interesting you said that. looky what just popped into my email account, from moveon.org. they have just discovered “Sandy” and all the damage. do they blame Barry for the 10 days after and the suffering, no. but they do have 5 fav charities you can donate to (one of them being move.org) for Sandy’s “desperate and suffering”. where were they before the election? sending emails multiple times daily about re-electing “the One”. NOW, they discover the people in Jersey and New York.
Dear MoveOn member,
The media may have moved on from Hurricane Sandy, but ten days after the storm hit, hurricane victims are in serious trouble in the greater New York area.
Hundreds of thousands still have no electricity. Many don’t have running water. With temperatures dropping to the 30s, many are freezing with no heat. In the hardest-hit neighborhoods, many still don’t have working toilet facilities.
It’s hard to believe. But it’s gotten so bad that Doctors Without Borders has set up its first-ever disaster relief effort in the U.S.1
MoveOn members in the area have been volunteering for days, but now we’re asking MoveOn members across the country to help. We’ve identified five local community organizations that are doing some of the best relief work—providing hot meals, distributing supplies, helping residents dig out—and they could desperately use our help.
Can you chip in to help them? MoveOn.org Civic Action will cover the credit card fees so every dollar of your donation goes to these organizations helping people in dire need.
Yes, I can donate to help provide vital relief.
Thanks for all you do.
–Anna, Daniel, Eliza, Carrie, and the rest of the team
Here is moveon’s list of charities that you donate through them!
1 Contribute To These Great Organizations
Can you donate to these great organizations helping families recover from Sandy? Donations to Red Hook Initiative, Make The Road New York, Community Foodbank of New Jersey, and Island Harvest are tax-deductible (donations to New York Communities for Change and MoveOn.org Civic Action are not deductible for tax purposes). MoveOn will cover the processing fees so every dollar of your donation goes to help. Please use the form below to make your contributions:
New York Communities for Change
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to New York Communities for Change
New York Communities for Change is a coalition of working families in low and moderate-income communities fighting for social and economic justice throughout New York State. Since Hurricane Sandy hit, NYCC has been collecting and distributing supplies to families in the Rockaways and the Long Island Shore. This weekend, they’re organizing a massive canvass to make sure that every resident in that devastated and largely low-income community gets the aid they need. Note: Gifts to New York Communities for Change are NOT tax-deductible.
Island Harvest
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to Island Harvest
Island Harvest is Long Island’s largest hunger relief organization. It serves as the bridge between those who have surplus food and those who need it. Volunteers and staff “rescue” good surplus food from over 800 local restaurants, caterers, farms, and other food-related businesses. Since Hurricane Sandy hit, Island Harvest has been operating in emergency response mode, working around the clock to assist hurricane-stricken Long Islanders. Island Harvest’s mobile food pantries have been visiting some of the hardest hit communities devastated by the super storm bringing food and personal care items to thousands of residents in need.
Red Hook Initiative
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to the Red Hook Initiative
The Red Hook Initiative is a community organization dedicated to empowering youth in the low-lying Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook. Since Sandy flooded the neighborhood, their community center has become a hub for donations and volunteers. Thousands of Red Hook residents are still without heat, electricity, and in some cases, running water. And the Red Hook Initiative has been a lifeline for many homebound residents, delivering meals in high-rises with no elevator service.
Community FoodBank of New Jersey
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to Community FoodBank of New Jersey
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey is a member of Feeding America and distributes 39 million pounds of food and groceries a year. Along with their partner distribution organizations, they help to feed 900,000 low-income people in 18 of New Jersey’s 21 counties. When Sandy hit, the FoodBank sprang into action, distributing 100,000 lbs of food per day to families devastated by the storm. Despite being without power itself for several days, the FoodBank still delivered truckloads of food to shelters.
Make the Road New York
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to Make the Road New York
Make the Road New York forges alliances between diverse New York communities that face shared hardships and injustices. Port Richmond, a community where Make the Road works on the North Shore of Staten Island, is the fastest growing immigrant neighborhood in New York City. It was devastated by Sandy and gas shortages have made it difficult for volunteers to get to the community from the rest of New York. That’s why organizations like Make the Road, which already have a base in the community, are so important.
MoveOn.org Civic Action
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to MoveOn.org Civic Action
MoveOn.org Civic Action, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization, has engaged in citizen actions such as protecting public financing for NPR and PBS. It runs SignOn.org, which lets anyone start a petition to hold their leaders accountable, and is currently hosting many campaigns to help speed aid to those affected by Hurricane Sandy. Note: Gifts to MoveOn.org Civic Action are NOT tax-deductible.
"Thanks for alerting me to this crisis. I'd like to care, but I've 'moved on.'"
Its not money they are lacking, it is logistics
International humanitarian-aid group Doctors Without Borders, best known for conducting emergency health care interventions in war-torn countries, set up a makeshift clinic for Hurricane Sandy victims in one of New York’s worst-hit communities to fill in the gaps in the government’s response. Matthew Power joined volunteer physicians for a day in the field during the group’s first operation on U.S. soil . . .