520 Clinton

Anticipating to drive supplies and volunteers to the Rockaways, I had arrived

too late in the day but stayed to help out at the hub.

orientation

 

seemingly bottomless van of donations

boxes and boxes of donations, many of which came from
Occupy Sandy's Amazon "wedding" registry of donations needed

(tracking # removed)

post-clean up

 

volunteers and organizers' meeting

 

OccupySandyNJ Statewide Workday

Barrow Mansion
Jersey City, NJ

sorting and filling food requests

sorting items

social media at its best -- getting the word out

snacks and drinks provided to volunteers and those in need

Moonachie Field House
Moonachie, NJ

pick up for food + supplies

sorting tent for jackets, coats, hats, scarves, shoes, bedding

sorting tent for general clothing

donations that need sorting

more donations to sort

arrival of additional donations

volunteers still sorting + those in need looking for items

Red Cross

After searching for volunteer opportunities to help out after Hurricane Sandy,

I signed up at 4:20 AM for this relief effort by the Red Cross

calling for 150 volunteers, which I saw was originally posted a little

before 11 PM the night before on twitter.

What:

Bulk feeding operations on Long Island, New York

Time Commitment:

7am - 8pm

Date:

 Thursday, November 1st

Where:

Report to our GNY headquarters at 520 W. 49th St, New York, NY 10019

Training Requirements:

None, an orientation will take place 7am-8am

before heading out to Long Island

I didn't take many photos due to my responsibilities,

but here are a few shots from the day.

 

checking in

Jessica Powers from the American Red Cross answers questions during orientation

Alissa Silverstein addresses the group of spontaneous volunteers

Tim Pitoniak, Regional Director of Staffing and Training, helps divide
the volunteers into 6 groups to be dispatched to 6 different locations on Long Island.

arrival at Hauppauge, NY