Several members of the New Orleans Saints grouped up to help a local disabled man improve his home, per Josh Katzenstein of the Times-Picayune. Saints players and team employees worked alongside volunteers from Rebuilding Together New Orleans to install a wheelchair ramp and other improvements to the home of Jerry Hills, a New Orleans resident in its St. Roch neighborhood who lost a leg. By the time their work was finished, his home was ADA compliant after years of struggling.

“I never touched a power drill in my life, but I’m out here today doing it. Just doing it for somebody else that’s in need, it just brings a whole different special feeling to it,” said nose tackle Taylor Stallworth to Doug Mouton of WWL-TV. Stallworth was one of a dozen Saints players on hand including Cameron Jordan, Marcus Davenport, Michael Thomas, Keith Kirkwood, David Onyemata, Darnell Sankey, Zach Line, and Zach Wood.

The Saints players were joined by members of the Dudley Debosier law firm, and the event organizers from Rebuilding Together New Orleans were thankful for the help.

“The only way that we get our work done is through volunteers,” said one volunteer, “and we have about 1,000 volunteers a year support us, but we need partners like Dudley Debosier and the Saints to come out, bring their team, bring their resources.”

Another volunteer added, “There’s a lot of people that want to help, they don’t know that an organization like this exists. Doing something like this, not only helps one house, but it helps them get volunteers for other projects and that’s a good thing.”

Wide receiver Keith Kirkwood was also grateful for the opportunity to help someone in need: “It’s a beautiful feeling inside to know you can help somebody any moment, given that we’re always busy, we’re professional athletes so there’s always something that’s on our agenda, but to stop here (and) come in the community to help somebody is huge.”