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NOV 30th, 2012 UPDATE
WOW. In a little over two weeks, we've raised over $5,000 and I
wanted to let you know what kind of impact we've been able to have so far.
In the first week, we were able to give $1,000 in cleaning
supplies and tools to the volunteers based out of 192 Ebbitts Street
and $2,000 in cleaning supplies, tools, and much-needed long range
walkie talkies to the Brown Cross volunteers (as in the Red Cross
that's willing to get dirty) based out of Marine Way and Hett.
We gave $500 through Salem Church to a U.S. Army veteran Andrew
Carro and his family, whose home in the Oakwood Beach Neighborhood was destroyed.
We we're able to load up a van time and time again and drive
through New Dorp Beach giving out a total of $500 in cleaning supplies
(work gloves, contractor bags, bleach, paper towels, brooms, mops and
masks) to residents we found trying to clean out their homes.
And tonight (11.30.12), we made a $500 donation to GUYON RESCUE
(http://www.guyonrescue.org) who continues to be on the ground doing
great work Oakwood Beach 8 AM to midnight, 7 days a week.
Keep spreading the word. It means so much to the people of
Staten Island to know that across the country, people care about them
and want to help.
The needs are constantly changing here - and last night at the
Town Hall Meeting at New Dorp High School, it was painfully obvious
that literally thousands have been left homeless, on the brink, living
in their cars and damaged homes. It's also becoming clear that FEMA,
the Red Cross, and local officials are not doing enough to get these
people the kind of help that they need NOW.
NOVEMBER 15th, 2012
I have been volunteering in the New Dorp Beach and Midland Beach
neighborhoods in Staten Island for the past week. These neighborhoods
have been hit really hard by Sandy but the residents and volunteers
who are trying to put the pieces back together are truly
inspirational. I am starting this Fundrazr campaign to get these
people what they need ASAP.
For the past week I've been driving van loads of supplies
(thanks to Occupy Sandy) into these neighborhoods. I drive block to
block and when I see someone cleaning up their house, I stop and ask
if they need water, work gloves, contractor bags, dust masks, food,
personal care items, blankets, flashlights, brooms, mops, bleach.....
These residents have very little at this point and they are so
appreciative of the volunteers who come to their neighborhood to help.
I’ve heard a lot of people say, “Well FEMA’s not here, the Red Cross
isn’t here, but you volunteers are a Godsend”.
They don’t have the time or energy right now to get angry. The
just keep moving forward with what they have to do. Most residents
there have lost everything in their basement and on the first level of
their homes (some have lost their homes entirely), they have been
without power or heat or showers for two weeks now. I've been really
humbled by the whole experience and I’m really inspired to do more.
In addition to volunteers like me who drive or walk through the
neighborhoods, hundreds of volunteers have been there over the past
two weeks to help residents clean their houses. They work in dark
basements, they rip out wet carpeting, flooring, and sheet rock, they
move appliances and furniture out onto the streets, they clean walls
and floors, and they bag everything up for trash removal.
Coordinating these volunteers are some pretty incredible native
Staten Islanders. I’ve met Taylor and Tina who are outside the
donation center at 192 Ebbitts Street every day. I’ve met Frank,
Danny, Daniel, Mike, Rev. Steve and Sister Melissa who are doing the
same thing three blocks down at the intersection of Marine Way and
Hett Avenue. They keep a running list of houses that need work and
then send teams of volunteers out to those houses to help clean them
up. Because of their efforts, nearly 500 houses have been gutted and
cleaned and over 35,000 meals have been served since Sandy hit a
little over two weeks ago.
But here’s the problem: EVERYONE IS RUNNING SERIOUSLY LOW ON
SUPPLIES THAT ARE NEEDED RIGHT NOW. The needs of these neighborhoods
will certainly continue to change but right now this is what we need
most:
Work gloves, contractor bags, bleach, ZEP Mold and Mildew
Remover, respirators, dust masks, safety goggles, flashlights,
batteries, push brooms, mops, shovels, buckets, crow bars and hammers.
So I’m reaching out to you to help right now. Each day I’ll
spend what is raised on the supplies that are needed most out there
and I’ll bring them to these volunteer coordinators and will drive
them house to house to residents. I’ll do my best to take photos and
shoot video so you can see what kind of effect you are having. I can’t
thank you enough for reading this and pitching in what you can. Every
little bit will help .
I'll be posting photos, videos and updates here:
http://www.facebook.com/BuySuppliesForStatenIslandNow
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