Brad
Pitt's Pink Homes For Hurricane Victims
3/24/08
Brad Pitt has helped build a better future for the residents of New
Orleans, Louisiana who were left homeless by Hurricane Katrina - by
providing the city's poorest with 150 pink-painted houses.
The Fight Club star vowed to help the thousands of families left
stranded without shelter after the catastrophe shook the city in 2005.
The Hollywood hunk fell in love with New Orleans - dubbed The Big Easy
for its laidback atmosphere - after he worked on new movie The Curious
Case Of Benjamin Button there. He subsequently bought a family home in the
city for him, his wife Angelina Jolie and their brood of children.
And the 44-year-old states he chose the vibrant color to signify the
city's glimmering future - after raising $10 million for the project as
part of his Make It Right Scheme to rebuild the city.
He says, "The heart and soul of New Orleans are paramount to this
project."