As the northeast recovers from Hurricane Sandy, people across the country are reaching out to help those affected by the storm. Travel Agent rounds up a list of available resources to help.
Volunteer Opportunities
The City of New York - Email [email protected] with your name, phone number, email address and borough and you will be contacted as opportunities arise.
New York Cares - Volunteers can sign up to help with emergency disaster relief, as well as recovery projects in the months after the storm, at http://newyorkcares.org/volunteer/disaster/.
Humane Society - Follow the Humane Society @humanesociety on Twitter to learn about upcoming volunteer efforts.
Donations
Red Cross - Donate disaster relief funds at http://www.redcross.org/charitable-donations. Additionally, the storm forced the cancellation of over 300 blood drives, leading to an urgent shortage - learn more about donating blood at http://www.redcrossblood.org/.
Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City - The Mayor's Fund is accepting monetary donations to help with rebuilding efforts at http://www.nyc.gov/html/fund/html/home/home.shtml
Salvation Army - Donate money for relief efforts at https://donate.salvationarmyusa.org/disaster.
Humane Society - The Humane Society is accepting monetary donations to aid animals and people affected by the storm at https://secure.humanesociety.org/site/Donation2?idb=&df_id=11020&11020.donation=form1&autologin=yes&s_src=webdn_art102912.
Aidmatrix is accepting both financial donations and donation of goods and services at http://www.aidmatrixnetwork.org/fema/States.aspx?ST=New%20York%20City
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