American Red Cross Feeding Thousands Impacted By Superstorm Sandy In New York
Thousands of volunteers providing water, hot meals and snacks in hardest hit areas
NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A massive American Red Cross feeding effort is underway on Long Island to help those impacted by Superstorm Sandy. Volunteers in more than 30 vehicles are providing water, meals and snacks in the areas hardest hit by the storm.
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WHAT: The Red Cross is in communities right now offering assistance with more than 164,000 meals served so far. More than 3,300 disaster works from all over the country are on the East Coast and more help is on the way.
WHO: American Red Cross disaster workers
WHEN: Friday, November 02, 2012
WHERE: Red Cross fixed feeding sites can be found in the following Long Island locations:
Nassau:
| Cedar Creek Park |
Nickerson Beach Park |
Christopher Morley Park |
| 3340 Merrick Road |
880 Lido Blvd |
500 Searingtown Rd. |
| Seaford, NY |
Lido Beach, NY |
Roslyn, NY |
Suffolk:
| HL Dennison |
Riverhead County Center |
Mastic Firehouse |
| 100 Veterans Memorial Hwy |
210 Center Drive |
1080 Mastic Rd |
| Hauppauge, NY 11718 |
Riverhead, NY 11901 |
Mastic, NY 11950 |
Mobile feeding operations are underway today in the following neighborhoods:
| Staten Island (SE): |
Queens: |
Brooklyn: |
Bronx (NE): |
| Hugenot |
Far Rockaway |
Red Hook |
City Island |
| Tottenville |
Howard Beach |
Coney Island |
|
| Midland |
Hamilton |
Brighton Beach |
|
| New Dorp |
Broad Channel |
Sheepshead Bay |
| Manhattan (SE): |
Long Island, Nassau: |
Long Island, Suffolk: |
| Lower East Side |
Seaford |
Amity Harbor |
| Chinatown |
Long Beach |
Oakdale |
| South Street |
Lindenhurst |
|
| Wall Street |
You can help people affected by disasters like Superstorm Sandy, as well as countless crises at home and around the world, by making a donation to support American Red Cross Disaster Relief. Your gift enables the Red Cross to prepare for and provide shelter, food, emotional support and other assistance in response to disasters. Visit www.redcross.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS. Contributions may also be sent to your local American Red Cross chapter or to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, DC 20013.
About the American Red Cross:
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies about 40 percent of the nation's blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or join our blog at http://blog.redcross.org.
SOURCE American Red Cross
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