Pennsylvania has provided unprecedented aid to Hurricane Sandy victims in neighboring New York and New Jersey.
Friday, you have the opportunity to help residents still struggling in the wake of the hurricane and this week’s "nor'easter.".
Pennsylvania Army National Guardsmen and Airmen have boots on the ground in the region. Emergency medical teams from across the state left last Friday to help those in need.
The American Red Cross volunteers from Harrisburg were among the first to be deployed. Now, mid-state residents were making personal donations to the cause.
Stuff the truck is a local effort to aid people who lost their homes or have been temporarily been displaced. These donations will be given to the Atlantic City Rescue Mission.
Stephanie Simpkins evacuated Atlantic City before the storm. She returned to extensive damage and homes destroyed.
Friday, she was in Harrisburg helping people who are helping her friends.
"We have about 500 families staying sheltered at the Atlantic City Rescue Mission who have lost just about everything,” Simpkins explained. “So the need for things like non-perishable foods, underwear, toothbrushes, things that people didn't think we were going to need when they left their homes are just gone. This is really going to help out a whole lot."
The list of needed items is quite long. But among those most needed are new socks and underwear in larger sizes for men and women, adult diapers, baby diapers, blankets, coats, sneakers and work boots.
Donations will be accepted until 8 o'clock Friday night at the Kohl's parking lot in Colonial Park and the Walmart parking lot in Palmyra. The donations will be transported to AC on Sunday.
If you missed Friday's opportunities to donate, the Tree of Life Lutheran Church in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County will be accepting items Saturday and Sunday.
Items can be dropped off at the church parking lot on Linglestown Road. The supplies will be taken to a site near New York by YCR Freight.
Friday, you have the opportunity to help residents still struggling in the wake of the hurricane and this week’s "nor'easter.".
Pennsylvania Army National Guardsmen and Airmen have boots on the ground in the region. Emergency medical teams from across the state left last Friday to help those in need.
The American Red Cross volunteers from Harrisburg were among the first to be deployed. Now, mid-state residents were making personal donations to the cause.
Stuff the truck is a local effort to aid people who lost their homes or have been temporarily been displaced. These donations will be given to the Atlantic City Rescue Mission.
Stephanie Simpkins evacuated Atlantic City before the storm. She returned to extensive damage and homes destroyed.
Friday, she was in Harrisburg helping people who are helping her friends.
"We have about 500 families staying sheltered at the Atlantic City Rescue Mission who have lost just about everything,” Simpkins explained. “So the need for things like non-perishable foods, underwear, toothbrushes, things that people didn't think we were going to need when they left their homes are just gone. This is really going to help out a whole lot."
The list of needed items is quite long. But among those most needed are new socks and underwear in larger sizes for men and women, adult diapers, baby diapers, blankets, coats, sneakers and work boots.
Donations will be accepted until 8 o'clock Friday night at the Kohl's parking lot in Colonial Park and the Walmart parking lot in Palmyra. The donations will be transported to AC on Sunday.
If you missed Friday's opportunities to donate, the Tree of Life Lutheran Church in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County will be accepting items Saturday and Sunday.
Items can be dropped off at the church parking lot on Linglestown Road. The supplies will be taken to a site near New York by YCR Freight.