Posts tagged Hurricane Sandy
Rockaway Updated Needs Friday Nov 9
Rockabus is driving people out to Rockaway sign up here:
Go Rockabus! They’re taking volunteers out to Rockaway this weekend.
Occupy Sandy Relief NYC
For those of you headed to Rockaway tomorrow or throughout the weekend, you can also make donations at
ROCKAWAY TACO/VEGGIE ISLAND, here’s a current list of donations needed at 183 96th st near rockaway beach blvd.
DONATION REQUESTS:
Blankets
Flashlights
Headlamps
Batteries
Candles
Matches/Lighters
Handwarmers
Toilet Paper
Paper Towels
Non-perishable food
Baby wipes
Diapers (sizes 4, 5, 6)
Adult diapers
Toiletries (soap, shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste, lotion)
Rain/working boots
Medicine (adult and childrens cold medicine, Ibuprofen)
Cleaning supplies including:
Mops
Brooms
Dust pans
Bleach
Household cleaning liquids
Clothing detergent
NO CLOTHING with the exception of:
New underwear
New winter/wool socks
New t-shirts (packaged
Where is the Gas? Lots of Red on this Map
Tracking the gas supply?
Check this map out before heading out and use mass transportation when you can!
Desperation in the Rockaways
This just posted via “Occupy Judaism”
A call for more help….be careful out there!
?”Residents of the Rockaways are dying a slow death. A Nor’easter is now pounding a peninsula ravaged by the worst hurricane this area has ever seen. Pieces of the Rockaway boardwalk sit three blocks away from the beach. The snow is piling up on buildings and homes filled with poor residents who are too scared to leave or do not have the resources to go. The army patrols the streets in Humvees, scaring the hell out of an already shellshocked population. Volunteers are huddled under 20 blankets, trying to get some sleep. The wind is harsher than you can imagine, the cold bitter. There is no heat, water, electricity–no help. This is virtually a tundra on top of a wasteland. PLEASE–I need canvassers tomorrow to check on the elderly and disabled, bring food and water and deliver medication to them. Get out here if you can. Call Nastaran at (914) 557-6408. Meet at Beach 100th and Rockaway Beach Blvd at 11am, St. Camillus Church.”
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Rockaway. The Aftermath.
More Places to Donate Dough
These folks are in need of help, if you can donate, they need your help.
Occupy Sandy Wedding Registry!
Your donations make a difference! Purchasing items below will help NJ residents seeking shelter, food, warmth, and human kindness in Sandy’s aftermath.
Bailey-Holt House (this center, which provides afforable housing for those living with HIV/AIDS, was flooded during the storm)
Coney Island USA needs help cleaning up its flooded headquarters; if you’re experienced with flood clean-up, they need assistance, but you can also donate cash.
City Harvest is coordinating food delivery services to hard-hit areas in Staten Island and Coney Island, as well as providing food to shelters. You can contact them about volunteering, or simply donate to their Sandy relief fund.
New York Cares (text iCARE to 85944 to donate $10 from your mobile device)
The Bowery Mission (text BOWERY to 20222 to make a donation from your mobile device)
Masbia (the organization is preparing meals for evacuees at the Park Slope Armory, and needs donations to continue its efforts)
Community Food Bank of New Jersey
School Relocation Information
It’s going to be a rough road for many kids, but the New York City Department of Education just posted the list of school relocations for those in the majorly hard hit areas.
From schools.nyc.gov
Schools to be relocated
While the vast majority of students across the city will report to their home schools on Monday morning, November 5, there will be schools that will be relocated temporarily in other buildings because of significant damage to their home building.
This is a list of schools (as of 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 3) that have experienced severe damage and cannot open for school on Monday. The list shows each impacted school with a temporary location, where the school will hold classes until its original building can be repaired. (list in pdf format)
In some instances impacted schools are being sited across several schools, i.e., Kindergarten through grade 2 at one receiving school, grades 3-5 at another.
Students in these schools will not attend class on Monday, November 5 or Tuesday, November 6 (Election Day), but will attend class at their new temporary location on Wednesday, November 7.
We are working with our busing companies to provide transportation for eligible students. We will provide updates early in the week.
Teachers will report on Monday and Tuesday to integrate into their new temporary location and prepare for students to come back to school on Wednesday.
Staff should report to their new temporary location on Monday, November 5, at their regular start time.
Schools without power
This is a list of schools that as of 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 2, did not have power restored. (list in pdf format
This list will be updated Sunday afternoon.
We hope that as power is restored throughout the city, that these schools will also regain power.
This list excludes schools that are relocating due to severe damage.
Schools serving as shelter sites
This is a list of schools that will continue to host a shelter site on Monday, November 5. (list in pdf format)
Students in these schools will not attend class on Monday, November 5 or Tuesday, November 6 (Election Day), but will return to school on Wednesday, November 7.
Staff should report to school on Monday, November 5, at their regular start time.