It's been said it's far better to have a neighbor who's near, than a brother who's far away, but in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Americans across the nation have proven to be the best neighbors and the strongest of families.
This past weekend, AOL and Patch employees took an opportunity to pitch in, packing two tractor trailers worth of food, water and supplies in Dulles and Baltimore. The donations are headed to Hurricane Sandy ravaged areas in New Jersey and Long Island.
Want to join the relief efforts? Click here to donate: https://donate.networkforgood.org/aol
"When a catastrophe of this size hits, we all feel it, both the hundreds of us who live in the impacted towns, and our colleagues who are watching and wishing they could help more. So for us AOLers and Patchers, it feels like a relief and a privilege to get to help out in such a big, immediate way," said Patch Chief Content Officer Rachel Fishman Feddersen.
The AOL trucks will arrive in New Jersey on Monday and Long Island the next day. The deliveries will include many of the essentials residents most need, such as bottled water, blankets, batteries, canned soup, disposable diapers, baby formula and more.
The trucks are rolling as residents in areas such as the Jersey Shore, Staten Island and Long Island are still coping with the aftermath of the hurricane. Hundreds of thousands are still without power, the area transit systems are crippled, and gas lines can go on for miles, as motorists desperately try to fill their cars and residents look to fill gas cans in order to keep generators humming in near-freezing temperatures.
You can join us in the relief efforts. To Donate to Hurricane Sandy Disaster relief, click here: https://donate.networkforgood.org/aol
What do you mean what happened to Fredericksburg Patch?
AOL's Patch sites are in hundreds of communities around the country and the company is stepping up to make a tangible difference in some of the hardest hit Patch communities in NYC and NJ. AOL is encouraging employees to get involved in relief efforts and is not making them take vacation hours to do it. I think that's pretty great. We have offices and colleagues in NY and NJ that don't have power yet, so employees in Dulles and Baltimore are pretty glad we can do something meaningful to chip in. So, when my employers says "so, today, your day job is secondary, go buy relief supplies, go help pack boxes or load a truck" I'm grateful to work for such an employer. Thank you AOL, keep up the good work!
This is a bad angle, a quick picture, but this is just a fraction of what is going out...and this is just today. I think it is awesome! http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesm0909/8161129387/in/photostream
Keep up the great work AOL/Patch! We'll keep the negative nellies at bay here on the homefront....LOL
Forgotten by FEMA: Staten Island's Sandy victims vent over lack of aid Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/08/volunteers-step-in-for-fema-in-storm-ravaged-nyc-borough/#ixzz2BfeR8lEi
Forgotten by FEMA: Staten Island's Sandy victims vent over lack of aid Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/08/volunteers-step-in-for-fema-in-storm-ravaged-nyc-borough/#ixzz2BfeR8lEi