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Hurricane Sandy
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Kids & Teens:
Hurricanes affect specific areas. Some people might need special supplies or help after a hurricane. Ask your parents about who is going to be affected by Hurricane Sandy and how you can help. See below for project instructions.
We ask everyone to provide comfort and warmth for evacuees by creating blanket hugs.
You can make donations to the Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.
Share your service here so a child in need can also receive a toy.
Kids:
Many families have to stay in shelters during and after hurricanes because it is not safe to stay in their homes. Use these projects to collect items those families might need or to make gifts to comfort children. Ask a parent to help you get the supplies to an evacuation shelter.
Teens:
Many families had to evacuate their homes unexpectedly during Hurricane Sandy. For children, this can be very stressful and scary. You can comfort these children by creating a Home in a Bag filled with items children might want or need while away from home.
Help with disaster response with by taking part in the Hurricane Sandy Coin Collection.
You can use these projects to help your community be prepared for a hurricane or other emergency:
Families:
Show community members affected by the hurricane that you care by preparing care packages and blankets for them:
You can use these projects to help your community be prepared for a hurricane or other emergency:
Coin Collection for Hurricane Sandy
To help younger kids understand how hurricanes affect families and animals, we suggest reading Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival by Mary Nethery and Kirby Larson. Click here to read our interview with the author and illustrator.
If you are 17 or older, you can also consider giving blood through the American Red Cross. Some states allow donors to be as young as 16. Click here to learn more and find a location near you.
Service Clubs
Service Clubs can respond to Hurricane Sandy and help their communities prepare for hurricanes using the Disaster Preparation and Response Projects.
Kids Care Clubs
KidsCare.org has many projects and resources to help your club respond to Hurricane Sandy.
Our suggested projects:
Educators:
Learning to Give offers classroom lessons, briefing papers and additional resources on the topic of disaster relief. Like all Learning to Give lessons, they are coded to all 50 state and Common Core academic standards.
Disaster Relief Lessons and Resources
All Grown-Ups:
GenerationOn's parent organization, Points of Light, is working closely with our HandsOn Network affiliates and partner agencies to coordinate the volunteer response in the communities impacted by Hurricane Sandy to ensure a coordinated response. More than 10,000 volunteers have been engaged through our affiliates.
Ways to engage now:
- Register your interest to volunteer. By registering with our affiliates, you will receive up-to-date information, including when new volunteer opportunities are posted.
- Donate in-kind supplies and materials.
- Organize a coat drive and donate to the New York Cares Coat Drive.
- Donate to local relief efforts.
- Host a local fundraiser and donate the proceeds.
We request that you do NOT self- deploy to the impacted region at this time. Given the above stated challenges if you do deploy you should have an opportunity and housing identified prior to arriving. As volunteer housing becomes available we will update our website with that information.
