How To Help Hurricane Sandy Victims: Food Donations & Volunteering

Cambria Bold
Cambria Bold
Cambria Bold is the Executive Editor of Cubby, and one of Apartment Therapy Media’s first full-time editors from way back when. She was The Kitchn's founding Design and Lifestyle Editor as well as Managing Editor of Re-Nest, Apartment Therapy’s late '00s green living site. She…read more
published Nov 6, 2012
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Hurricane Sandy may have blown over, but thousands of people are still struggling in the aftermath. Many areas, like the Far Rockaways in New York and along the Jersey Shore, are still without electricity and heat, and the days are getting shorter and much, much colder. Whether you live near or far from these communities, you can help! Here’s a resource list we’ve compiled with links to information and organizations engaged in Sandy relief efforts:

Websites That Are Constantly Updating with Relief Information
• Occupy Sandy
• Red Hook Recovers
• Lower East Side Recovers
• Astoria Recovers
• Staten Island Recovers
• Google Crisis Map
• Sandy Relief Donation Sites + Volunteer Opps – crowd-sourced spreadsheet
• Gowanus Studio Space Food Relief

Twitter Handles Giving Updates:
• @OccupySandy
• @SandyVolunteer
• @Brokelyn
• @RedHookInitiative
• @GoodShepherdNYC
• @NYCService
• @520ClintonOS

Donate to Food Banks:
• Community Foodbank of New Jersey
• Food Bank for New York City
• New York City Coalition Against Hunger
• Food Bank for Westchester
• Masbia Food Kitchen
• Feeding America

Donate Money to Help by Text:
• Red Cross – $10 donation – REDCROSS to 90999 or through iTunes
• Salvation Army – $10 donation – STORM to 80888
• Tunnel2Towers – $10 donation – RESTORE to 80888
• Direct Relief International – $10 Donation – RELIEF to 27222

Donate via eBay and Amazon:
• Occupy Sandy Wedding Amazon Gift Registry
• eBay Auction to Support those Affected by Hurricane Sandy
• Assemblyman Titone’s Relief Supplies Amazon Wishlist (Staten Island)

Volunteer with Local Direct Assistance Organizations
• NYC Service
• New York Cares
• NYC Food Truck Association
• New York City Coalition Against Hunger
• Brooklyn Recovery Fund
• Red Hook Initiative
• Rockaway Waterfront Alliance
• Jersey City Sandy Relief Volunteers
• New Jersey Needs
• Plus many more at Sweet Fine Day, WYNC, and the TED blog.

(Image: John Minchillo/AP via Here & Now)