H. Myers Construction Corporation we learned so many interesting facts from the President/CEO Fred H. Myers. He explained to us all that he had been through and the many curves that life threw at him. It was interesting to find out how he ended up with a successful company, while he started off where we are today, and a little worse. He showed us pictures of his many accomplishments, such as designing and building the Audubon Zoo entrance. We were astonished by the many things that we had been able to see before that he had been part of, that we would have never guessed he had before meeting him. He was a down-to-earth "real" guy, who was once in our shoes. I think I liked this guy the best! 
The last place we visited was Lamarque Ford. We met with President/CEO Ronnie Lamarque. He gave us all the ins and outs of the "fast lane". He told us of how he started and how he ended up where he is today. He gave us the advice of not to take life for granted. And we even got to see "THE KING'S ROOM" (his office). This place was fun, Ronnie had us laughing the entire time, and he also sang for us!
My favorite part of the whole day, though, was dinner with Carl. Carl brought his wife, who we met for the first time, and it felt like family. We talked, we laughed, we ate, and man did we eat! It was quite an experience and I wish we could do this every semester... I will honestly miss all my times with Carl!
--Lacey 
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