Hurricane relief efforts reach fever pitch
Help is starting to reach the victims whose homes were destroyed and whose lives were uprooted by Hurricane Sandy, according to Brooklyn lawmakers and civic leaders, who said the borough is mobilized on both governmental and grass roots levels to provide assistance on everything from temporary housing to emergency food deliveries.
On the grass roots level, churches in Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, and Bensonhurst took special collections in their Sunday masses to raise funds for the victims. The churches also served as drop off sites or donations of canned food, clothing, toiletries, blankets, and other supplies to be donated to the victims.
The donations were delivered by trucks and vans on Nov. 5 to residents in several stricken communities, including Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn, Breezy Point in Queens, and parts of Staten Island.