How to Help: Volunteering and Donations
American Red Cross
www.redcross.org
800-733-2767
Food and Shelter
(Must be 16 or older to volunteer for 12 hour shifts in shelters)
Americares
www.americares.org
800-486-4357
Provide emergency supplies, medical supplies
Catholic Charities Diocese of Trenton
www.catholiccharitiestrenton.org
Feeding America
www.feedingamerica.org
800-910-5524
Emergency supplies, food and medical supplies
Food Bank of New York City
www.foodbanknyc.org
Volunteer opportunities
Habitat for Humanity
www.habitat.org
800-HABITAT (422-4828)
Helps to rebuild homes after disasters
H.E.A.R.T. 9/11
www.heart911.org
H.E.A.R.T. 9/11 on Facebook
Humane Society of the United States
www.humanesociety.org
301-258-8276
Care for Animals
New York Blood Center
www.nybc.org
800-933-2566
Blood Donations
New York Cares
www.newyorkcares.org
800-486-4357
Volunteer opportunities
NYC Service
nycservice@cityhall.nyc.gov
Volunteer opportunities
Red Cross Blood Donations
www.www.redcrossblood.org
800 RED-CROSS
Blood Donations
Salvation Army
www.salvationarmyusa.org
800-SAL-ARMY
Food and Shelter
Samaritan's Purse
www.samaritanspurse.org
828-262-1980
Volunteers needed for clean up
Sandy Sucks
www.sandysucks.tumblr.com
800-486-4357
Volunteer opportunities
Save the Children
www.savethechildren.org
Children in need
Team Rubicon
www.teamrubiconusa.org
Cleanup
United Way
www.unitedway.org
www.uwsandyrecovery.org
Volunteers needed
World Vision
www.worldvision.org
Children in need
Westchester
Food Bank for Westchester
914-923-1100
www.foodbankforwestchester.org
Info@foodbankforwestchester.org
Volunteer Center of United Way
914-948-4452
www.volunteer-center.org
info@volunteer-center.org
Staten Island
Staten Island Recover
SIrecovers.org
SILive.org
List of organizations and locations accepting monetary donations
Queens
Astoria Recovers
astoria.recovers.org
Rockaway Recovers
www.rockawayrecovers.tumblr.com
Rockaway Relief
www.facebook.com/RockawayRelief
Provides volunteer opportunities to help people begin to repair their businesses and homes. Volunteers should bring their own food and water.
New Jersey
Jersey Cares is coordinating volunteers-register on website
Community Food Bank of NJ seeking food donations
908 355 3663
Long Island
The Long Island Volunteer Center
www.longislandvolunteercenter.org
516-564-5482
Current best email address:
disastervolunteer@longislandvolunteercenter.org
Alternate email address:
info@longislandvolunteercenter.org
Brooklyn
BrooklynRecoveryFund.org
Occupy Sandy
recovers.org
350.org
Facebook.com/OccupySandyReliefNyc
interoccupy.net/occupysandy
Excellent source of info for donations and needs
lowereastside.recovers.org
statenisand.recovers.org
