So many different ways, needs and skills can help.
These are sites to follow for up to the minute localized coordination:
Red Hook Initiatives
http://rhicenter.org/tag/hurricane-relief/
The Red Hook Initiative is currently acting as the center for hurricane recovery efforts in Red Hook, Brooklyn. They are providing meals and supplies to those affected by Hurricane Sandy.
Occupy Sandy New Jersey
http://interoccupy.net/occupysandynj/
Leading the efforts in almost all effected areas, stay up to date with them
InterOccupy.net Newswire
http://interoccupy.net/newswire/
Clean Up Sheepshead Bay has posted several volunteer opportunities in the South Brooklyn neighborhood, including clean-up efforts on Saturday and initiatives to distribute food to those in need in the community.
New York Tech Meetup is asking people with techie skills to register on their website for volunteering opportunities to help small businesses and other folks to get their websites and the like back up, post-Sandy. They’ve also listed coworking spaces where volunteers can meet to plan projects.
The Bronx River Alliance needs volunteers on November 10 to replant trees in the borough. Here’s the info from their website: “Join us on November 10 as we plant 500 trees and shrubs along the river’s banks in Shoelace Park, in an effort to replace the many damaged trees in this catastrophic storm. Contact Joseph Sanchez at joseph.sanchez@parks.nyc.gov or 718-430-4636.”