[Summit] Hurricane Sandy Relief

[Robert Mathiesen]

We dropped stuff off there also about an hour ago.

Bob & Elva Mathiesen



On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Emlyn Addison <noisyblocks at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh shoot; and there I just dropped off a bunch of goods for Frog & Toad's
> U-Haul truck:
> https://www.facebook.com/events/175368712601144/?fref=ts
>
> Guess I'll let them know...
>
> Emlyn
>
>
>
>> A heads up: relief centers in NYC seem to have more supplies at this
>> point than they can distribute. I've heard and read reports of people with
>> vehicles full of donations being turned away. Michael Bloomberg, our Mayor,
>> is asking everyone to make monetary donations instead: ?At this point these
>> centers have more than they can really realistically distribute,? the mayor
>> said. ?If we need more, we can certainly put out another call for help, but
>> what would be the most helpful is donations to the Mayor?s Fund to Advance
>> New York, and then we?ll be able to use that money to help people get back
>> on their feet.? This is from the NY Times today. So unless you have a
>> rendezvous planned in a specific neighborhood with specific people, it
>> might be best to help the Mayor's fund. This might help pay the rent on an
>> apartment for a homeless family, for example, or for a new boiler for
>> someone's house or replacement books for a schoolchild. Just sayin'..
>>
>>
>> I was turned away myself when I went to donate stuff after 9/11. I'd hate
>> for anyone to make the kind of generous and heroic effort the good folks at
>> Frog and Toad are pulling together, just to be told it's no longer needed.
>> But perhaps they have people waiting for them. Best to ask.
>>
>> Karen
>> Providence & Manhattan
>>
>>
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