Sandy relief

An event & organization Called R.U.S.H, Restaurants Unite for Sandy Help, set up by Ty Sulivan.

"We are coming together as a community to help raise money for victims of Sandy by doing a fundraiser on November 18th at Sunnyside Center Services from 4pm until 8pm.

Through R.U.S.H we are asking our social media friends & heavy hitters to support this cause by taking the “cover banner” from my or your friends Facebook page and using it as yours until November 18th, the day of the event. Also, please pass along the picture of the poster. Now, we will have a link for people to donate complete soon and I will ask you to PLEASE support the cause by Tweeting it out as much as you can to some of the heaviest hitters in Social Media. Almost a Tweetathon style blast but at your leisure over the couple of days after you get the link.

I have high expectations for this. If you know me, I reach my goals. I want to raise $50,000 in relief funds! I’ll be frank: I have been there for every charity that has come my way, I now ask for your help as my community struggles to clean up, survive and rebuild."

Damage assessment, supplies and resources, volunteering opportunities, repair status and much more across the tri-boro area.

How You Can Help: Hurricane Sandy
The American Red Cross in Greater New York is a nonprofit humanitarian organization, led by volunteers, that provides relief to individuals affected by disasters, and helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.

Occupy Sandy is a coordinated relief effort to help distribute resources & volunteers to help neighborhoods and people affected by Hurricane Sandy. A coalition of people & organizations who are dedicated to implementing aid and establishing hubs for neighborhood resource distribution. Members of this coalition are from Occupy Wall Street, 350.org, recovers.org and interoccupy.net.

The real time updates of Occupy Sandy, also visible on Twitter under #OccupySandy

Here is a partial list of ways to donate and volunteer to help Sandy relief efforts in New York City. |

A list from the New York Times for places to help, find help, donate, support, volunteer

New York Cares meets pressing community needs by mobilizing caring New Yorkers in volunteer service. Part of NYCGov.

Are you able to assist in storm cleanup? Volunteer your nursing skills? We're keeping an updated list of how people can help.

Find out where to volunteer in NYC, who to donate money to and how to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy.

Where to donate blood in NYC.

Food Bank For New York City warehouses and distributes free food for over 1.5 million hungry New Yorkers each year.

recovers.org helps towns organize disaster recovery with mobile and web-based technology

The Brooklyn Recovery Fund is a joint effort between the Brooklyn Community Foundation, the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President, and the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce to create a pooled fund to provide support to Brooklyn’s nonprofit organizations working with the communities and individuals most affected by Hurricane Sandy.

recovers.org helps towns organize disaster recovery with mobile and web-based technology

Organizing help information for Staten Island recovery effort. An online crowdsourcing interactive map created for Staten Islands Hurricane Relief.

recovers.org helps towns organize disaster recovery with mobile and web-based technology

Long Island helping Long Island

To donate to the New Jersey Relief fund

Jersey Shore Hurricane News, South Seaside Park.

recovers.org helps towns organize disaster recovery with mobile and web-based technology

Eventbrite NYC aka @BriteNYC's list of fund raising events as well as resources for the victims of Sandy

Donate to the Salvation Army to help the victims of hurricane Sandy

Here are some resources for artists and arts organizations. If you are a Staten Island-based artist needing person-to-person support, please contact Melanie Cohn at the COAHSI offices and at mcohn@statenislandarts.org.

Links to the local fundraising initiatives for members