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#SANDYVOLUNTEER / PLEASE HELP: A Constantly-Updating Catalog of Volunteer Opportunities For Post-Sandy Assistance
NOTE: I will keep working to update this Storify as more pages looking for volunteers to help those affected by Sandy will come up. Please send them my way!
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NYC Public Advocate's Office: Bill de Blasio's office put together a Google Doc getting names.
RT @debbieharry: If you'd like to help with cleanup etc, @billdeblasio's office is collecting names/organizing: bit.ly/volunteer-sandy- UPDATE: I received an e-mail from the Public Advocate's Office on Friday morning with more volunteer information:
Brooklyn
Friday, November 2, 12pm-4pm: Help us go door to door and distribute information to small business owners about filing for federal disaster aid in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Space is limited, please RSVP to [email protected]Friday, November 2, 12 pm-4 pm: Help us go door to door to distribute information to homeowners about filing for federal disaster aid in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn. Space is limited, please RSVP to [email protected]Queens
Friday, November 2 through Sunday, November 4, 10am-8pm: Drop off canned foods, clothes, and cleanup supplies at 8000 Cooper Avenue (the former Borders Bookstore site). For questions about the donation drive, please call Council Member Elizabeth Crowley’s office at 718-366-3900.Friday, November 2 through Sunday, November 4, 10am-8pm: Drop off canned foods, and men’s, women’s and children’s coats, and blankets at 83-91 Woodhaven Boulevard, Woodhaven, NY 11421. For questions about the donation drive, please call Assemblyman Mike Miller’s office at 718-805-0950.Friday, November 2 through Saturday, November 3, 10am-1pm: Click here to volunteer in Brookville Park or Baisley Pond Park with clean-up efforts.Friday, November 2, 12pm-4pm: Help us go door to door and distribute information to small business owners about filing for federal disaster aid in Jamaica, Queens. Meet at the office of Councilman Ruben Wills, 95-26 Sutphin Boulevard in Jamaica. Space is limited, please RSVP to[email protected]Manhattan
Friday, November 2 through Sunday, November 4, 10am-1pm: Click here to sign up to volunteer with clean-up efforts in Happy Warrior Playground, Annunciation Park, Carl Schurz Park, Anne Loftus Playground (at Fort Tryon Park), Randall’s Island (Friday and Saturday only) or Hudson River Park (Friday only).Friday, November 2, shifts starting at 10am, 12pm and 2pm: Operation Water Bottle, initiated by Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, is helping deliver water to Chinatown using Dance New Amsterdam (280 Broadway, entrance at 53 Chambers Street) as a staging area to fill up empty water bottles. While the Department of Environmental Protection has opened the fire hydrants for water use there are many who don't have access to refillable bottles or don't have easy access to the hydrants. De Blasio's team has thousands of empty water bottles they are filling up at DNA and delivering to residents. Space is limited, please RSVP to [email protected]Bronx
Friday, November 2, 9 am-3 pm: New York Blood Center Emergency Blood Drive at the Bronx County Building, 851 Grand Concourse-Veterans Memorial Hall, 1st Floor RotundaFriday, November 2 - Sunday, November 4, 10 am-1 pm: Click here to volunteer with clean-up efforts in Van Cortlandt Park or Orchard Beach. NYC Mayor's Office: Please e-mail [email protected] with your name, email, & borough.
There will be various ways to volunteer to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy - Want to Volunteer? Please... fb.me/tyu1psTR- There will be... | FacebookNYC Service wrote: There will be various ways to volunteer... Join Facebook to connect with NYC Service and others you may know.
Per @NYCMayorsOffice, these sites are distributing blankets. Some also distributing batteries & baby supplies: nyc.gov/html/misc/html… #SandyNYC Parks Dept.: The division is looking for volunteers for cleanup of parks and playgrounds.
- If you would like to volunteer with the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation to aid in clean up and recovery... fb.me/1LAWum2Yv
NYC Red Cross: Come help volunteer at some of the Sandy shelters.
How You Can Help: Volunteer for Hurricane Sandy SheltersThe American Red Cross in Greater New York is a nonprofit humanitarian organization, led by volunteers, that provides relief to individua...WNYC Radio is putting together a list of volunteer opportunities.
Also: check out the hashtag #SandyVolunteer.
WNYC News - How to Help | Aftermath of Hurricane SandyAre you able to assist in hurricane cleanup? Volunteer your nursing skills? We're keeping an updated list of how people can help. Give Bl...A well-known person in the food world likes WNYC's list as well:
Huffington Post: Craig Kanalley, Senior Editor and someone I call a friend, is also putting together a constantly updating catalog.
The dude's got over 460 RTs, let's get him some more!!
How To Help Hurricane Sandy Victims & What You Need To KnowThe evacuation center at Brooklyn Technical High School has 500+ seniors and people with disabilities on their way in, so there is an urg...Also, Huffington Post put together a list of places where you can donate blood:
Where To Give BloodIn the wake of Hurricane Sandy, New York Blood Center is urgently looking for spaces where they can host blood drives, as many of the dri...
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- The PE ReaderThank you, Kristin! Adding right now.2012-11-01T13:27:10.098Z
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