Patch and AOL Send Hurricane Sandy Relief Trucks to Long Island, New Jersey
Employees help out, and you can, too.
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It's been said it's far better to have a neighbor who's near, than a brother who's far away, but in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Americans across the nation have proven to be the best neighbors and the strongest of families.
This past weekend, AOL and Patch employees took an opportunity to pitch in, packing two tractor trailers worth of food, water and supplies in Dulles and Baltimore. The donations are headed to Hurricane Sandy ravaged areas in New Jersey and Long Island.
Want to join the relief efforts? Click here to donate: https://donate.networkforgood.org/aol
"When a catastrophe of this size hits, we all feel it, both the hundreds of us who live in the impacted towns, and our colleagues who are watching and wishing they could help more. So for us AOLers and Patchers, it feels like a relief and a privilege to get to help out in such a big, immediate way," said Patch Chief Content Officer Rachel Fishman Feddersen.
The AOL trucks will arrive in New Jersey on Monday and Long Island the next day. The deliveries will include many of the essentials residents most need, such as bottled water, blankets, batteries, canned soup, disposable diapers, baby formula and more.
The trucks are rolling as residents in areas such as the Jersey Shore, Staten Island and Long Island are still coping with the aftermath of the hurricane. Hundreds of thousands are still without power, the area transit systems are crippled, and gas lines can go on for miles, as motorists desperately try to fill their cars and residents look to fill gas cans in order to keep generators humming in near-freezing temperatures.
You can join us in the relief efforts. To Donate to Hurricane Sandy Disaster relief, click here: https://donate.networkforgood.org/aol
Matt Holden
3:27 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
this kind of self promotion is pathetic. this site is pathetic. What happened to Fredericksburg Patch?
Karen Goff
4:05 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
I don't know. I was there this morning and it was exciting to see an 18-wheeler FULL of donations heading to Brick, NJ, one of our Patch towns. Did you do anything to help with relief efforts?
What do you mean what happened to Fredericksburg Patch?
Bill Sams
7:29 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
When a company does it, it's fine, imo. It challenges other companies to be good corporate citizens and help the communities in which they work and serve. And one of the great things about America is that many companies do!
AOL's Patch sites are in hundreds of communities around the country and the company is stepping up to make a tangible difference in some of the hardest hit Patch communities in NYC and NJ. AOL is encouraging employees to get involved in relief efforts and is not making them take vacation hours to do it. I think that's pretty great. We have offices and colleagues in NY and NJ that don't have power yet, so employees in Dulles and Baltimore are pretty glad we can do something meaningful to chip in. So, when my employers says "so, today, your day job is secondary, go buy relief supplies, go help pack boxes or load a truck" I'm grateful to work for such an employer. Thank you AOL, keep up the good work!
James
9:48 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Walking down the hall this morning, I was very impressed with the stacks of boxes lined up along the walls waiting to go out, and that is just for one day. I looking forward to going to Sam's Club later today and picking up some items to contribute to what AOL is sending.
This is a bad angle, a quick picture, but this is just a fraction of what is going out...and this is just today. I think it is awesome!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesm0909/8161129387/in/photostream
AC
4:15 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
I think it's great! Way to step up and use your medium to pull in the donations. Thanks for the link!
Jim Aspen
2:57 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Patch is doing more than the President.
Jim Aspen
5:21 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
When can we expect some action on the matter?
Forgotten by FEMA: Staten Island's Sandy victims vent over lack of aid
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/08/volunteers-step-in-for-fema-in-storm-ravaged-nyc-borough/#ixzz2BfeR8lEi
C Edward Bernier
3:59 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Well done Patch and thank you Governor Christie, Mayor Bloomberg and President Obama as well as all the first responders. It is heartening to see our political leaders not using this catastrophy for petty political purposes.
Gigi
8:54 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
AOL does an enormous amount of charity work, including pro bono legal work for people in our area who can't afford to pay for it. I wish the company had more success publicizing these efforts, since I don't believe most people know what a fine corporate citizen our neighbor in Dulles really is.
Locally Involved
3:12 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Kudos to AOL/Patch! It's important that all companies remember that they have a civic responsibility, too. Wonderful to see good, nonpartisan efforts such as the storm relief versus other CEO's who threaten workers with loss of jobs if they don't vote as the CEO desires.
Keep up the great work AOL/Patch! We'll keep the negative nellies at bay here on the homefront....LOL
Jim Aspen
5:18 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
When can we expect some action on the matter?
Forgotten by FEMA: Staten Island's Sandy victims vent over lack of aid
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/08/volunteers-step-in-for-fema-in-storm-ravaged-nyc-borough/#ixzz2BfeR8lEi