If, like me, you are feeling blessed and grateful that you made it through the storm last week unscathed, here are just a few websites to find opportunities to volunteer your time and resources to help those less who were less fortunate.
- Recovers.org – linking those in need with thosee who can help. (Staten Island, Astoria, Red Hook and the Lower East Side)
- #sandyvolunteer – twitter feed for recovery need
- Red Cross -They are seeking medically credentialed volunteers to support NYC Shelters. If you’d like to volunteer, Email HealthServices@nyredcross.org. Other interested shelter volunteers can register here. To donate $, visit www.redcross.org, call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.
- Here’s a list of shelters and Food and water distribution sites in NYC. Share them with those in need.
- NYC Service – Lots of volunteer opportunities posted at this site.
- New York Cares – Register and find opportunities to help
- Village Voice has a list of restaurants donating proceeds to sandy Relief, as well as multiple opportunities to donate and volunteer
- Occupy Sandy – The Wall Street group has regrouped for service. Interactive map for volunteer locations and need.
- Hudson River Park – clean up planned Nov 10.
- Van Cortland Park Clean Up Nov 9
- Report downed trees here or call 311.
Add additional volunteer opportunities in the comments section. And pass it on.
great resources! and YAY for red cross!
do you know anything about support for (what i think are) outlying areas? i do not have much sense of NY geography; but one of my dear college friends is frantic about island park, where she grew up, which apparently had a huge amount of damage.
kathy – I don’t know. Perhaps try Red Cross?
Thanks for links. Thought you’d like to know even in faraway Portland, Oregon, my co-op grocery will donate 10% of one day’s take to Sandy relief. As we discovered last night we definitely are ONE country mostly united.
Naomi –
That’s so wonderful! Thanks for sharing it.
Peggy