Superstorm Sandy is one of the most devastating storms to hit the East Coast, leaving a path of destruction and damage worth billions. As emergency and transport services begin to rebuild, we’ve put together a list of places that could use your help.

1. American Red Cross [1]: there is a great need for blood donations [2]. Host a blood drive at your school to help the shortage.
2. Salvation Army [3]: is serving those impacted by the Hurricane with food, clean-up kits, as well as emotional and spiritual care.
3. Park Central Presbyterian [4]: looking to collect 3,000 hygiene kits for The Community FoodBank of New Jersey. The kits should include: a hand towel (about 16”x 28”), washcloth, wide-tooth comb, nail clipper, bar of soap, new toothbrush, six Band-Aids. The items should be placed in a one-gallon plastic bag.
4. AmeriCares [5]: is providing medicine and other supplies to people affected by Hurricane Sandy.
5. World Vision [6]: is distributing flood clean-up kits, personal hygiene items, and emergency food kits.
6. Church World Service [7]: will ship various items to the Community FoodBank of NJ. Items include: 2,000 blankets, 3,000 school kits, 3,000 hygiene kits, 300 clean-up buckets, and 100 baby (layette) kits.
7. Save the Children [8]: is working to provide relief to families and their children.
8. UWS Shelter [9]: needs clothes in large sizes for Sandy evacuees at MS118, 154 West 93 St. in Manhattan.
9. Feeding America [10]: is working to distribute thousands of pounds of emergency food, water, and supplies to people in the disaster zone.
10. Humane Society of the United States [11] and the American Human Association [12]: have teams working to save animals caught in the storm.
11. Samaritan’s Purse [13]: is looking for volunteers to help rebuild after the storm passes.

Organize a blood drive at your school to help the supply shortage. GO [14]