My sister was in New York City when Hurricane Sandy hit. She was fortunate enough to be healthy and wasn’t set back too much with the loss of power. However, others weren’t so fortunate and my heart goes out to them. Stay strong!
On a positive note, relief was sent in abundance. In fact, this was the largest U.S. relief effort by the American Red Cross and others since Hurricane Katrina.
According to an article on the Huffington Post, by Friday the Red Cross had raised $117 million in donations and pledges. The Salvation Army raised $5 million.
This was the largest private relief organization, the Red Cross noticed the boost in fundraising from networks like NBC and ABC. They accumulated a total of $40 million.