How-to Jump-In & Help Locally: Sandy Relief Efforts

I am so thankful people all across the World want to help those desperately in need after Super Storm Sandy and even more-so now that the cold set-in with Athena last night.  Frustrations over energy shortages of all kinds are making the days more and more of a struggle for those who were already laid very low.  Today, a dear friend asked me to post about helping out if you were local!  He has quietly been going into hard-hit areas with less than a handful of people and doing some amazingly good deeds.  The accounts he has written about have been both bone chilling and tear jerking.  His penmanship, thankfully, has drawn interest.  In response to the mighty, mighty pen... here is how you can help if you live in the NYC area and would like to roll-up your sleeves and exercise both your back and heart! 

• Rockaway Relief  is busing people from downtown Manhattan out to the Rockaways, as posted on their EventBrite site:

We’re not a non-profit or charity organization. We are local New Yorkers working in tech, design, fashion, restaurant and hospitality industries who want to empower others like us to help our neighbors when they need it most.

We will be working with the team at Rockaway Beach Surf Club on 87th Street who have assembled a community-run volunteer, donation and outreach command center to help clean out buildings, repair homes and deliver food, supplies, clothing and medicine to people in need.  

• Food Bank for NYC still has 25 spots open for tomorrow's Sandy Disaster Relief in Staten Island
  
• Hands On is requesting for Sandy Relief in Jersey City tomorrow and also has a zipcode search capability to find volunteer opportunities.

• If you would like to do more research and find your own opportunity today, tomorrow or for a lifetime, NVOAD (National Volunteer Organizations After Disaster) has specific state-by-state volunteer opportunities for Sandy Relief Efforts
  

 Thank you all for visiting this simple blog and sharing your generosity with those who are in need!

HTH!