Although I was not fortunate enough to leave NYC the day before the storm hits, NYC is always my hometown, where my family and friends are, it is absolutely heartbreaking to see that the city and the area I grew up in ended up in damages like these: (http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/shocking-before-after-photos-of-hurricane-sandy)
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I want to do as much as possible to help out like other volunteers out there. The runners of NYC marathon volunteered to help out running supplies to Staten Island, even though the race was canceled; hundreds of charities are contributing in different ways - food drive, blood drive, soup kitchen, clean up, debris removal, clothing drive etc.; companies are helping out by raising funds for disaster relief and allowing employees to take volunteer days. Please consider helping the victims if you can because the mere fact that we are giving instead of receiving means that we are very fortunate already. I've maximized my donation effort by getting company matching contribution to charities, my mom helped me to donate some old coats to coat drive and helped raising funds in her workplace. Anything will help. Together we will get through this!
Here are some charities that you can donate to:
Red Cross - www.redcross.org, call 800-Red-Cross or text the word "Redcross" to 90999 to make a $10 donation
Salvation Army - www.salvationarmyusa.org
Feeding America - www.feedingamerica.org
Blood Drive - www.nybloodcenter.org or call 800-933-2566
World Vision - www.worldvision.org
