Hurricane Sandy has left many in need. The following is a list of government appointed, state and local organizations through which you can get information, volunteer or donate to the relief efforts to help those in need or get access to relief information for yourself or others you know are in need:
GOVERNMENT APPOINTED ORGANIZATIONS
- American Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
- FEMA: http://www.fema.gov/
STATE ORGANIZATIONS
- City Harvest Food Bank in New York: http://www.cityharvest.org/
- Connecticut: http://www.governor.ct.gov/malloy/site/default.asp
- Delaware: http://dema.delaware.gov/
- Maine: http://www.maine.gov/mema/prepare/
- Maryland: http://mema.maryland.gov/Pages/homeEmergency_hurricane.aspx
- Massachusetts: http://www.mass.gov/portal/
- New Hampshire: http://www.nh.gov/readynh/
- New Jersey: http://www.ready.nj.gov/
- North Carolina: https://www.nccrimecontrol.org/
- New York: http://www.governor.ny.gov/
- Pennsylvania: http://www.readypa.org/portal/server.pt/community/pa_gov/20387
- Rhode Island: http://www.riema.ri.gov/
- Vermont: http://vem.vermont.gov/
- Virginia: http://www.vaemergency.gov/
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
- American Kennel Club: http://www.akc.org/
- AmeriCares: http://www.americares.org/
- ASPCA: http://aspca.org/
- Catholic Charities USA: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/page.aspx?pid=1174
- Chabad: https://chabadorg.clhosting.org/special/campaigns/hurricane_sandy/donate.htm
- Chabad Atlantic City: http://www.chabadac.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/2022911/jewish/Hurricane-Relief.htm
- Church World Service: www.churchworldservice.org
- Direct Relief International: http://www.directrelief.org/
- Episcopal Relief and Development: http://www.er-d.org/Hurricane-Sandy-Caribbean-East-Coast-Oct-2012
- Feeding America: http://feedingamerica.org/
- Food Bank of New York City: http://www.foodbanknyc.org/
- Food Bank of South New Jersey: http://www.foodbanksj.org/
- Global Giving: http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/hurricane-sandy-relief-fund/
- Humane Society of the United States: http://www.humanesociety.org/
- Hurricane Sandy Relief: http://sandyrelief.org/
- Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America: http://iava.org/
- Matthew 25: http://m25m.org
- National Wildlife Federation: http://www.nwf.org/
- New York Blood Center: http://www.nybc.org/index.jsp
- New York Cares: http://newyorkcares.org/volunteer/disaster/
- NOAA National Hurricane Relief Center: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
- Occupy Sandy: http://rt.com/usa/news/ows-superstorm-sandy-volunteer-619/
- Operation USA: http://reliefweb.int/report/haiti/operation-usa-aid-hurricane-sandy-relief-efforts-cuba-and-haiti
- Samaritan's Purse: http://www.samaritanspurse.org/
- The Salvation Army: http://blog.salvationarmyusa.org/category/eds/
- United Methodist Committee on Relief: www.umcor.org
- Visiting Nurse Service of New York: http://www.vnsny.org/
- World Vision: http://www.worldvision.org/