The Living Theatre is hosting an Occupy Sandy Party

Wednesday, March 27th at 10PM

Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center
107 Suffolk Street
New York, NY 10022

We’ll be collecting donations at the door to continue our long-term muck out, rebuilding, and community-strengthening work in Sandy-affected areas. Plus, we’ll have some fun together in between the hard work!

The Living Theatre is a 66-year old anarchist theatre collective that has among core principles equality, non-violence, consensus decision-making and yes, mutual aid.
Both of us, Occupy Sandy and The Living Theatre, are working very hard to try and make this world a better place.

It’s time to take a break and spend a fun evening together with like-minded people!

The party starts at 10PM. There will be a bar with beer and wine but you are welcome to bring your own drinks!

Entrance is FREE of charge but we will be collecting donations for Occupy Sandy at the door!

There will be some surprise acts TBA!!!

Also, the Living Theatre is performing HERE WE ARE, a play about consensus decision making, at 8PM in the same space. So if you haven’t seen it yet, here is your opportunity! Use the code Occupy Sandy when you get to the door and get your tickets at Pay-What-You-Can rate!

Please join the Facebook event to receive updates.

The Living Theatre is looking forward to welcoming you at their new home for a glorious night!

IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO PLUG BACK IN TO VOLUNTEERING, CHECK OUT OCCUPYSANDY.ORG FOR UPDATES!

Friends of Rockaway Needs Skilled/Unskilled Volunteers

Monday 3/25 to – Friday 4/26 8am – 4pm
135-11 Cronston Ave. Rockaway Park, Queens, NY
Contact: Aaron Dickerson
aadickerson@gmail.com
574-226-8706

Friends of Rockaway is gutting, providing mold assessments, mold remediation and rebuilding all for free. We are currently working with Americorps NCCC and United Way but have the capacity to do so much more if we can get the volunteers.

Volunteers will be gutting, doing some basic sheetrock and insulation installation. Also looking for skilled volunteers with in carpentry and sheetrock installation and finishing skills. We can train anyone who is physically able.

This volunteer opportunity is not appropriate for anyone under the age of 18, anyone with asthma or anyone who is unable to do moderate physical labor.

We will provide gloves, masks, eye protection. Please wear warm clothing, jeans and long sleeves. Boots and warm gloves are highly recommended.

Please bring a lunch.

Occupy Sandy in conjunction with the Beacon High School completed a territory-wide canvass last Thursday and Friday.  Our people in Staten Island need help entering some of this data!

What:  Data entry!

Where:  Project Hospitality, 100 Park Ave, Staten Island

When:  Thursday March 21st, 3pm – 8pm

Required:  A laptop or tablet

Why:  Because you love helping people!

Contact:  OccupySandyStatenIsland@gmail.com

Sign up on our Volunteer Form!

Pizza will be served!

 Respond & Rebuild announces a T-Shirt Design Competition! Think You Can?

Respond & Rebuild is a volunteer organization started in the wake of Sandy by a group of friends who volunteered together in Haiti. They provide a free service of mucking out, gutting out, removing mold and rebuilding homes of Rockaway residents affected by Hurricane Sandy.

  www.respondandrebuild.org

Contest details:

• Can you hone your graphic design skills on a logo that makes mold removal as hip and cool as the Respond & Rebuild staff makes mold removal?
• Can you design a rockin “Mold-Slayer” T-shirt?
• Can you make “Spore-Busting” the next big thing?
• Can you create a design that is as awesome as the feeling you get when you help clean an NYC family’s home of mold?
• Think You Can?
• Email us your design (find t-shirt templates here), and make sure you have “liked” our facebook page.
• Keep checking back and we will put your design on our Facebook page in our
• “T-Shirt Design Contest” album, then tell your friends to “like” us too so they can vote!
• The three designs with the most votes from our Facebook friends will be voted on by the Respond & Rebuild Team and the winning design will become our first t-shirt!

Guidelines

1. Submissions will only be accepted from March 14, 2013 12:00 PM (EST) to April 1st, 2013 11:59 PM (EST).
2. Email submissions to jason@respondandrebuild.org
3. All entry emails should have the subject line “T-shirt Design Contest Submission – First Name, Last Name.”
4. Submit one design per person. If you submit more than one, only your first submission in order of date and time will be considered.
5. You must be at least 16 years of age to win.
6. The Design must include “Respond & Rebuild” in the logo somewhere in the design.
7. Submit only original designs. These designs must not contain copyrighted material and they cannot have previously won any awards.
8. Submit front t-shirt designs only. There should be no text or visuals on the back of the shirt.
9. Attach entries as medium resolution JPEG or pdf files.
10. Please be prepared to submit the original Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop file in the case your artwork is chosen.
11. Any artwork and writing submitted will not be returned, and becomes property of Respond & Rebuild.

  NO ADDITIONAL MATERIALS (VIDEOS, SAMPLES, ETC) WILL BE ACCEPTED WITH YOUR SUBMISSION.

Billions have been raised in the name of Sandy victims but the poorest, people of color in the Rockaways and some of the hardest hit are being denied those donations—including the recent denial of the Robin Hood Foundation’s Board of Directors to even entertain a proposal from the Action Center.

Following hurricane Sandy, the Action Center, a non-profit corporation that has served the Rockaway community for over 12 years morphed into a relief center that has worked tirelessly to serve the neediest—many residents living 200% below the poverty level that are now battling widespread mold growth and illness in the aftermath of Sandy.

We seek your help today to ensure that the poorest Rockaway residents are not left behind like the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Let them know that they have not been forgotten: request an explanation in writing from the Robin Hood Board of Directors as to why funding was not even considered and send notice to the other groups who raised funding in the name of Sandy victims that you are watching to see that these funds are actually going to those who need it the most.

Please sign our petition and spread the word to your press contacts — the public should be informed, and allowed to intervene on behalf of NYC residents in need.

Sign the Petition!

Thank you for everything you do.

Last week Occupy Sandy volunteers and Rockaways residents represented their communities and made their voices heard by traveling by bus to the largest climate change rally ever in our nation’s capital. Those who were harmed by Sandy know that climate change is real and action must be taken stop the burning of fossil fuels. Thank you to everyone who helped encourage and support this trip, including those from YANAand the Rockaway Youth Task Force.

Meanwhile, back in New York, there are big changes with our Occupy Sandy network. The warehouse in Coney Island is up and running, and there is a new location in Staten Island.

We are saying a sad farewell the the Bay Ridge Kitchen as they prepare for their closing this Friday. Please stop by to help tomorrow, February 28 and Friday, March 1. The food has been delicious and has sustained our community over these past few months.

Please go to their facebook page and leave a thank you message

Please pick a location below to contact and discuss further ways to help over the next few weeks:

STATEN ISLAND
For more information Contact Goldi at OccupySandyStatenIsland@gmail.com
or 347-201-0670.
Weekend hours: 10am – 4pm.
All other times by appointment, please call or email us!
551 Midland Avenue, Staten Island
Directions: Verrazano Bridge to Hylan Blvd exit, SW on Hylan until a left on Midland, continue 1 mile until 551 on corner of Freeborn St.

Muck out work is continuous. Other work is for special projects including canvassing, deliveries, data entry, and phone banking. 10 volunteers needed during the week, 50 or more on weekends which is when we concentrate on our muck-out work. To volunteer during the week, please call or email us. NO DROP OFF DONATIONS!

OCCUPY SANDY WAREHOUSE
Contact childswarehouse@gmail.com to make an appointment and get directions.
Delivery Drivers
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30am-5pm

Are you a New Yorker with a drivers license? If you like driving large vehicles, even trucks on occasion, this is the place for you. Drivers are needed Tuesdays and Thursdays and we are hoping to find a few people who can make a commitment to come back regularly on one or both of those days weekly. We have a 15 passenger van that you will be using to make deliveries of supplies to and from the warehouse. Transportation to the warehouse will be available from Clinton Hill at 9:30am (for Coney start time of 11am). Contact Lev at childswarehouse@gmail.com. (There are no children in the warehouse, it’s just the name of the building).

RED HOOK
Contact Shawn Carrié, shawn@redhookcoalition.org.
Open 12 Noon Daily
Accessible by bus and multiple Subway trains!
360 Van Brunt Street in Red Hook

Walk-ins are welcome and volunteers are needed daily for canvassing, demolition, computer work, legal, repair work. Wishlist: people with construction skills, computer skills and laptops and smart phones. Take the B61 bus toward Red Hook from either the A/C/F/R/2/3/4/5 trains from Downtown Brooklyn, or the D/N/R/F/G trains from 9th Street.
 

YANA (You Are Never Alone)
Please contact Sofia at sandyrockaway@interoccupy.net or call 347-644-YANA (9262).
Tues.-Sun. 10am-5pm (hours vary, please confirm)
Travel by personal vehicle recommended, bus and ferry service also available, see below.
112-22 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Rockaway Park

We are currently rebuilding YANA, so volunteers with construction experience or willing to do manual labor are in high demand. Wishlist: carpenters, builders, licensed electricians and plumbers. You can also assist with muck-outs, winterizing, resident check-ins, neighborhood clean-up, case management and administrative data entry. Projects vary greatly on different days. In addition, there are also opportunities for volunteering remotely doing research, resident advocacy, and data management. Bring boots and warm clothes, we’ll provide the rest. Spanish speakers appreciated. Walk-ins are accepted but advance notice is preferable. From the Rockaway Boulevard A station, regular limited-stop Q53 bus service operates to Rockaway Park-Beach 116 Street, as well as Q52 service to Arverne-Beach 69 Street. Transportation info available here.  Click here to donate. For volunteers interested in construction work or material donations, contact Aaron at aadickerson@gmail.com or 347-831-5973
 

OCCUPY SANDY KITCHEN, BAY RIDGE
Contact by email sandybayridge@interoccupy.net or by leaving a voicemail at 347-465-7430.
The kitchen will be closing. Friday, March 1st is our last day.
Daily, 9am – 6pm. Stay any length of time.
The last time to arrive is 5 p.m.
St. John’s Church, 461 99th St, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
Take the R train to 95th St. stop. Walk south on 4th Ave, make a left on 99th street. 

Consistent healthy food food brings people together and gives stability when times are uncertain. Stop by to help on our last days, tomorrow, Thursday or Friday. Help prep food, cook, drive deliveries, clean, and help manage the operation (Lead Cooks and Floor Managers needed!) Walk-ins are welcome, groups by appointment, and we take all ages.
 

SHEEPSHEAD BAY
sheepsheadbayrecovers@gmail.com, or call 347-549-9708.
10am – 5pm, Daily
Accessible by Subway or Bus
Trailer at Emmons Avenue and Brown St., a 12 minute walk from Sheepshead Bay stop on the B/Q or right across from to B4 bus stop.

Sheepshead needs volunteers to help with mold remediation, prepping homes for mold remediation, debris removal, canvassing, community gardens work, and people interested in staffing the trailer. Supplies needed: contractor bags, tyvek suits, goggles, work gloves, nitrile gloves, wire brushes, 1 quart plastic spray bottles, cordless tools, 6 millimeter plastic sheeting, duct tape, heirloom seeds, a high capacity printer, canned goods, utensils, cups.  Languages: ***Russian***, Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin), Korean, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish. Please wear sturdy shoes and clothes you can get dirty.  Please sign up here.
 

RESPOND AND REBUILD
Sign up to volunteer is required at respondandrebuild.org
Arrive by 9:30am, Open most days (register for exact dates).
Pilgrim Church of Arverne, 74-16 Beach Channel Drive.

New Transportation Info! During the week, please find your way to the bast by public transportation. On weekends, R&R is now providing shuttle service promptly at 9am from the Howard Beach A Train, at 103rd St. & 159th Ave. Make a difference in the lives of a Rockaway family by removing mold from their home. We provide free mold removal to those affected by the storm. Many of our clients are elderly, can not afford to have it done, and are overwhelmed by the aftereffects of the storm. They need YOUR help! It’s tough, physical work, and we’ll provide you with all the safety gear and tools you’ll need. Just bring a bag lunch and dress warmly, with hard-soled shoes.  **Volunteers must sign up in advance, arrive by 9:30 am for a safety training, and stay all day. ** Your commitment allows us keep our promises to residents who have often been wait-listed and let down by others throughout this process. Teenagers 16+ are welcome to participate. (16 & 17 yr olds must have a parental consent form signed). Registration for all R&R volunteers is required by 5pm on the day prior to volunteering.
 

SMALLWATER
Contact Michelle Cortez: Volunteer@smallwater.org
Open everyday except Mondays, 10am – 3:30pm
Travel by personal vehicle recommend, bus service also available.
Rockaway Beach, 183 Beach 96th street

Help with muck-out as jobs come in, serving food, coordinating and cleaning up the site. Driving – Cross Bay Bridge from Howard Beach to beach 94th Left on Shorefront Parkway Right on beach 96th. Accessible by public transportation via the A train and Q53 bus. For more information on this site see smallwater.org.
 

THE ACTION CENTER
Contact Aria at 718 869-0346, adoe196701@aol.com
Open 10am – 4pm Daily
Travel by personal vehicle is recommended, some bus service available.
5710 Beach Channel Drive

Volunteers will be performing supply intake & distro activities, e.g. unloading supply trucks, unpacking boxes, organizing supply rooms, distributing supplies. Specific tasks, per day, vary. Drivers needed. Work gloves, boots and warm winter wear, strongly suggested for all volunteers.
 

HEART 911
Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn at Devon St. and Gerritsen Ave.
Every Monday through Saturday, beginning at 8 a.m. 

Local 79, along with other Building Trades Unions, will be asking any interested volunteers to join HEART 911 in finishing up houses in Gerritsen Beach, Bklyn that have already received “Rapid Repair” work. We will be sheetrocking and insulating the homes of Hurricane Sandy victims. We need laborers, carpenters, and other skilled workers. Contact Dennis Lee (347)712-1684
 

SANDY STORYLINE
Weekly meeting, Monday 7pm
122 Java St., Greenpoint, Brooklyn (Near Greenpoint G)

We are connecting with educators, media makers, storytellers, and activists all over the city and Northern New Jersey. Storytelling is a powerful and important part of building power and spreading awareness. We are looking for people to help on our education team, our exhibition team, and media makers to collect stories and present them both online and offline. With billions of dollars in funding coming to NYC, Sandy Storyline is a platform to share personal stories and insights and help influence the impact of the recovery funding. It is best to call or email to tell us what you are interested in and we will connect you with the right people: info@sandystoryline.com,www.sandystoryline.com.
 

OS LEGAL

The OS Legal team is made up of committed volunteers who organize together to provide both direct service and legal information to Sandy survivors. We are on the front lines of the fight for an equitable and fair recovery process. Please contact OS Legal if you have experience or interest in legal issues: occupysandylegal@gmail.com.

What better way could there be to spend a Saturday afternoon? Help promote open knowledge by assisting with the preparation of an Occupy Sandy open data release on International Open Data Day, Feb 23.

We’ll be joining-up with Occupy Sandy to collect, digitize and pre-process data that includes canvasing forms, Amazon registry records, and more. At the end of the day, we’ll apply for an Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) so that Occupy Sandy data can be used to inform civil action, community initiatives and research more broadly.

The following week, on Friday March 1st and Saturday March 2nd, is the Occupy Data Hackathon. There, we’ll be using the data to help assess the breadth and depth of the Occupy Sandy relief effort, and the extent of unmet needs in neighborhoods devastated by Sandy.

In addition to data analysis and visualization, the’ll be other opportunities to work with the data, and other data sets to work with at the hackathon too.

Group will be meeting at the CUNY Graduate Center on 365 Fifth Ave, room 5409 from 12-6PM. The building is diagonally across from the NE corner of the ESB.

All skill levels are welcome, and informal training will be available for anyone looking to jump in and help.

Please register here so we can put your name on the visitor list.

>>> Email drew@nycga.net with any questions. <<<

Lunch and snacks provided!

Event is sponsored by OpenCUNY, JustPublics@365 and the Doctoral Students’ Council

In the parts of our city where Sandy flooded homes and businesses, residents and volunteers are hard at work in a race to obliterate mold before the spring.

There is more.

Occupy Sandy coordinators are stepping up again with a new warehouse, continuing to provide over 2000 meals a day, and giving legal assistance. The best way for you to be a part of these efforts is to look at the list below and contact one of the sites or projects below.

For more info about all sites and to sign up GROUPS please call 347-770-4520 or occupysandyvolunteers@gmail.com.

In this email you will find:

1. NEW! Occupy Sandy Warehouse in Coney Island: Volunteer by appointment only to remediate mold TOMORROW or sign up to be a recurring Delivery Drivers.
2. Occupy Sandy Bay Ridge Kitchen: Help prepare food this weekend and every day until the end of the month: Be a food prepper, driver, lead cook or floor manager.
3. Occupy Sandy Legal: Fight for justice alongside a legal team that believes a better world is possible.
4. Sandy Storyline Project: Use your technical and/or creative skills to find and share new stories of survival and resilience.
5. Brooklyn Relief Sites at Red Hook and Sheepshead Bay: Help is needed and these sites are accessible by subway.
6. Rockaways Relief Sites at YANA, Respond and Rebuild, The action Center, Smallwater.
7. Staten Island  at 1128 Olympia St.

Visit inspiring communities and join them in equitable and sustainable rebuilding.

Occupy Sandy Kitchen, Bay Ridge

• Daily, 9am – 6pm. Stay any length of time.
• St. John’s Church, 461 99th St, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
• Take the R train to 95th St. stop. Walk south on 4th Ave, make a left on 99th Street.

Consistent healthy food food brings people together and gives stability when times are uncertain. Next week, we will be transitioning out of the space. This kitchen is wrapping things up soon (stay tuned for details) but for the next few weeks needs YOU to prep food, cook, drive deliveries, clean, and help manage the operation (Lead Cooks and Floor Managers needed!) Walk-ins are welcome, groups by appointment, and we take all ages.

Contact by email sandybayridge@interoccupy.net or by leaving a voicemail at 347-465-7430.

Occupy Sandy Warehouse

Contact childswarehouse@gmail.com to make an appointment and get directions.

Day of Mold Remediation

• Saturday, 9:15am – 5pm

Responsible, hard workers need to help us prepare our own space with a little mold remediation on the second floor. Get a ride from 520 Clinton Ave (between Atlantic and Fulton, near the C train). Also option of meeting in Coney Island.

Delivery Drivers

• Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30am-5pm

Are you a New Yorker with a drivers license? If you like driving large vehicles, even trucks on occasion, this is the place for you. Drivers are needed Tuesdays and Thursdays and we are hoping to find a few people who can make a commitment to come back regularly on one or both of those days weekly. We have a 15 passenger van that you will be using to make deliveries of supplies to and from the warehouse. Transportation to the warehouse will be available from Clinton Hill at 9:30am (for Coney start time of 11am). Contact Lev at childswarehouse@gmail.com. (There are no children in the warehouse, it’s just the name of the building).

OS Legal

The OS Legal team is made up of committed volunteers who organize together to provide both direct service and legal information to Sandy survivors. We are on the front lines of the fight for an equitable and fair recovery process. Please contact OS Legal if you have experience or interest in legal issues: occupysandylegal@gmail.com.

Sandy Storyline

Weekly meeting, Monday 7pm at 122 Java St., Greenpoint, Brooklyn (Near Greenpoint G)

We are connect with educators, media makers, storytellers, and activists all over the city and Northern New Jersey. Storytelling is a powerful and important part of building power and spreading awareness. We are looking for people to help on our education team, our exhibition team, and media makers to collect stories and present them both online and offline. With billions of dollars in funding coming to NYC, Sandy Storyline is a platform to share personal stories and insights and help influence the impact of the recovery funding.

It is best to call or email to tell us what you are interested in and we will connect you with the right people: info@sandystoryline.com, www.sandystoryline.com.

Brooklyn

Red Hook

Open 12 Noon Daily
Accessible by bus and multiple Subway trains!
360 Van Brunt Street in Red Hook.

Walk-ins are welcome and volunteers are needed daily for canvassing, demolition, computer work, legal, repair work. Wishlist: people with construction skills, computer skills and laptops and smart phones. Take the B61 bus toward Red Hook from either the A/C/F/R/2/3/4/5 trains from Downtown Brooklyn, or the D/N/R/F/G trains from 9th Street. Contact Shawn Carrié, shawn@redhookcoalition.org.

Sheepshead Bay

10am – 5pm, Daily
Accessible by Subway or Bus
Trailer near 3076 Emmons Avenue, (at Brown St.) 12 minute walk from Sheepshead Bay stop on the B/Q or right across from to B4 bus stop.

Sheepshead needs help with muck-outs, debris removal from homes and yards, demolition, distribution of supplies to residents and resident, work orders or needs assessment in the trailer, on foot or phone. Languages: ***Russian***, Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin), Korean, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish. lease wear sturdy shoes and clothes you can get dirty.

Please sign up here.  email:  sheepsheadbayrecovers@gmail.com, or call 347-549-9708.

For groups of 5 or more you can also sign up through NY Cares by contacting maggie.bernhard@newyorkcares.org for more information.

Rockaways

YANA (You Are Never Alone)

• Tues.-Sun. 10am-5pm
• Travel by personal vehicle recommended, bus and ferry service also available, see below.
• 112-34 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Rockaway Park

We are currently rebuilding YANA, so volunteers with construction experience or willing to do manual labor are in high demand. Wishlist: carpenters, builders, electricians and plumbers. You can also assist with muck-outs, winterizing, resident check-ins, neighborhood clean-up, case management and administrative data entry. Bring boots and warm clothes, we’ll provide the rest. Spanish speakers appreciated. Walk-ins are accepted but advance notice is preferable.

Projects vary greatly on different days. From the Rockaway Boulevard A station, regular limited-stop Q53 bus service operates to Rockaway Park-Beach 116 Street, as well as Q52 service to Arverne-Beach 69 Street.

Transportation info available here. For more information contact sandyrockaway@interoccupy.net or call 347-644-YANA (9262).

Click here to donate. For volunteers interested in construction work or material donations, contact Aaron at aadickerson@gmail.com or 347-831-5973

Respond and Rebuild

• Sign up to volunteer is required at respondandrebuild.org
• Arrive by 9:30am, Open most days (register for exact dates).
• Pilgrim Church of Arverne, 74-16 Beach Channel Drive.
• (NEW TRANSPORTATION INFO!) R&R is now providing shuttle service promptly at 8:45pm and 9:15 pm from the Howard
• Beach A Train, at 103rd St. & 159th Ave.

Help with mold remediation in the Rockaways. It’s tough, physical work, and we’ll provide you with all the safety gear and tools you’ll need. Just bring a bag lunch and dress warm, with hard-soled shoes. **Volunteers must sign up in advance, arrive by 9:30am for a safety training, and stay all day. ** Your commitment allows us keep our promises to residents who have often been wait-listed and let down by others throughout this process. Teenagers 16+ are welcome to participate. (16 & 17 yr olds must have a parental consent form signed). Registration for all R&R volunteers is required by 5pm on the day prior to volunteering.

Smallwater

• Open everyday except Mondays, 10am – 3:30pm
• Travel by personal vehicle recommend, bus service also available.
• Rockaway Beach, 183 Beach 96th street

Help with muck-out as jobs come in, serving food, coordinating and cleaning up the site.

Driving – Cross Bay Bridge from Howard Beach to beach 94th Left on Shorefront Parkway Right on beach 96th. Accessible by public transportation via the A train and Q53 bus.

Contact Michelle Cortez: Volunteer@smallwater.org, and for more information on this site see smallwater.org.

The Action Center

• Open 10am – 4pm Daily
• Travel by personal vehicle is recommended, some bus service available.
• 5710 Beach Channel Drive

Volunteers will be performing supply intake & distro activities, e.g. unloading supply trucks, unpacking boxes, organizing supply rooms, distributing supplies. Specific tasks, per day, vary. Drivers needed. Work gloves, boots and warm winter wear, strongly suggested for all volunteers. Sam Doe (center director) and Nelson (site coordinator) are ground contacts for volunteers to connect with upon arrival. Contacts: 718 869-0346 or adoe196701@aol.com.

Staten Island

• 1128 Olympia
• Monday and Friday 11am-4pm
• Saturday and Sunday 10am – 4pm
• (Closed Tues – Thurs)

Personal vehicle recommended, all accessible by ferry/bus. Staten Island needs help with muck-outs, canvassing, deliveries, and administration at hub. Note, the free store is closed. If you are driving, take the Verrazano bridge and exit at Hylan Blvd. Drive SW on Hylan, left on Greeley, left on Olympia. and the hub is on the right. For more information Contact Goldi at Sandy1128Olympia@gmail.com or 347-201-0670.
 

Dear Occupy Sandy Network,

On Sunday, February 17th, you are invited to the largest climate change rally ever in our nation’s capital.  Residents and volunteers from the Rockaways will be traveling to DC to take action to stop the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. You can join them by signing up for a bus from your neighborhood. Bus lists can be found f17nycbusbrigade.wordpress.com and350orgnyc.eventbrite.com.  Reduced fares and scholarships are available.

When Sandy hit, you were there, working together to help our city survive floods, power outages and black mold.  The February 17 trip to DC will call out the source of this superstorm:  fossil fuels and climate change. Buses leave from throughout New York City at 7am, for the rally at noon.   Rockaway residents are invited on a special bus leaving from YANA.  For more information about the bus from YANA, how to donate to help send this bus, or participation in the event, please contact Phoebe atOccupySandy@interoccupy.net.

Ways You Can Help Sandy Survivors From Home

Mold remediation is the big work of today!  Please donate to the Occupy Sandy Local Business Registry.  Go shopping here for masks, tyvek suits, commercial dehumidifiers and power scrubbers!  

Sandy Storyline is a participatory documentary about Hurricane Sandy and efforts to rebuild our neighborhoods.  To help with the project or share your story, please go to sandystoryline.com or email sandystoryline@gmail.com.

Ways to Help at Occupy Sandy Network Locations

Bay Ridge Brooklyn

Occupy Sandy Kitchen

Open 8am-6pm Daily
Accessible by Subway 

You will be chopping, slicing, and mixing!  Food Preparation, Coordination, Clean-Up.  Drivers needed with vehicles for deliveries.  The kitchen will be open for several more weeks and provides an important service to those throughout the network.  Food provides comfort, energy, and strengthens communities. Please stop by to help.  Help is especially needed in the afternoons.  The kitchen is located at St. John’s Church, 461 99th St, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Take the R train to 95th St. stop.  Walk south on 4th Ave, make a left on 99th street.  Contact sandybayridge@interoccupy.net and by leaving a voicemail at  347-465-7430.

Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn

10am – 5pm, Daily 
Accessible by Subway or Bus 

Muck-outs, debris removal from homes and yards, demolition, distribution of supplies to residents and resident, work orders or needs assessment in the trailer, on foot or phone. Languages: ***Russian***, Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin), Korean, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish.  The site is located in a trailer near 3076 Emmons Avenue, near Brown Street, about a 12 minute walk from Sheepshead Bay stop on the B/Q or right across from to B4 bus stop. Please wear sturdy shoes and non-pristine dress.  Please sign up athttp://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0C49ACAB28A75-occupy, emailsheepsheadbayrecovers@gmail.com, or call 347-549-9708.  For groups of 5 or more you can also sign up through NY Cares by contactingmaggie.bernhard@newyorkcares.org for more information.   

Rockaways

YANA

Tues.-Sun. 10am-4pm
Travel by personal vehicle recommend, bus service also available, see below. 

We are currently rebuilding YANA, so volunteers with construction experience or willing to do manual labor are in high demand. Carpenters, electricians and plumbers will make our day. You can also assist with muck-outs, winterizing, resident check-ins, case management and administrative data entry. Bring boots and warm clothes, we’ll provide the rest. Spanish speakers appreciated.Walk-ins are accepted but advance notice is preferable. Projects vary greatly on different days. YANA is located at 112-34 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Rockaway Park.  From the Rockaway Boulevard A station, regular limited-stop Q53 bus service operates to Rockaway Park-Beach 116 Street, as well as Q52 service to Arverne-Beach 69 Street.  Transportation info available here:  http://occupysandy.net/locations/rockaways/). For more information contact sandyrockaway@interoccupy.net  or call 347-644-YANA (9262).   To donate go to www.bit.ly/restoretherock. 

Respond and Rebuild

Weekends only, arrive by 9:30am
Personal vehicle recommended.  

This weekend, Feb 9 and 10, a free van leaves from 520 Clinton St, Brooklyn, at 8am.  After this weekend R&R will be providing shuttle service at 8:45pm and 9:15 pm from the Howard Beach A Train.  

Help with mold remediation in the Rockaways. It’s tough, physical work, and we’ll provide you with all the safety gear and tools you’ll need.  Just bring a bag lunch and dress warm, with hard soled shoes. Volunteers must sign up in advance, arrive by 9:30am for a safety training, and stay all day.  Your commitment allows us keep our promises to residents who have often been wait-listed and let down by others throughout this process.  Teenagers 16+ are welcome to participate. (16 & 17 yr olds must have a parental consent form signed) Pilgrim Church of Arverne, 7416 Beach Channel Drive. Registration is required by 5pm on the day prior to volunteering.  Sign up to volunteer is required at respondandrebuild.org.

Smallwater

Open everyday except Mondays, 10am – 3:30pm
Travel by personal vehicle recommend, bus service also available.

Muck-out as jobs come in, serving food, helping coordinating and cleaning up the site. 

Rockaway Beach, 183 beach 96th street. Driving is recommended – Cross Bay Bridge from Howard Beach to beach 94th Left on Shorefront Parkway Right on beach 96th.  No regular transportation is provided for volunteers.  (Accessible by public transportation via the A train and Q53 bus.) Contact Michelle Cortez,Volunteer@smallwater.org,  smallwater.org.

The Action Center

Open 10am – 4pm Daily
Travel by personal vehicle is recommended, some bus service available.

Volunteers will be performing supply intake & distro activities, e.g. unloading supply trucks, unpacking boxes, organizing supply rooms, distributing supplies. Specific tasks, per day, vary. Drivers needed. Work gloves, boots and warm winter wear, strongly suggested for all volunteers.  The Action Center is located at 5710 Beach Channel Drive. Subway and bus service to the Rockaways is  limited. Contact Sam Doe (center director) and Nelson (site coordinator) are ground contacts for volunteers to connect with upon arrival at 718 869-0346 or adoe196701@aol.com.

Staten Island

1128 Olympia

Monday, Wednesday and Friday 11am-4pm
Saturday and Sunday 10am – 4pm
Personal vehicle recommended, all accessible by ferry/bus.

Staten Island needs help with muck-outs, canvassing, deliveries, and administration at hub. Note, the free store is closed. If you are driving, take the Verrazano bridge and exit at Hylan Blvd. Drive SW on Hylan, left on Greeley, left on Olympia. and the  hub is on the right. For more information Contact Goldi at Sandy1128Olympia@gmail.com or 347-201-0670.

For more information about getting involved with any of these projects, contact 347-770-4520 or OccupySandyVolunteers@gmail.com.

Dear Occupy Sandy Network,

On Sunday, February 17th, you are invited to the largest climate change rally ever in our nation’s capital.  Residents and volunteers from the Rockaways will be traveling to DC to take action to stop the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. You can join them by signing up for a bus from your neighborhood. Bus lists can be found f17nycbusbrigade.wordpress.com and350orgnyc.eventbrite.com.  Reduced fares and scholarships are available.

When Sandy hit, you were there, working together to help our city survive floods, power outages and black mold.  The February 17 trip to DC will call out the source of this superstorm:  fossil fuels and climate change. Buses leave from throughout New York City at 7am, for the rally at noon.   Rockaway residents are invited on a special bus leaving from YANA.  For more information about the bus from YANA, how to donate to help send this bus, or participation in the event, please contact Phoebe atOccupySandy@interoccupy.net.

Ways You Can Help Sandy Survivors From Home

Mold remediation is the big work of today!  Please donate to the Occupy Sandy Local Business Registry.  Go shopping here for masks, tyvek suits, commercial dehumidifiers and power scrubbers!  

Sandy Storyline is a participatory documentary about Hurricane Sandy and efforts to rebuild our neighborhoods.  To help with the project or share your story, please go to sandystoryline.com or email sandystoryline@gmail.com.

Ways to Help at Occupy Sandy Network Locations

Bay Ridge Brooklyn

Occupy Sandy Kitchen

Open 8am-6pm Daily
Accessible by Subway 

You will be chopping, slicing, and mixing!  Food Preparation, Coordination, Clean-Up.  Drivers needed with vehicles for deliveries.  The kitchen will be open for several more weeks and provides an important service to those throughout the network.  Food provides comfort, energy, and strengthens communities. Please stop by to help.  Help is especially needed in the afternoons.  The kitchen is located at St. John’s Church, 461 99th St, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Take the R train to 95th St. stop.  Walk south on 4th Ave, make a left on 99th street.  Contact sandybayridge@interoccupy.net and by leaving a voicemail at  347-465-7430.

Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn

10am – 5pm, Daily 
Accessible by Subway or Bus 

Muck-outs, debris removal from homes and yards, demolition, distribution of supplies to residents and resident, work orders or needs assessment in the trailer, on foot or phone. Languages: ***Russian***, Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin), Korean, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish.  The site is located in a trailer near 3076 Emmons Avenue, near Brown Street, about a 12 minute walk from Sheepshead Bay stop on the B/Q or right across from to B4 bus stop. Please wear sturdy shoes and non-pristine dress.  Please sign up athttp://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0C49ACAB28A75-occupy, emailsheepsheadbayrecovers@gmail.com, or call 347-549-9708.  For groups of 5 or more you can also sign up through NY Cares by contactingmaggie.bernhard@newyorkcares.org for more information.   

Rockaways

YANA

Tues.-Sun. 10am-4pm
Travel by personal vehicle recommend, bus service also available, see below. 

We are currently rebuilding YANA, so volunteers with construction experience or willing to do manual labor are in high demand. Carpenters, electricians and plumbers will make our day. You can also assist with muck-outs, winterizing, resident check-ins, case management and administrative data entry. Bring boots and warm clothes, we’ll provide the rest. Spanish speakers appreciated.Walk-ins are accepted but advance notice is preferable. Projects vary greatly on different days. YANA is located at 112-34 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Rockaway Park.  From the Rockaway Boulevard A station, regular limited-stop Q53 bus service operates to Rockaway Park-Beach 116 Street, as well as Q52 service to Arverne-Beach 69 Street.  Transportation info available here:  http://occupysandy.net/locations/rockaways/). For more information contact sandyrockaway@interoccupy.net  or call 347-644-YANA (9262).   To donate go to www.bit.ly/restoretherock. 

Respond and Rebuild

Weekends only, arrive by 9:30am
Personal vehicle recommended.  

This weekend, Feb 9 and 10, a free van leaves from 520 Clinton St, Brooklyn, at 8am.  After this weekend R&R will be providing shuttle service at 8:45pm and 9:15 pm from the Howard Beach A Train.  

Help with mold remediation in the Rockaways. It’s tough, physical work, and we’ll provide you with all the safety gear and tools you’ll need.  Just bring a bag lunch and dress warm, with hard soled shoes. Volunteers must sign up in advance, arrive by 9:30am for a safety training, and stay all day.  Your commitment allows us keep our promises to residents who have often been wait-listed and let down by others throughout this process.  Teenagers 16+ are welcome to participate. (16 & 17 yr olds must have a parental consent form signed) Pilgrim Church of Arverne, 7416 Beach Channel Drive. Registration is required by 5pm on the day prior to volunteering.  Sign up to volunteer is required at respondandrebuild.org.

Smallwater

Open everyday except Mondays, 10am – 3:30pm
Travel by personal vehicle recommend, bus service also available.

Muck-out as jobs come in, serving food, helping coordinating and cleaning up the site. 

Rockaway Beach, 183 beach 96th street. Driving is recommended – Cross Bay Bridge from Howard Beach to beach 94th Left on Shorefront Parkway Right on beach 96th.  No regular transportation is provided for volunteers.  (Accessible by public transportation via the A train and Q53 bus.) Contact Michelle Cortez,Volunteer@smallwater.org,  smallwater.org.

The Action Center

Open 10am – 4pm Daily
Travel by personal vehicle is recommended, some bus service available.

Volunteers will be performing supply intake & distro activities, e.g. unloading supply trucks, unpacking boxes, organizing supply rooms, distributing supplies. Specific tasks, per day, vary. Drivers needed. Work gloves, boots and warm winter wear, strongly suggested for all volunteers.  The Action Center is located at 5710 Beach Channel Drive. Subway and bus service to the Rockaways is  limited. Contact Sam Doe (center director) and Nelson (site coordinator) are ground contacts for volunteers to connect with upon arrival at 718 869-0346 or adoe196701@aol.com.

Staten Island

1128 Olympia

Monday, Wednesday and Friday 11am-4pm
Saturday and Sunday 10am – 4pm
Personal vehicle recommended, all accessible by ferry/bus.

Staten Island needs help with muck-outs, canvassing, deliveries, and administration at hub. Note, the free store is closed. If you are driving, take the Verrazano bridge and exit at Hylan Blvd. Drive SW on Hylan, left on Greeley, left on Olympia. and the  hub is on the right. For more information Contact Goldi at Sandy1128Olympia@gmail.com or 347-201-0670.

For more information about getting involved with any of these projects, contact 347-770-4520 or OccupySandyVolunteers@gmail.com.

Monday, February 4, 11-3pm 

1128 Olympia, Staten Island 
Volunteers need to bring a laptop

RSVP to Karen at karen_jackson@projecthospitality.org

Volunteers will be inputting data that was collected in a wide-spread canvass of the beaches impacted by super storm Sandy.  The data collection project was a collaboration with the Occupy Sandy network. The compilation of this information is critical for identifying people who are still in immediate crisis (such as those living without heat).

It will also help us make appropriate referrals for households that requested legal assistance, mold remediation, counseling services etc. This data will give us a sense of what people’s greatest needs are – and will allow us to request grassroots orgs, non-profit orgs, and local and state government to provide new services to meet these needs. This is a key piece in the relief effort.

Your help is most appreciated!

Thank you!
Occupy Sandy and Project Hospitality

Over the past three months, we’ve seen people from all over the city and the country come together in response to Sandy. We turned entire churches into “holy warehouses” of donated items and distributed them to dozens of “hubs” all over the city, working shoulder-to-shoulder with community leaders and residents to care for the most vulnerable among us.

On Feb. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd we’re organizing the People’s Recovery Summit, a gathering of residents, volunteers, organizers, performers, and community leaders ready to strategize on the recovery effort. 

We hope to springboard an equitable and sustainable rebuilding process with workshops, trainings, and discussions on grassroots organizing, economic justice, environmental sustainability and much, much more.  See our Summit Goals below.

Event Information

People’s Recovery Summit
Feb 1st – 3rd,  2013
9am – 7pm Daily

Free

• Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner will be provided
• Nightly entertainment begins at 8pm

Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew
520 Clinton Avenue 
(between Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue)
TRAINS:  C and G trains or 15 min walk from Barclays Center (2,3,4,5,B,D,N,Q, and R trains)

Visit our website for more information!  http://summit.peoplesrecovery.org/ 

People’s Recovery Summit Needs Volunteers

If you have any spare time at all, please sign up on this form to volunteer! 

Our Summit Goals Are

• Connect environmental + economic justice issues and concerns.
• Better understand what the City/State/Federal agencies are/aren’t doing, and what we need them to do. 
• Present a “Recovery Statement”  for equitable/accountable development based on Human Rights and Environmental justice.
• Further develop a toolkit of best practices for organizers + affected residents.
• Debate the role and relationships of a social movement to community organizing and post disaster recovery.

Together, we can restore power to the people and build back better!

Solidarity,

The Peoples Recovery Summit Planning Committee

Three months after the storm, New Yorkers continue to rebuild. Volunteers in the occupy sandy network are working tirelessly during these cold months, preparing and serving thousands of hot meals a day, attacking mold, and finding ways to bring warmth wherever possible.  

Below you will find a list of ways to have their back, join their teams, and be a part of the big project of our city’s recovery.  Please notice that some locations take walk-ins, some need you to call ahead, and some have sign-up systems. For some you need a car or good amount of patience with the MTA. Others, like the Bay Ridge Kitchen or Sheepshead Bay are easy to get to by subway. Most of the sites also accept groups (over the age of 18) who can make arrangements in advance. There is also a need for skilled organizers, communications support and those who can make an ongoing commitment.  

To find out more please call 347-770-4520 orOccupySandyVolunteers@gmail.com.   Thank you for your ongoing support!

YANA, ROCKAWAYS

Location: 112-34 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Rockaway Park. Directions: MTA service is available via the Q35 to Beach 116th st. This bus is located at Ave. H and Nostrand just outside the Flatbush ave. / Brooklyn College stop on the 2 or the 4. Exit the bus and walk South to Rockaway Beach Boulevard (towards the Ocean)and make a left (East). Yana will be on the Left just past B113. There is also an option of taking the A train to the Q53 Bus.

Schedule: Tues.-Sun. 10am-4pm

Tasks: Organizing donations, light hauling/lifting, muck-outs, resident check-ins, administrative, data entry. YANA is a community center that opened its doors two weeks before Superstorm Sandy devastated the region. Its intended purpose was to train workers and bring jobs to the Rockaways, with an emphasis on green technologies. With the support of countless dedicated volunteers and solar power provided by Greenpeace, it re-emerged after the storm as an important relief site and community hub.  

Contact: 113yana@gmail.com or call 347-644-YANA (9262).  Walk-ins are accepted but advance notice is preferable. Projects vary greatly on different days. 

 OCCUPY SANDY KITCHEN, BAY RIDGE, BROOKLYN

Location: St. John’s Church, 461 99th St, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Take R train to 95th St. stop. Exit station and go to 99th st. Make a left on 99th street and go towards Fort Hamilton Parkway. Left side.

Schedule: 7 days a week from 8am – 6pm. The last time to arrive is 5pm.

Tasks: Everyday we cut meat and veggie, cook meals, clean dishes, clean ice chests, organize fridges and supplies, pack meals for delivery, and clean-up for the day. Ideal number of volunteers is about 25 a day. If we get more volunteers, we can use them.

Site Contact(s): Tim, Dave, Kate, sandybayridge@interoccupy.net and by leaving a voicemail at  347-465-7430

 SHEEPSHEAD BAY, BROOKLYN

Location: trailer on Emmons Avenue near Brown Street. The approximate address is 3076 Emmons Avenue. We are about a 12 minute walk from Sheepshead Bay stop on the B/Q or right across from to B4 bus stop.Please wear sturdy shoes and non-pristine dress., B/Q sheepshead bay station and walk 15 minutes. 

Schedule: 7 Days a week, Arrive between 10am and 4pm (Site closes at 5)  

Tasks: Clean out and debris removal from homes and yards; demolition, floor and screw pulling, and muck outs; distribution of supplies to residents and resident needs assessment in the trailer; on foot or phone needs assessments; filling out work orders. We are also looking for production assistance and a sound engineer to collaborate with on a documentary project, one to two days a week. Languages: ***Russian***, Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin), Korean, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish. For groups of 5 or more we recommend you go through NY Cares, contact maggie.bernhard@newyorkcares.org for more information.

Site Contact(s):  You can either sign up through this link so we can predict our volunteer load for the day http://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0C49ACAB28A75-occupyor email us at 347-549-9708 sheepsheadbayrecovers@gmail.com Sheryl and Alex,sheepsheadbayrecovers@gmail.com,  347-549-9708

 THE ACTION CENTER, ROCKAWAYS

Location: 5710 Beach Channel Drive. Personal Vehicle Recommended. Subway service to Rockaways from outer areas, limited. Bus service in Rockaways, in service.

Schedule:  10 am – 4 pm daily

Tasks:  Volunteers will be performing supply intake & distro activities, e.g. unloading supply trucks, unpacking boxes, organizing supply rooms, distributing supplies. Specific tasks, per day, vary. Volunteers with vehicles and room for multiple passengers, ideal. Work gloves, boots and warm winter wear, strongly suggested for all volunteers. Up to 20 volunteers, daily.

Site contact: Sam Doe (center director) and Nelson (site coordinator) are ground contacts for volunteers to connect with upon arrival. 718 869-0346,  adoe196701@aol.com

 1128 OLYMPIA, STATEN ISLAND

Location: 1128 Olympia Blvd, Staten Island, Verrazano to Hylan Blvd exit,  SW on Hylan until a left on Greeley, left on Olympia. hub on right.

Schedule: M W F:  11am – 4pm, Weekends: 10am-4pm (please arrive before 3pm).

Volunteer Tasks: Muck out work is continuous.  other work is special projects including canvassing, deliveries, administration at hub, organizing free store / stock. 10 volunteers needed during the week, 50 on weekends which is when we concentrate on our muck-out work.  we are starting to work by appointment, especially for muck-outs during the week.

Site Contact: Ilya, Goldi,  Sandy1128Olympia@gmail.com,  347-201-0670

 RESPOND AND REBUILD, ROCKAWAYS

Location: Averne, (Rockaways), Pilgrim Church of Arverne, 7416 Beach Channel Drive. Preferred volunteers drive in their own vehicles. There is a 15 passenger van leaving from 520. Need more people on Sundays than Saturdays.   

Schedule:  Weekends only in January 9am – 4pm.  **Volunteers cannot be accepted after 9:30 at Respond and Rebuild in the Rockaways***.

Tasks:  Every Saturday and Sunday we’re sending teams out into the field to do mold remediation in residents’ homes in the Rockaways–a necessary step before families can rebuild safely. It’s tough, physical work, and we’ll provide you with all the safety gear and tools you’ll need.  Volunteers must sign up in advance, arrive by 9:30am for a safety training, and stay all day.  Your commitment allows us keep our promises to residents who have often been wait-listed and let down by others throughout this process.

Site Contact(s): Andy, Shanna, Gabriel, RespondandRebuild.org. –  Please Sign Up and schedule a date online.  Registration is required by 5pm on the day prior to volunteering.

 SMALLWATER, ROCKAWAYS

Location: Rockaway Beach, 183 beach 96th street. Driving is recommended – Cross Bay Bridge from Howard Beach to beach 94th Left on Shorefront Parkway Right on beach 96th.  No regular transportation is provided for volunteers.  (It is possible to accessed by public transportation via the A train and Q53 bus.)

Schedule: 6 days/week – Closed Mondays.  Volunteers can arrive from 10am-2:30pm. (Site closes at 3:30). 

Tasks: Muck-out (clean-out) as jobs come in, serving food, helping cleaning up the site. Ideal number of volunteers is 10, more can be taken if groups are scheduled.

Site Contact(s): Michelle Cortez, Volunteer@smallwater.org,http://smallwater.org.

Thank you for your support!

Three months after the storm, New Yorkers continue to rebuild. Volunteers in the occupy sandy network are working tirelessly during these cold months, preparing and serving thousands of hot meals a day, attacking mold, and finding ways to bring warmth wherever possible.  

Below you will find a list of ways to have their back, join their teams, and be a part of the big project of our city’s recovery.  Please notice that some locations take walk-ins, some need you to call ahead, and some have sign-up systems. For some you need a car or good amount of patience with the MTA. Others, like the Bay Ridge Kitchen or Sheepshead Bay are easy to get to by subway. Most of the sites also accept groups (over the age of 18) who can make arrangements in advance. There is also a need for skilled organizers, communications support and those who can make an ongoing commitment.  

To find out more please call 347-770-4520 orOccupySandyVolunteers@gmail.com.   Thank you for your ongoing support!

YANA, ROCKAWAYS

Location: 112-34 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Rockaway Park. Directions: MTA service is available via the Q35 to Beach 116th st. This bus is located at Ave. H and Nostrand just outside the Flatbush ave. / Brooklyn College stop on the 2 or the 4. Exit the bus and walk South to Rockaway Beach Boulevard (towards the Ocean)and make a left (East). Yana will be on the Left just past B113. There is also an option of taking the A train to the Q53 Bus.

Schedule: Tues.-Sun. 10am-4pm

Tasks: Organizing donations, light hauling/lifting, muck-outs, resident check-ins, administrative, data entry. YANA is a community center that opened its doors two weeks before Superstorm Sandy devastated the region. Its intended purpose was to train workers and bring jobs to the Rockaways, with an emphasis on green technologies. With the support of countless dedicated volunteers and solar power provided by Greenpeace, it re-emerged after the storm as an important relief site and community hub.  

Contact: 113yana@gmail.com or call 347-644-YANA (9262).  Walk-ins are accepted but advance notice is preferable. Projects vary greatly on different days. 

 OCCUPY SANDY KITCHEN, BAY RIDGE, BROOKLYN

Location: St. John’s Church, 461 99th St, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Take R train to 95th St. stop. Exit station and go to 99th st. Make a left on 99th street and go towards Fort Hamilton Parkway. Left side.

Schedule: 7 days a week from 8am – 6pm. The last time to arrive is 5pm.

Tasks: Everyday we cut meat and veggie, cook meals, clean dishes, clean ice chests, organize fridges and supplies, pack meals for delivery, and clean-up for the day. Ideal number of volunteers is about 25 a day. If we get more volunteers, we can use them.

Site Contact(s): Tim, Dave, Kate, sandybayridge@interoccupy.net and by leaving a voicemail at  347-465-7430

 SHEEPSHEAD BAY, BROOKLYN

Location: trailer on Emmons Avenue near Brown Street. The approximate address is 3076 Emmons Avenue. We are about a 12 minute walk from Sheepshead Bay stop on the B/Q or right across from to B4 bus stop.Please wear sturdy shoes and non-pristine dress., B/Q sheepshead bay station and walk 15 minutes. 

Schedule: 7 Days a week, Arrive between 10am and 4pm (Site closes at 5)  

Tasks: Clean out and debris removal from homes and yards; demolition, floor and screw pulling, and muck outs; distribution of supplies to residents and resident needs assessment in the trailer; on foot or phone needs assessments; filling out work orders. We are also looking for production assistance and a sound engineer to collaborate with on a documentary project, one to two days a week. Languages: ***Russian***, Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin), Korean, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish. For groups of 5 or more we recommend you go through NY Cares, contact maggie.bernhard@newyorkcares.org for more information.

Site Contact(s):  You can either sign up through this link so we can predict our volunteer load for the day http://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0C49ACAB28A75-occupyor email us at 347-549-9708 sheepsheadbayrecovers@gmail.com Sheryl and Alex,sheepsheadbayrecovers@gmail.com,  347-549-9708

 THE ACTION CENTER, ROCKAWAYS

Location: 5710 Beach Channel Drive. Personal Vehicle Recommended. Subway service to Rockaways from outer areas, limited. Bus service in Rockaways, in service.

Schedule:  10 am – 4 pm daily

Tasks:  Volunteers will be performing supply intake & distro activities, e.g. unloading supply trucks, unpacking boxes, organizing supply rooms, distributing supplies. Specific tasks, per day, vary. Volunteers with vehicles and room for multiple passengers, ideal. Work gloves, boots and warm winter wear, strongly suggested for all volunteers. Up to 20 volunteers, daily.

Site contact: Sam Doe (center director) and Nelson (site coordinator) are ground contacts for volunteers to connect with upon arrival. 718 869-0346,  adoe196701@aol.com

 1128 OLYMPIA, STATEN ISLAND

Location: 1128 Olympia Blvd, Staten Island, Verrazano to Hylan Blvd exit,  SW on Hylan until a left on Greeley, left on Olympia. hub on right.

Schedule: M W F:  11am – 4pm, Weekends: 10am-4pm (please arrive before 3pm).

Volunteer Tasks: Muck out work is continuous.  other work is special projects including canvassing, deliveries, administration at hub, organizing free store / stock. 10 volunteers needed during the week, 50 on weekends which is when we concentrate on our muck-out work.  we are starting to work by appointment, especially for muck-outs during the week.

Site Contact: Ilya, Goldi,  Sandy1128Olympia@gmail.com,  347-201-0670

 RESPOND AND REBUILD, ROCKAWAYS

Location: Averne, (Rockaways), Pilgrim Church of Arverne, 7416 Beach Channel Drive. Preferred volunteers drive in their own vehicles. There is a 15 passenger van leaving from 520. Need more people on Sundays than Saturdays.   

Schedule:  Weekends only in January 9am – 4pm.  **Volunteers cannot be accepted after 9:30 at Respond and Rebuild in the Rockaways***.

Tasks:  Every Saturday and Sunday we’re sending teams out into the field to do mold remediation in residents’ homes in the Rockaways–a necessary step before families can rebuild safely. It’s tough, physical work, and we’ll provide you with all the safety gear and tools you’ll need.  Volunteers must sign up in advance, arrive by 9:30am for a safety training, and stay all day.  Your commitment allows us keep our promises to residents who have often been wait-listed and let down by others throughout this process.

Site Contact(s): Andy, Shanna, Gabriel, RespondandRebuild.org. –  Please Sign Up and schedule a date online.  Registration is required by 5pm on the day prior to volunteering.

 SMALLWATER, ROCKAWAYS

Location: Rockaway Beach, 183 beach 96th street. Driving is recommended – Cross Bay Bridge from Howard Beach to beach 94th Left on Shorefront Parkway Right on beach 96th.  No regular transportation is provided for volunteers.  (It is possible to accessed by public transportation via the A train and Q53 bus.)

Schedule: 6 days/week – Closed Mondays.  Volunteers can arrive from 10am-2:30pm. (Site closes at 3:30). 

Tasks: Muck-out (clean-out) as jobs come in, serving food, helping cleaning up the site. Ideal number of volunteers is 10, more can be taken if groups are scheduled.

Site Contact(s): Michelle Cortez, Volunteer@smallwater.org,http://smallwater.org.

Thank you for your support!

Hey Folks -

Volunteer opportunities this week are at these locations. If you have questions please contact 347-770-4520 or OccupySandyVolunteers@gmail.com.

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Occupy Sandy Kitchen

Location: St. John’s Church, 461 99th St, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Take R train to 95th St. stop. Exit station and go to 99th st. Make a left on 99th street and go towards Fort Hamilton Parkway. Left side.

Schedule: 7 days a week from 8am – 6pm. The last time to arrive is 5pm.

Tasks: Everyday we cut meat and veggie, cook meals, clean dishes, clean ice chests, organize fridges and supplies, pack meals for delivery, and clean-up for the day. Ideal number of volunteers is about 25 a day. If we get more volunteers, we can use them.

Site Contact(s): Tim, Dave, Kate, sandybayridge@interoccupy.net and by leaving a voice mail at 347-465-7430.

Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn

Location: Trailer on Emmons Avenue near Brown Street. The approximate address is 3076 Emmons Avenue. We are about a 12 minute walk from Sheepshead Bay stop on the B/Q or right across from to B4 bus stop.Please wear sturdy shoes and non-pristine dress. 

Schedule: 7 Days a week, Arrive between 10am and 4pm (Site closes at 5).  

Tasks: Clean out and debris removal from homes and yards; demolition, floor and screw pulling, and muck outs; distribution of supplies to residents and resident needs assessment in the trailer; on foot or phone needs assessments; filling out work orders. We are also looking for production assistance and a sound engineer to collaborate with on a documentary project, one to two days a week. Languages: ***Russian***, Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin), Korean, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish. For groups of 5 or more we recommend you go through NY Cares, contact maggie.bernhard@newyorkcares.org for more information.

Site Contact(s):  Cheryl, Alex and Stacy: 347-549-9708. Please email us at sheepsheadbayrecovers@gmail.com or click on http://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0C49ACAB28A75-occupy.  Advanced sign up helps us plan our days.   

Rockaways

Respond and Rebuild

Location: Averne, (Rockaways), Pilgrim Church of Arverne, 7416 Beach Channel Drive. Preferred volunteers drive in their own vehicles. There is a 15 passenger van leaving from 520. Need more people on Sundays than Saturdays.   

Schedule: Saturdays and Sundays 9am – 4pm.   Volunteers must sign up in advance, arrive by 9:30am for a safety training, and stay all day **Volunteers cannot be accepted after 9:30 at Respond and Rebuild in the Rockaways due to restraints on staff, transportation and safety concerns.

Tasks:  Every Saturday and Sunday for the month of January we’re sending teams out into the field to do mold remediation in residents’ homes in the Rockaways–a necessary step before families can rebuild safely. It’s tough, physical work, and we’ll provide you with all the safety gear and tools you’ll need. Your commitment allows us keep our promises to residents who have often been wait-listed and let down by others throughout this process.

Site Contact(s): Andy, Shanna, Gabriel, RespondandRebuild.org. –  Please Sign Up and schedule a date online.  Registration is required by 5pm on the day prior to volunteering.

Smallwater

Location: Rockaway Beach, 183 beach 96th street. Driving is recommended – Cross Bay Bridge from Howard Beach to beach 94th Left on Shorefront Parkway Right on beach 96th.  No regular transportation is provided for volunteers (It is possible to accessed by public transportation via the A train and Q53 bus).

Schedule: 6 days/week – Closed Mondays.  Volunteers can arrive from 10am-2:30pm (Site closes at 3:30). 

Tasks: Muck-out (clean-out) as jobs come in, serving food, helping cleaning up the site. Ideal number of volunteers is 10, more can be taken if groups are scheduled.

Site Contact(s): Michelle Cortez, Volunteer@smallwater.org

http://smallwater.org

The Action Center

Location: 5710 Beach Channel Drive. Personal Vehicle Recommended. Subway service to Rockaways from outer areas, limited. Bus service in Rockaways, in service.

Schedule:  10 am – 4 pm daily

Tasks:  Volunteers will be performing supply intake & distro activities, e.g. unloading supply trucks, unpacking boxes, organizing supply rooms, distributing supplies. Specific tasks, per day, vary. Volunteers with vehicles and room for multiple passengers, ideal. Work gloves, boots and warm winter wear, strongly suggested for all volunteers. Up to 20 volunteers, daily.

Site contact: Sam Doe (center director) and Nelson (site coordinator) are ground contacts for volunteers to connect with upon arrival. 718-869-0346,  adoe196701@aol.com.

Staten Island

1128 Olympia

Location: 1128 Olympia Blvd, Staten Island, Verrazano to Hylan Blvd exit,  SW on Hylan until a left on Greeley, left on Olympia. hub on right.

Schedule: M W F:  11am – 4pm, Weekends: 10am – 4pm, 3pm is too late!

Volunteer Tasks: Muck out work is continuous.  other work is special projects including canvassing, deliveries, administration at hub, organizing free store / stock. 10 volunteers needed during the week, 50 on weekends which is when we concentrate on our muck-out work.  we are starting to work by appointment, especially for muck-outs during the week.

Site Contact: Ilya, Goldi,  Sandy1128Olympia@gmail.com, 347-201-0670.

Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Occupy Sandy Communications and Meeting Space

Location: 122 Java St., Near G stop at Greenpoint

Schedule: Open 10am – 6pm Monday – Saturday.

Tasks:  Help Occupy Sandy with Communications, Volunteer Organizing, Event planning and more. Please stop by or contact us for an appointment to meet with someone about getting more involved. 

Site Contact: Call the Occupy Sandy volunteer hotline at 347-770-4520 or OccupySandyVolunteers@gmail.com to make arrangement to help at 122 Java or find out more about other volunteer opportunities.

Hey Folks -

Volunteer opportunities this week are at these locations. If you have questions please contact 347-770-4520 or OccupySandyVolunteers@gmail.com.

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Occupy Sandy Kitchen

Location: St. John’s Church, 461 99th St, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Take R train to 95th St. stop. Exit station and go to 99th st. Make a left on 99th street and go towards Fort Hamilton Parkway. Left side.

Schedule: 7 days a week from 8am – 6pm. The last time to arrive is 5pm.

Tasks: Everyday we cut meat and veggie, cook meals, clean dishes, clean ice chests, organize fridges and supplies, pack meals for delivery, and clean-up for the day. Ideal number of volunteers is about 25 a day. If we get more volunteers, we can use them.

Site Contact(s): Tim, Dave, Kate, sandybayridge@interoccupy.net and by leaving a voice mail at 347-465-7430.

Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn

Location: Trailer on Emmons Avenue near Brown Street. The approximate address is 3076 Emmons Avenue. We are about a 12 minute walk from Sheepshead Bay stop on the B/Q or right across from to B4 bus stop.Please wear sturdy shoes and non-pristine dress. 

Schedule: 7 Days a week, Arrive between 10am and 4pm (Site closes at 5).  

Tasks: Clean out and debris removal from homes and yards; demolition, floor and screw pulling, and muck outs; distribution of supplies to residents and resident needs assessment in the trailer; on foot or phone needs assessments; filling out work orders. We are also looking for production assistance and a sound engineer to collaborate with on a documentary project, one to two days a week. Languages: ***Russian***, Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin), Korean, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish. For groups of 5 or more we recommend you go through NY Cares, contact maggie.bernhard@newyorkcares.org for more information.

Site Contact(s):  Cheryl, Alex and Stacy: 347-549-9708. Please email us at sheepsheadbayrecovers@gmail.com or click on http://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0C49ACAB28A75-occupy.  Advanced sign up helps us plan our days.   

Rockaways

Respond and Rebuild

Location: Averne, (Rockaways), Pilgrim Church of Arverne, 7416 Beach Channel Drive. Preferred volunteers drive in their own vehicles. There is a 15 passenger van leaving from 520. Need more people on Sundays than Saturdays.   

Schedule: Saturdays and Sundays 9am – 4pm.   Volunteers must sign up in advance, arrive by 9:30am for a safety training, and stay all day **Volunteers cannot be accepted after 9:30 at Respond and Rebuild in the Rockaways due to restraints on staff, transportation and safety concerns.

Tasks:  Every Saturday and Sunday for the month of January we’re sending teams out into the field to do mold remediation in residents’ homes in the Rockaways–a necessary step before families can rebuild safely. It’s tough, physical work, and we’ll provide you with all the safety gear and tools you’ll need. Your commitment allows us keep our promises to residents who have often been wait-listed and let down by others throughout this process.

Site Contact(s): Andy, Shanna, Gabriel, RespondandRebuild.org. –  Please Sign Up and schedule a date online.  Registration is required by 5pm on the day prior to volunteering.

Smallwater

Location: Rockaway Beach, 183 beach 96th street. Driving is recommended – Cross Bay Bridge from Howard Beach to beach 94th Left on Shorefront Parkway Right on beach 96th.  No regular transportation is provided for volunteers (It is possible to accessed by public transportation via the A train and Q53 bus).

Schedule: 6 days/week – Closed Mondays.  Volunteers can arrive from 10am-2:30pm (Site closes at 3:30). 

Tasks: Muck-out (clean-out) as jobs come in, serving food, helping cleaning up the site. Ideal number of volunteers is 10, more can be taken if groups are scheduled.

Site Contact(s): Michelle Cortez, Volunteer@smallwater.org

http://smallwater.org

The Action Center

Location: 5710 Beach Channel Drive. Personal Vehicle Recommended. Subway service to Rockaways from outer areas, limited. Bus service in Rockaways, in service.

Schedule:  10 am – 4 pm daily

Tasks:  Volunteers will be performing supply intake & distro activities, e.g. unloading supply trucks, unpacking boxes, organizing supply rooms, distributing supplies. Specific tasks, per day, vary. Volunteers with vehicles and room for multiple passengers, ideal. Work gloves, boots and warm winter wear, strongly suggested for all volunteers. Up to 20 volunteers, daily.

Site contact: Sam Doe (center director) and Nelson (site coordinator) are ground contacts for volunteers to connect with upon arrival. 718-869-0346,  adoe196701@aol.com.

Staten Island

1128 Olympia

Location: 1128 Olympia Blvd, Staten Island, Verrazano to Hylan Blvd exit,  SW on Hylan until a left on Greeley, left on Olympia. hub on right.

Schedule: M W F:  11am – 4pm, Weekends: 10am – 4pm, 3pm is too late!

Volunteer Tasks: Muck out work is continuous.  other work is special projects including canvassing, deliveries, administration at hub, organizing free store / stock. 10 volunteers needed during the week, 50 on weekends which is when we concentrate on our muck-out work.  we are starting to work by appointment, especially for muck-outs during the week.

Site Contact: Ilya, Goldi,  Sandy1128Olympia@gmail.com, 347-201-0670.

Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Occupy Sandy Communications and Meeting Space

Location: 122 Java St., Near G stop at Greenpoint

Schedule: Open 10am – 6pm Monday – Saturday.

Tasks:  Help Occupy Sandy with Communications, Volunteer Organizing, Event planning and more. Please stop by or contact us for an appointment to meet with someone about getting more involved. 

Site Contact: Call the Occupy Sandy volunteer hotline at 347-770-4520 or OccupySandyVolunteers@gmail.com to make arrangement to help at 122 Java or find out more about other volunteer opportunities.

Do you have any photos or audio clips or stories about Occupy Sandy that you want to share? Visit Sandy Storyline and let your voice be heard!

Sandy Storyline is a participatory documentary project about Hurricane Sandy and efforts to recover and rebuild our neighborhoods.  Read on for other ways you can get involved!

Sandy Storyline 

• Any Affected Area in New York or New Jersey 
• Monday – Sunday 
• Flexible Time / Few Days Per Week Minimum
• Email: info@sandystoryline.com

Seeking: Volunteer Regional Storytelling Coordinators 

Sandy StoryLine (www.sandystoryline.com) is looking for volunteer regional storytelling coordinators. Coordinators collaborate with local organizers to identify people in affected areas who would like to share their stories, experience and visions for the future. 

The goal is to work in closer relationship to the organizing to fill the huge gaps in the mainstream media’s reporting so we can continue to amplify what’s happening in affected neighborhoods.

The regional storytelling coordinators would have to be available a few days a week.  Join us in exposing and voicing these important stories.   

This is a super flexible and fun volunteer opportunity.

This opp is great for any folks who are self-starters love meeting new people.Telling the untold stories of this diaster is critical to how we support communities advocating for equitable rebuilding. Bring a notebook and pen, warm and comfortable clothes and your people skills. 

122 Java Street, Greenpoint Brooklyn

• Monday – Sunday 
• Flexible Time / Few Days Per Week Minimum
• Email: web@sandystoryline.com

Looking for a Front-end Developer for Hurricane Sandy Storytelling Project  twww.sandystoryline.com

Sandy Storyline is building a narrative of the storm and its aftermath, told through the experiences of community members and volunteers.

It includes three channels of participation to ensure that a multiplicity of voices and perspectives are represented in the documentary.

• Anyone can record their story by simply calling a toll-free number, sending a text or picture message, or submitting a story on sandystoryline.com.
   
• A growing group of media contributors are gathering people’s stories using audio interviews, photography and video.
   
• Sandy StoryLine conducts participatory workshops for community and youth groups to help build the knowledge and tools to create media for community power, cultural expression, and leadership development.

A main distribution outlet for Sandy Storyline is our web platform, sandystoryline.com. 

We’re in immediate need of a front-end developer to join Sandy Storyline. We put up a very rapid first build, just to get the growing collection of stories up, but want to make a truly interactive place on the web for sharing stories about Sandy.  We hope to bring dignity to the people who have been affected, and create a storytelling platform that can be used for long term advocacy efforts around rebuilding. Bring your ideas!  

The developer should feel comfortable handing different media types, and working in CSS, JavaScript, and HTML 5. Features may include creative applications of playlists, story sorting, and viewing.

We are volunteer-powered at the moment but this is a creative, collaborative project with lots of potential. We are looking for developers who can help with the beta phase as well as for the long term vision of creating a space for telling the stories of Hurricane Sandy.

If interested, please contact web@sandystoryline.com.

Work Remotely

• Monday – Sunday 
• Flexible Time / Few Days Per Week Minimum
• Email: info@sandystoryline.com

We need volunteers who can help with our social media, online communications, and general outreach. You can work remotely. We have weekly meetings that alternate between stories/content one week and coordination/productions the next week. Meetings are in the evening on weekdays.

This is a perfect job for someone who has a full time job but still wants to help out. 

Job would include helping draft and send weekly HTML emails about the latest stories. Helping coordinate updating our (forthcoming) blog, announcing all of our 100 stories on social media, as well as helping spread the word far and wide about all these stories you can’t hear anywhere else.

Help us amplify the real stories of what’s happening!

Hey Folks!

Below are some ongoing and upcoming volunteer opportunities in the Bay Ridge, Greenpoint, Rockaways, Sheepshead Bay and Staten Island. We also have som great news from YANA. As always thank you so much for all the time and energy you’ve given to this effort. Please spread the word to your friends!

Best,

Occupy Sandy

Extra! Extra! Tell the world! Tell your friends!

Phase 1 of the Restore Yana Project Completed

YANA (You Are Never Alone), Restore the Rock, and Occupy Sandy are proud to announce that the first phase of rebuilding our home in Rockaway Park, Queens is finally complete. On Friday January 11th, volunteers poured a new concrete floor, working late into the night to make sure there was a wheelchair ramp built before it set and dried.

YANA is a community center that opened its doors two weeks before Superstorm Sandy devastated the region. Its intended purpose was to train workers and bring jobs to the Rockaways, with an emphasis on green technologies. With the support of countless dedicated volunteers and solar power provided by Greenpeace, it re-emerged after the storm as an important relief site and community hub. We’ve been providing hot meals, free medical treatment, legal counseling and housing advocacy. YANA has also been a donation distribution site, trained and dispatched canvassers, construction crews and mold remediation teams throughout the peninsula.

For weeks, neighbors and volunteers have been working tirelessly to get YANA back on its feet so that it can resume its important work and contribute to the long-term recovery of the Rockaways. YANA is using passive and energy efficient building principles throughout its rebuilding process. The structure was completely gutted, dried out and treated for mold, brick walls were rebuilt and reinforced, the plumbing was redone and a new system of in-floor radiant heating was installed. This last element is an example of simple, inexpensive sustainable techniques that can help offset energy costs.

The floor is functional and beautiful, dyed with mineral pigments in deep reds and browns to match the unfinished brick wall. The hydronic (hot water) radiant heating system supplies heat directly to the floor through a series of pipes laid under the concrete. This system uses very little energy — the thermal radiation warms every object with which it comes into contact so it limits heat transfer and breaks the constant heating and cooling cycle of traditional heating systems.

We’re literally building from the ground up. Infinite thanks to the neighbors, volunteers and donors who helped make it happen.

Now, phase 2. Join us.

YANA is located at B113th St. & Rockaway Beach Boulevard. If you’d like to volunteer with us, we are open Tuesdays – Sundays and can put anyone to good use. Bring boots and warm clothes.

You can also follow us at facebook.com/yana113 and check out our website www.rockaway113.com

Other ways to help with Sandy Relief:

Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Occupy Sandy Communications and Meeting Space

• Location: 122 Java St., Near G stop at Greenpoint
  
• Schedule: Open 10am – 6pm Monday – Saturday.
  
• Tasks: Help Occupy Sandy with Communications, Volunteer Organizing, Event planning and more. Please stop by or contact us for an appointment to meet with someone about getting more involved.
  
• Site Contact: 347-770-4520 or OccupySandyVolunteers@gmail.com

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Occupy Sandy Kitchen

• Location: St. John’s Church, 461 99th St, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Take R train to 95th St. stop. Exit station and go to 99th st. Make a left on 99th street and go towards Fort Hamilton Parkway. Left side.
  
• Schedule: 7 days a week from 8am – 6pm. The last time to arrive is 5pm.
  
• Tasks: Everyday we cut meat and veggie, cook meals, clean dishes, clean ice chests, organize fridges and supplies, pack meals for delivery, and clean-up for the day. Ideal number of volunteers is about 25 a day. If we get more volunteers, we can use them.
  
• Site Contact(s): Tim, Dave, Kate, sandybayridge@interoccupy.net and by leaving a voicemail at 347-465-7430.

Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn

• Location: 3047 Emmons Avenue, B/Q Sheepshead Bay station and walk 15 minutes.
  
• Schedule: 7 Days a week, Arrive between 10am and 4pm (Site closes at 5)
  
• Tasks: Need volunteers to Clean-out/debris removal, canvass on foot or by phone (language skills in Russian, Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Urdu very helpful!), serving food, helping residents with supplies, and delivering food to disabled or elderly.
  
• Site Contact(s): Sheryl and Alex, sheepsheadbayrecovers@gmail.com, 347-549-9708

Rockaways, Queens

Respond and Rebuild

• Location: Averne, (Rockaways), Pilgrim Church of Arverne, 7416 Beach Channel Drive. Preferred volunteers drive in their own vehicles. There is a 15 passenger van leaving from 520. Need more people on Sundays than Saturdays.
  
• Schedule: Every Day EXCEPT Mondays, 9am – 4pm. **Volunteers cannot be accepted after 9:30 IN THE ROCKAWAYS due to restraints on staff, transportation and safety concerns.
  
• Tasks: Up to 50 volunteers daily. Come volunteer with Respond & Rebuild! Every Saturday and Sunday for the month of January we’re sending teams out into the field to do mold remediation in residents’ homes in the Rockaways–a necessary step before families can rebuild safely. It’s tough, physical work, and we’ll provide you with all the safety gear and tools you’ll need.
  
• Site Contact(s): Andy, Shanna, Gabriel, RespondandRebuild.org. – Please Sign Up and schedule a date online.

Smallwater

• Location: Rockaway Beach, 183 beach 96th street. Driving is recommended – Cross Bay Bridge from Howard Beach to beach 94th Left on Shorefront Parkway Right on beach 96th. No regular transportation is provided for volunteers. (It is possible to accessed by public transportation via the A train and Q53 bus.)
  
• Schedule: 6 days/week – Closed Mondays. Volunteers can arrive from 10am-2:30pm. (Site closes at 3:30).
  
• Tasks: Muck-out (clean-out) as jobs come in, serving food, helping cleaning up the site. Ideal number of volunteers is 10, more can be taken if groups are scheduled.
  
• Site Contact(s): Michelle Cortez, Volunteer@smallwater.org

The Action Center

• Location: 5710 Beach Channel Drive. Personal Vehicle Recommended. Subway service to Rockaways from outer areas, limited. Bus service in Rockaways, in service.
• Schedule: 10 am – 4 pm daily
• Tasks: Volunteers will be performing supply intake & distro activities, e.g. unloading supply trucks, unpacking boxes, organizing supply rooms, distributing supplies. Specific tasks, per day, vary. Volunteers with vehicles and room for multiple passengers, ideal. Work gloves, boots and warm winter wear, strongly suggested for all volunteers. Up to 20 volunteers, daily.
• Site contact: Sam Doe (center director) and Nelson (site coordinator) are ground contacts for volunteers to connect with upon arrival. http://theactioncenter.com

Staten Island

1128 Olympia

• Location: 1128 Olympia Blvd, Staten Island, Verrazano to Hylan Blvd exit, SW on Hylan until a left on Greeley, left on Olympia. hub on right.
  
• Schedule: M W F: 11am – 4pm, Weekends: 10am, 3pm is too late!
  
• Volunteer Tasks: Muck out work is continuous. other work is special projects including canvassing, deliveries, administration at hub, organizing free store / stock. 10 volunteers needed during the week, 50 on weekends which is when we concentrate on our muck-out work. we are starting to work by appointment, especially for muck-outs during the week.
  
• Site Contact: Ilya, Goldi, Sandy1128Olympia@gmail.com, 347-201-0670

Hey Folks!

Below are some ongoing and upcoming volunteer opportunities in the Bay Ridge, Greenpoint, Rockaways, Sheepshead Bay and Staten Island. We also have som great news from YANA. As always thank you so much for all the time and energy you’ve given to this effort. Please spread the word to your friends!

Best,

Occupy Sandy

Extra! Extra! Tell the world! Tell your friends!

Phase 1 of the Restore Yana Project Completed

YANA (You Are Never Alone), Restore the Rock, and Occupy Sandy are proud to announce that the first phase of rebuilding our home in Rockaway Park, Queens is finally complete. On Friday January 11th, volunteers poured a new concrete floor, working late into the night to make sure there was a wheelchair ramp built before it set and dried.

YANA is a community center that opened its doors two weeks before Superstorm Sandy devastated the region. Its intended purpose was to train workers and bring jobs to the Rockaways, with an emphasis on green technologies. With the support of countless dedicated volunteers and solar power provided by Greenpeace, it re-emerged after the storm as an important relief site and community hub. We’ve been providing hot meals, free medical treatment, legal counseling and housing advocacy. YANA has also been a donation distribution site, trained and dispatched canvassers, construction crews and mold remediation teams throughout the peninsula.

For weeks, neighbors and volunteers have been working tirelessly to get YANA back on its feet so that it can resume its important work and contribute to the long-term recovery of the Rockaways. YANA is using passive and energy efficient building principles throughout its rebuilding process. The structure was completely gutted, dried out and treated for mold, brick walls were rebuilt and reinforced, the plumbing was redone and a new system of in-floor radiant heating was installed. This last element is an example of simple, inexpensive sustainable techniques that can help offset energy costs.

The floor is functional and beautiful, dyed with mineral pigments in deep reds and browns to match the unfinished brick wall. The hydronic (hot water) radiant heating system supplies heat directly to the floor through a series of pipes laid under the concrete. This system uses very little energy — the thermal radiation warms every object with which it comes into contact so it limits heat transfer and breaks the constant heating and cooling cycle of traditional heating systems.

We’re literally building from the ground up. Infinite thanks to the neighbors, volunteers and donors who helped make it happen.

Now, phase 2. Join us.

YANA is located at B113th St. & Rockaway Beach Boulevard. If you’d like to volunteer with us, we are open Tuesdays – Sundays and can put anyone to good use. Bring boots and warm clothes.

You can also follow us at facebook.com/yana113 and check out our website www.rockaway113.com

Other ways to help with Sandy Relief:

Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Occupy Sandy Communications and Meeting Space

• Location: 122 Java St., Near G stop at Greenpoint
  
• Schedule: Open 10am – 6pm Monday – Saturday.
  
• Tasks: Help Occupy Sandy with Communications, Volunteer Organizing, Event planning and more. Please stop by or contact us for an appointment to meet with someone about getting more involved.
  
• Site Contact: 347-770-4520 or OccupySandyVolunteers@gmail.com

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Occupy Sandy Kitchen

• Location: St. John’s Church, 461 99th St, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Take R train to 95th St. stop. Exit station and go to 99th st. Make a left on 99th street and go towards Fort Hamilton Parkway. Left side.
  
• Schedule: 7 days a week from 8am – 6pm. The last time to arrive is 5pm.
  
• Tasks: Everyday we cut meat and veggie, cook meals, clean dishes, clean ice chests, organize fridges and supplies, pack meals for delivery, and clean-up for the day. Ideal number of volunteers is about 25 a day. If we get more volunteers, we can use them.
  
• Site Contact(s): Tim, Dave, Kate, sandybayridge@interoccupy.net and by leaving a voicemail at 347-465-7430.

Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn

• Location: 3047 Emmons Avenue, B/Q Sheepshead Bay station and walk 15 minutes.
  
• Schedule: 7 Days a week, Arrive between 10am and 4pm (Site closes at 5)
  
• Tasks: Need volunteers to Clean-out/debris removal, canvass on foot or by phone (language skills in Russian, Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Urdu very helpful!), serving food, helping residents with supplies, and delivering food to disabled or elderly.
  
• Site Contact(s): Sheryl and Alex, sheepsheadbayrecovers@gmail.com, 347-549-9708

Rockaways, Queens

Respond and Rebuild

• Location: Averne, (Rockaways), Pilgrim Church of Arverne, 7416 Beach Channel Drive. Preferred volunteers drive in their own vehicles. There is a 15 passenger van leaving from 520. Need more people on Sundays than Saturdays.
  
• Schedule: Every Day EXCEPT Mondays, 9am – 4pm. **Volunteers cannot be accepted after 9:30 IN THE ROCKAWAYS due to restraints on staff, transportation and safety concerns.
  
• Tasks: Up to 50 volunteers daily. Come volunteer with Respond & Rebuild! Every Saturday and Sunday for the month of January we’re sending teams out into the field to do mold remediation in residents’ homes in the Rockaways–a necessary step before families can rebuild safely. It’s tough, physical work, and we’ll provide you with all the safety gear and tools you’ll need.
  
• Site Contact(s): Andy, Shanna, Gabriel, RespondandRebuild.org. – Please Sign Up and schedule a date online.

Smallwater

• Location: Rockaway Beach, 183 beach 96th street. Driving is recommended – Cross Bay Bridge from Howard Beach to beach 94th Left on Shorefront Parkway Right on beach 96th. No regular transportation is provided for volunteers. (It is possible to accessed by public transportation via the A train and Q53 bus.)
  
• Schedule: 6 days/week – Closed Mondays. Volunteers can arrive from 10am-2:30pm. (Site closes at 3:30).
  
• Tasks: Muck-out (clean-out) as jobs come in, serving food, helping cleaning up the site. Ideal number of volunteers is 10, more can be taken if groups are scheduled.
  
• Site Contact(s): Michelle Cortez, Volunteer@smallwater.org

The Action Center

• Location: 5710 Beach Channel Drive. Personal Vehicle Recommended. Subway service to Rockaways from outer areas, limited. Bus service in Rockaways, in service.
• Schedule: 10 am – 4 pm daily
• Tasks: Volunteers will be performing supply intake & distro activities, e.g. unloading supply trucks, unpacking boxes, organizing supply rooms, distributing supplies. Specific tasks, per day, vary. Volunteers with vehicles and room for multiple passengers, ideal. Work gloves, boots and warm winter wear, strongly suggested for all volunteers. Up to 20 volunteers, daily.
• Site contact: Sam Doe (center director) and Nelson (site coordinator) are ground contacts for volunteers to connect with upon arrival. http://theactioncenter.com

Staten Island

1128 Olympia

• Location: 1128 Olympia Blvd, Staten Island, Verrazano to Hylan Blvd exit, SW on Hylan until a left on Greeley, left on Olympia. hub on right.
  
• Schedule: M W F: 11am – 4pm, Weekends: 10am, 3pm is too late!
  
• Volunteer Tasks: Muck out work is continuous. other work is special projects including canvassing, deliveries, administration at hub, organizing free store / stock. 10 volunteers needed during the week, 50 on weekends which is when we concentrate on our muck-out work. we are starting to work by appointment, especially for muck-outs during the week.
  
• Site Contact: Ilya, Goldi, Sandy1128Olympia@gmail.com, 347-201-0670

Below are a list of excellent volunteer opportunities coming up this weekend all across the city in Greenpoint, Bay Ridge, Rockaways, Staten Island and Sheepshead Bay. Please check them out and as always thank you for your continued generosity of time, talents and spirit! 

Solidarity,
Occupy Sandy

Rockaways

Respond and Rebuild

• Location: Averne, (Rockaways), Pilgrim Church of Arverne, 7416 Beach Channel Drive
• Directions: Preferred volunteers drive in their own vehicles. There is a 15 passenger van leaving from 520 (is this only on weekends?). Need more people on Sundays than Saturdays.    
• Schedule: Every Day EXCEPT Mondays, 9am – 4pm.  **Volunteers cannot be accepted after 9:30 IN THE ROCKAWAYS due to restraints on staff, transportation and safety concerns.
• Number of Volunteers Requested: 50
• Tasks:Come volunteer with Respond & Rebuild! Every Saturday and Sunday for the month of January we’re sending teams out into the field to do mold remediation in residents’ homes in the Rockaways–a necessary step before families can rebuild safely. It’s tough, physical work, and we’ll provide you with all the safety gear and tools you’ll need.
• OnSite Contact(s): Andy, Shanna, Gabriel
• Website:  RespondandRebuild.org. –  Please Sign Up and schedule a date online.

The Action Center

• Location:  http://theactioncenter.com 5710 Beach Channel Drive
• Directions:  Personal Vehicle Recommended. Subway service to Rockaways from outer areas, limited. Bus service in Rockaways, in service.
• Schedule:   10 am – 4 pm daily
• Number of Volunteers Requested:  Up to 20
• Tasks:  Volunteers will be performing supply intake & distro activities, e.g. unloading supply trucks, unpacking boxes, organizing supply rooms, distributing supplies. Specific tasks, per day, vary. Volunteers with vehicles and room for multiple passengers, ideal. Work gloves, boots and warm winter wear, strongly suggested for all volunteers.
• On site contact: Sam and Nelson.
• Phone Number & Email Contact: Website is http://theactioncenter.com

Smallwater

• Locations: Rockaway Beach, 183 beach 96th street
• Directions:  Driving is recommended – Cross Bay Bridge from Howard Beach to beach 94th Left on Shorefront Parkway Right on beach 96th.  No regular transportation is provided for volunteers.  (It is possible to accessed by public transportation via the A train and Q53 bus.)
• Schedule: 6 days/week – Closed Mondays.  Volunteers can arrive from 10am-2:30pm. (Site closes at 3:30).
  Number of Volunteers Requested:  Ideal number of volunteers is 10, more can be taken if groups are scheduled.
• Tasks: Muck-out (clean-out) as jobs come in, serving food, helping cleaning up the site.  
• On site Contact(s): Michelle
• Phone Number & Email Contact: Volunteer@smallwater.org

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Occupy Sandy Kitchen

• Location: St. John’s Church, 461 99th St, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
• Directions: Take R train to 95th St. stop. Exit station and go to 99th st. Make a left on 99th street and go towards Fort Hamilton Parkway. Left side. Enter the church on the front door.  
• Schedule: 7 days a week from 8am – 6pm. The last time to arrive is 5pm.
• Number of Volunteers Requested: Ideal number of volunteers is about 25 a day. If we get more volunteers, we can use them.
• Tasks: Everyday we cut meat and veggie, cook meals, clean dishes, clean ice chests, organize fridges and supplies, pack meals for delivery, and clean-up for the day.   
• Onsite Contact(s): Tim, Dave, Kate
• Phone and Email Contact: sandybayridge@interoccupy.net and by leaving a voicemail at 347-465-7430.

Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn

• Location: 3087 Emmons Avenue
• Directions: B/Q Sheepshead Bay station and walk 15 minutes.
• Schedule: 7 Days a week, Arrive between 10am and 4pm (Site closes at 5)
• Number of Volunteers Requested:  5 or more volunteers.       
• Tasks: At all times volunteers are needed to Clean-out/debris removal, canvass on foot or by phone (language skills in Russian, Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Urdu very helpful!), serving food, helping residents with supplies, and delivering food to disabled or elderly.
• OnSite Contact(s):  Sheryl and Alex
• Phone Number & Email contact: sheepsheadbayrecovers@gmail.com, 347-549-9708

Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Occupy Sandy Communications and Meeting Space

• Open 10am – 6pm Monday – Saturday
• Location: 122 Java St.
• Directions: Near G stop at Greenpoint
• Hotline phone:   347-770-4520
• Email contact: OccupySandyVolunteers@gmail.com
• Tasks:  Help Occupy Sandy with Communications, Volunteer Organizing, Event planning and more. Please stop by or contact us for an appointment to meet with someone about getting more involved.

Staten Island

World Cares Center, in collaboration with Occupy Sandy

• Location: 1128 Olympia Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10306
• Directions: Volunteer teams will be dispatched from the above address to specific work sites within the Staten Island affected areas.
• Schedule: Saturday 1/12 – Sunday 1/13  9:30a – 3:30p
• Tasks: Mucking out (gutting) homes and mediating present mold in the affected areas of Staten Island. Volunteers will be organized in teams and perform the basics of a home muck out and mold control treatment. Personal safety items and muck out equipment will be provided by Occupy Sandy and WCC, but if you are able to bring your own, please do. (Safety goggles are especially useful).
• Contact: mbascome@worldcares.org

Please come prepared to participate in the entire process, which includes but may not be limited to: attending a briefing and debriefing, performing physical labor throughout the day, and exposure to mold and chemicals used to mitigate mold growth.

Wear sturdy closed toed shoes, long pants and sleeves, and layers for the cold. Bring a lunch and water with you.

This project is not safe or appropriate for anyone under the age of 18. If you have asthma or a compromised autoimmune system, you should not participate in Muck-Outs. You can be placed in other supportive roles.

All teams will be briefed on the work they are assigned and provided with necessary supplies.

For additional information and registration.
For Saturday 1/12/13 visit this page.
For Sunday 1/13/12 visit this page.

OSNJ Volunteer Opportunities

Occupy Sandy New Jersey has been working around the clock to build a community-based recovery network so the people of New Jersey can drive the collective response to the disaster. We need your help to make the network live up to its potential. Each Saturday thousands of volunteers are working throughout the state in countless local efforts, including the ones listed below.

There are also opportunities throughout the week, as well as organizing tasks you can work on from your home, anywhere in the country. For more information, please visit our website at www.OccupySandyNJ.org, or contact OccupySandyNJ@interoccupy.net.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Anyone planning to participate in “muck-outs,” house-guttings, or other demolition work should wear waterproof boots, waterproof work gloves, and heavy duty work clothing, and P100 masks.

Thanks for everything you do!

Occupy Sandy New Jersey

Northern New Jersey

RSVP: TETERBORO

General Info

OSNJ has partnered with the North Jersey Vineyard Church to provide volunteers and resources to Metropolitan and Vanguard mobile home parks in Moonachie.

Project Info

Saturday 1/12: Volunteers MUST attend orientation session held at 8:00am OR 12:30pm

Tasks will include insulation removal/installment, floor removal/installment, wall removal/installment, general demo and canvassing.

*Please bring hammers, pry-bars and work goggles if possible

Central/Coastal New Jersey

RSVP: PORT MONMOUTH

General Info

OSNJ has partnered with the VFW in Port Monmouth to connect and support neighborhoods and communities affected by hurricane sandy (Keansburg, Keyport, Union Beach, Hazlet, and the Highlands). We are gutting/demolishing/cleaning out houses and distributing free hot, healthy food to people 7 days a week.

Project Info

Saturday 1/12: Volunteers needed 9am – 5pm to help run more crews to meet the needs of the towns where we are working. Our main need currently is for clean up and food prep volunteers.

Donation Needs

• Demolition/gutting/work gear: P-100 respirator masks (25 ct) and matching pink filter replacements (100 ct) , OSHA N95 masks (200 ct), large floor pry bars (4 ct), salamander heaters/room heaters with safety sensors, work gloves, tyvek coveralls, work boots.
• Food distribution: Stainless steel hotel pans for warming and serving food (8 ct) medium and deep sizes, disposable aluminum catering/serving trays size long/large (100 ct), sternos, all types of preferably biodegradable/recyclable food serving products, soup containers (8-10 oz), packaged cutlery (spoons, knives, forks), small clam shells to-go containers ( approx size 5.7 x 5.625 x 3.75), and large clam shell to go containers with partitions (approx. size — 9.9 x 3.75), cups, cups with lids, (10-12 oz).
• Food: Food needs at the VFW are bulk donations of raw and canned vegetables, non perishable canned food such as red sauce, broths, soups, etc; greens, milk, meats (chicken, turkey, beef), eggs, other non-meat proteins such as tempeh and seitan, and canned and dry beans. Please contact to coordinate donations. Drop off at VFW between 10a – 7p

Manasquan

RSVP: MANASQUAN

General Info

Volunteer opportunities to help residents in Manasquan area.

Project Info

Saturday 1/12 9:00am sharp!

Tasks will include muck outs/clean ups

Donation Needs

OSHA approved P100 masks, rubber gloves, goggles & tyvek suits

Point Pleasant

RSVP: POINT PLEASANT

General Info

Volunteer opportunities to help residents in Point Pleasant area.

Project Info

Saturday 1/12 8:15am sharp!

Tasks will include muck outs/clean ups

Donation Needs

OSHA approved P100 masks, rubber gloves, goggles & tyvek suits

*Volunteer opportunities also available at this location during the week. Please email to schedule!

Pennsylvania

RSVP: PHILADELPHIA

General Info

The Transport Workers Union – Local 234 in Philadelphia has generously opened its doors to Occupy Sandy NJ, giving us our own much-needed distribution hub in a great location. The Occupy Philly community has rallied to help our friends, family, and neighbors in New Jersey, and we are so grateful to have a base for OSNJ operations, thanks to the support and solidarity of the transit workers of Philadelphia.

Project Info

We are accepting Volunteers Monday – Friday from 9am – 5pm to assist with organizing in all capacities.

We are accepting Volunteers on Saturday 1/12 10am – 4pm to assist with a medley of tasks, including work days on the Jersey shore.

Donation Info

• Current Needs: Safety and muck-out equipment:
  OSHA P100 FACEMASKS, waterproof boots, waterproof work-gloves, hazmat suits and/or heavy-duty overalls, tarps, waterproof plastic bins, pry-bars, garbage bags, headlamps/flashlights, and batteries. Paint brushes, paint/spray paint donations of the following colors blue, green, orange, yellow, white.
• Construction equipment and personal appliances:
  Tables, Gorilla tape, personal newer computers, large cardboard boxes, Drywall, floorboards, lumber, joints, insulation, wiring, hot water heaters, dehumidifiers, refrigerators, dish-washers, gas or electric ranges/ovens, newer-model personal computers, electric wheelchairs, & generators

“Walk a Mile in Our Shoes”

Locations in NY & NJ!

January, 12th 9AM

New York City

• Rockaway Beach – https://www.facebook.com/events/457535137639724/
• Coney Island – on Sunday 1/13 @ 1:30 pm – https://www.facebook.com/events/520519791312197/
• Gerritsen Beach – https://www.facebook.com/events/146414908844279/
• Staten Island – https://www.facebook.com/events/432746886798813/

Nassau County

• Island Park – https://www.facebook.com/events/520519791312197/ (Download Flyer)

New Jersey

• Keansburg/Union Beach – https://www.facebook.com/events/408102472604441
• Seaside – https://www.facebook.com/events/509710529069770
• Brigantine – https://www.facebook.com/events/471259782920873/

Hope the New Year has been treating you well so far. Below we have some canvassing, muck-out, mold remediation opportunities in Sheepshead Bay and Rockaways

Also Sandy Storyline is looking for Regional Storytelling Coordinators, Front End Developers and social media mavens!

Thanks for everything you do.

Sheepshead Bay

Occupy Sandy Sheepshead Bay

• 3081 Emmons Ave (Jumpin’ Bean)
• Daily 10 am-5 pm
• Email: sheepsheadbayrecovers@gmail.com
• Call: 347-549-9708

To volunteer in Sheepshead Bay, please sign up for a shift (or several!) HERE.

We need volunteers to help with staffing the supply table, muckouts, garbage clean-up and removing debris from people’s homes, door-to-door needs assessments, on-site data entry (please bring laptop), demolition (prior experience required), mold remediation (prior experience required).

Our site is located at 3081 Emmons Avenue between Brown and Batchelder Streets at the Jumpin’ Bean Restaurant. We are open 10am – 5pm every day of the week. You will receive orientation on site, and need not stop by a distribution hub first.

There is limited work that people under the age of 18 or people with asthma, heart conditions or immune-compromised systems can do, but we can always use help staffing the supply table, door-knocking, and serving food. We also have a need for detail-oriented, paperwork-lovin’ people during the weekdays who can stay on site and maintain a daily log sheet of volunteers, work orders being filled, and requests from residents. Will provide training.

If you are doing muck outs or demolition, please wear work boots and bring work gloves and a respirator if you have them. If not, we can provide gloves, masks, and Tyvek suits.

Rockaways

• Respond & Rebuild
• Meet at 520 Clinton @ 8am to travel to Rockaway, NY
• Saturday, Sunday
  8a – 5p
• Email: info@respondandrebuild.org

Volunteers will spend the day removing mold from previously flooded homes. This process involves scraping, vacuuming, and disinfecting. Depending on the site there may be some finishing demolition. Volunteers should bring a lunch, hard soled shoes/boots, work clothes and enthusiasm!

We will provide respirators, goggles, tyvek suits, and work gloves.

We do not work with volunteers under 16; volunteers aged 16-18 will need to have the signature of a parent or guardian. We provide more than adequate P-100 half face respirators and Tyvek haz-mat suits to all of our volunteers, but be aware that it is dirty work in basements with mold present.

Register to volunteer at www.respondandrebuild.org/volunteer

Sandy Storyline

Sandy Storyline is a participatory documentary about Hurricane Sandy and efforts to recover and rebuild communities. Using audio, photography, text and video, Sandy Storyline is building a narrative of the storm and its aftermath, told through the experiences of community members and volunteers.

Any Affected Area in New York or New Jersey

• Monday – Sunday
  Flexible Time / Few Days Per Week Minimum
• Email: info@sandystoryline.com
• Seeking: Volunteer Regional Storytelling Coordinators

The participatory documentary Sandy StoryLine (www.sandystoryline.com) is looking for volunteer regional storytelling coordinators. Coordinators collaborate with local organizers to identify people in affected areas who would like to share stories of their experience or visions for the future. This person would both help community members to tell their own stories using easily accessible tools as well as connect them with our growing community of media makers.

The goal is to work in closer relationship to the organizing to fill the huge gaps in the mainstream media’s reporting so we can continue to amplify what’s happening in affected neighborhoods.

The regional storytelling coordinators would have to be available a few days a week. Join us in exposing and voicing these important stories.

This is a super flexible and fun volunteer opportunity.

This opp is great for any folks who are self-starters love meeting new people.Telling the untold stories of this diaster is critical to how we support communities advocating for equitable rebuilding. Bring a notebook and pen, warm and comfortable clothes and your people skills.

122 Java Street, Greenpoint Brooklyn

• Monday – Sunday – Flexible Time / Few Days Per Week Minimum
• Email: web@sandystoryline.com
• Seeking: Front-end Developer for Hurricane Sandy Storytelling Project www.sandystoryline.com

Sandy Storyline is a participatory documentary about Hurricane Sandy and efforts to recover and rebuild communities. Using audio, photography, text and video, Sandy Storyline is building a narrative of the storm and its aftermath, told through the experiences of community members and volunteers.

Sandy Storyline includes three channels of participation to ensure that a multiplicity of voices and perspectives are represented in the documentary.

• Anyone can record their story by simply calling a toll-free number, sending a text or picture message, or submitting a story on sandystoryline.com.
• A growing group of media contributors are gathering people’s stories using audio interviews, photography and video.
• Sandy StoryLine conducts participatory workshops for community and youth groups to help build the knowledge and tools to create media for community power, cultural expression, and leadership development.

A main distribution outlet for Sandy Storyline is our web platform, sandystoryline.com.

We’re in immediate need of a front-end developer to join Sandy Storyline. We put up a very rapid first build, just to get the growing collection of stories up, but want to make a truly interactive place on the web for sharing stories about Sandy. We hope to bring dignity to the people who have been affected, and create a storytelling platform that can be used for long term advocacy efforts around rebuilding. Bring your ideas!

The developer should feel comfortable handing different media types, and working in CSS, javascript, and HTML 5. Features may include creative applications of playlists, story sorting, and viewing.

We are volunteer-powered at the moment but this is a creative, collaborative project with lots of potential. We are looking for developers who can help with the beta phase as well as for the long term vision of creating a space for telling the stories of Hurricane Sandy.

If interested, please contact web@sandystoryline.com.

Can Work Remotely

• Monday – Sunday – Flexible Time / Few Days Per Week Minimum
• Email: info@sandystoryline.com

Sandy Storyline www.sandystoryline.com is looking for volunteers who can help with our social media, online communications, and general outreach. Can work remotely. We have weekly meetings that alternate between stories/content one week and coordination/productions the next week. Meetings are in the evening on weekdays.

This is a perfect job for someone who has a full time job but still wants to help out.

Sandy Storyline is a participatory documentary about Hurricane Sandy and the recovery and reconstruction of our neighborhoods. Using audio, photography and text, Sandy Storyline creates a narrative of the storm and its aftermath, told through the experiences of community members and volunteers.

Job would include helping draft and send weekly HTML emails about the latest stories. Helping coordinate updating our (forthcoming) blog, announcing all of our 100 stories on social media, as well as helping spread the word far and wide about all these stories you can’t hear anywhere else.

Help us amplify the real stories of what’s happening!

Hope the New Year has been treating you well so far. Below we have some canvassing, muck-out, mold remediation opportunities in Sheepshead Bay and Rockaways

Also Sandy Storyline is looking for Regional Storytelling Coordinators, Front End Developers and social media mavens!

Thanks for everything you do.

Sheepshead Bay

Occupy Sandy Sheepshead Bay

• 3081 Emmons Ave (Jumpin’ Bean)
• Daily 10 am-5 pm
• Email: sheepsheadbayrecovers@gmail.com
• Call: 347-549-9708

To volunteer in Sheepshead Bay, please sign up for a shift (or several!) HERE.

We need volunteers to help with staffing the supply table, muckouts, garbage clean-up and removing debris from people’s homes, door-to-door needs assessments, on-site data entry (please bring laptop), demolition (prior experience required), mold remediation (prior experience required).

Our site is located at 3081 Emmons Avenue between Brown and Batchelder Streets at the Jumpin’ Bean Restaurant. We are open 10am – 5pm every day of the week. You will receive orientation on site, and need not stop by a distribution hub first.

There is limited work that people under the age of 18 or people with asthma, heart conditions or immune-compromised systems can do, but we can always use help staffing the supply table, door-knocking, and serving food. We also have a need for detail-oriented, paperwork-lovin’ people during the weekdays who can stay on site and maintain a daily log sheet of volunteers, work orders being filled, and requests from residents. Will provide training.

If you are doing muck outs or demolition, please wear work boots and bring work gloves and a respirator if you have them. If not, we can provide gloves, masks, and Tyvek suits.

Rockaways

• Respond & Rebuild
• Meet at 520 Clinton @ 8am to travel to Rockaway, NY
• Saturday, Sunday
  8a – 5p
• Email: info@respondandrebuild.org

Volunteers will spend the day removing mold from previously flooded homes. This process involves scraping, vacuuming, and disinfecting. Depending on the site there may be some finishing demolition. Volunteers should bring a lunch, hard soled shoes/boots, work clothes and enthusiasm!

We will provide respirators, goggles, tyvek suits, and work gloves.

We do not work with volunteers under 16; volunteers aged 16-18 will need to have the signature of a parent or guardian. We provide more than adequate P-100 half face respirators and Tyvek haz-mat suits to all of our volunteers, but be aware that it is dirty work in basements with mold present.

Register to volunteer at www.respondandrebuild.org/volunteer

Sandy Storyline

Sandy Storyline is a participatory documentary about Hurricane Sandy and efforts to recover and rebuild communities. Using audio, photography, text and video, Sandy Storyline is building a narrative of the storm and its aftermath, told through the experiences of community members and volunteers.

Any Affected Area in New York or New Jersey

• Monday – Sunday
  Flexible Time / Few Days Per Week Minimum
• Email: info@sandystoryline.com
• Seeking: Volunteer Regional Storytelling Coordinators

The participatory documentary Sandy StoryLine (www.sandystoryline.com) is looking for volunteer regional storytelling coordinators. Coordinators collaborate with local organizers to identify people in affected areas who would like to share stories of their experience or visions for the future. This person would both help community members to tell their own stories using easily accessible tools as well as connect them with our growing community of media makers.

The goal is to work in closer relationship to the organizing to fill the huge gaps in the mainstream media’s reporting so we can continue to amplify what’s happening in affected neighborhoods.

The regional storytelling coordinators would have to be available a few days a week. Join us in exposing and voicing these important stories.

This is a super flexible and fun volunteer opportunity.

This opp is great for any folks who are self-starters love meeting new people.Telling the untold stories of this diaster is critical to how we support communities advocating for equitable rebuilding. Bring a notebook and pen, warm and comfortable clothes and your people skills.

122 Java Street, Greenpoint Brooklyn

• Monday – Sunday – Flexible Time / Few Days Per Week Minimum
• Email: web@sandystoryline.com
• Seeking: Front-end Developer for Hurricane Sandy Storytelling Project www.sandystoryline.com

Sandy Storyline is a participatory documentary about Hurricane Sandy and efforts to recover and rebuild communities. Using audio, photography, text and video, Sandy Storyline is building a narrative of the storm and its aftermath, told through the experiences of community members and volunteers.

Sandy Storyline includes three channels of participation to ensure that a multiplicity of voices and perspectives are represented in the documentary.

• Anyone can record their story by simply calling a toll-free number, sending a text or picture message, or submitting a story on sandystoryline.com.
• A growing group of media contributors are gathering people’s stories using audio interviews, photography and video.
• Sandy StoryLine conducts participatory workshops for community and youth groups to help build the knowledge and tools to create media for community power, cultural expression, and leadership development.

A main distribution outlet for Sandy Storyline is our web platform, sandystoryline.com.

We’re in immediate need of a front-end developer to join Sandy Storyline. We put up a very rapid first build, just to get the growing collection of stories up, but want to make a truly interactive place on the web for sharing stories about Sandy. We hope to bring dignity to the people who have been affected, and create a storytelling platform that can be used for long term advocacy efforts around rebuilding. Bring your ideas!

The developer should feel comfortable handing different media types, and working in CSS, javascript, and HTML 5. Features may include creative applications of playlists, story sorting, and viewing.

We are volunteer-powered at the moment but this is a creative, collaborative project with lots of potential. We are looking for developers who can help with the beta phase as well as for the long term vision of creating a space for telling the stories of Hurricane Sandy.

If interested, please contact web@sandystoryline.com.

Can Work Remotely

• Monday – Sunday – Flexible Time / Few Days Per Week Minimum
• Email: info@sandystoryline.com

Sandy Storyline www.sandystoryline.com is looking for volunteers who can help with our social media, online communications, and general outreach. Can work remotely. We have weekly meetings that alternate between stories/content one week and coordination/productions the next week. Meetings are in the evening on weekdays.

This is a perfect job for someone who has a full time job but still wants to help out.

Sandy Storyline is a participatory documentary about Hurricane Sandy and the recovery and reconstruction of our neighborhoods. Using audio, photography and text, Sandy Storyline creates a narrative of the storm and its aftermath, told through the experiences of community members and volunteers.

Job would include helping draft and send weekly HTML emails about the latest stories. Helping coordinate updating our (forthcoming) blog, announcing all of our 100 stories on social media, as well as helping spread the word far and wide about all these stories you can’t hear anywhere else.

Help us amplify the real stories of what’s happening!

Bay Ridge Kitchen

Our kitchen in Bay Ridge at St. John’s Episcopal Church still needs volunteers every day.

Please arrive between 9:00 to 2:00. If you show up later you can still help with clean up.

We are still feeding over one thousand people per day and need people willing to cook, prepare food, and drive the food to communities still in need. Drivers are especially needed on Saturday, December 29th despite the (likely) poor weather. If you have a car that you feel safe driving with in slush and snow, please stop by the Church at 461 99th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11209.

Please feel free to email us at sandybayridge@Interoccupy.net or call us at (347) 465-7430.

Thank you for everything!

Rockaways

Respond & Rebuild

So you’re looking to volunteer. Well have we got an opportunity for you! Put on your dirty clothes and lets get to work in the Rockaways. Fill out the form here.

YANA at Beach 113th and Rockaway Beach Blvd

Sandy’s first relief site in the Rockaways. We need volunteers interested -and ideally skilled- in construction, but anyone willing to get dirty will be put to good use. Please wear boots and appropriate clothing; safety gear will be provided. The YANA relief site also dispatches volunteers throughout the peninsula, to do everything from clean up and gutting to donation distribution. If you are interested in helping, please contact them or just head out to YANA and see how you can help.

Yana FB page

Yana Webpage

St. Camillus Church & School (B100)

Beach 100 St Bw Rockaway Beach Blvd & Shore Front Parkway Donations only.

St. Camillus Church is the main distribution site for Occupy Sandy in the west side of the Rockaways. Currently, it provides hot meals as well as accepting and distributing all manner of donations, except clothing. Accepting non perishable food, hot food, baby clothing and, cleaning supplies.

B100 Webpage

Church of the Prophecy (Cornaga)

23-04 Cornaga Ave. Rockaway Queens

Donations only Please call to arrange drop-offs.

9:30am-4pm Daily

(347) 207-4113 / (828) 367-8525

Staten Island

1128 Olympia Blvd

Volunteers are needed everyday at the @OccupySandy @StatenIslandOS Community Hub.

Midland Beach has asked for our long term support- StatenIslandOS has space for it’s Coms Hub & #ToolLibrary in Midland Beach for next 1 to 2 years.

Staten Island FB page

Staten Island OS Webpage

Coney Island

Center of Kaiser Park

Neptune Ave – Bayview Ave, W. 24 St. – W. 32 St. Brooklyn

Volunteers will be coordinated from this location, but we do not currently have regular hours. To join a volunteer event, please register as a volunteer with Occupy Sandy and we will let you know when we are holding volunteering events in Coney Island.

Open for special events only.

peoplesrelief@gmail.com

Coney Island Webpage

New Jersey

Philadelphia TWU Local 234

Philadelphia TWU Local 234 is the main distribution center for New Jersey.

Bay Ridge Kitchen

Our kitchen in Bay Ridge at St. John’s Episcopal Church still needs volunteers every day.

Please arrive between 9:00 to 2:00. If you show up later you can still help with clean up.

We are still feeding over one thousand people per day and need people willing to cook, prepare food, and drive the food to communities still in need. Drivers are especially needed on Saturday, December 29th despite the (likely) poor weather. If you have a car that you feel safe driving with in slush and snow, please stop by the Church at 461 99th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11209.

Please feel free to email us at sandybayridge@Interoccupy.net or call us at (347) 465-7430.

Thank you for everything!

Rockaways

Respond & Rebuild

So you’re looking to volunteer. Well have we got an opportunity for you! Put on your dirty clothes and lets get to work in the Rockaways. Fill out the form here.

YANA at Beach 113th and Rockaway Beach Blvd

Sandy’s first relief site in the Rockaways. We need volunteers interested -and ideally skilled- in construction, but anyone willing to get dirty will be put to good use. Please wear boots and appropriate clothing; safety gear will be provided. The YANA relief site also dispatches volunteers throughout the peninsula, to do everything from clean up and gutting to donation distribution. If you are interested in helping, please contact them or just head out to YANA and see how you can help.

Yana FB page

Yana Webpage

St. Camillus Church & School (B100)

Beach 100 St Bw Rockaway Beach Blvd & Shore Front Parkway Donations only.

St. Camillus Church is the main distribution site for Occupy Sandy in the west side of the Rockaways. Currently, it provides hot meals as well as accepting and distributing all manner of donations, except clothing. Accepting non perishable food, hot food, baby clothing and, cleaning supplies.

B100 Webpage

Church of the Prophecy (Cornaga)

23-04 Cornaga Ave. Rockaway Queens

Donations only Please call to arrange drop-offs.

9:30am-4pm Daily

(347) 207-4113 / (828) 367-8525

Staten Island

1128 Olympia Blvd

Volunteers are needed everyday at the @OccupySandy @StatenIslandOS Community Hub.

Midland Beach has asked for our long term support- StatenIslandOS has space for it’s Coms Hub & #ToolLibrary in Midland Beach for next 1 to 2 years.

Staten Island FB page

Staten Island OS Webpage

Coney Island

Center of Kaiser Park

Neptune Ave – Bayview Ave, W. 24 St. – W. 32 St. Brooklyn

Volunteers will be coordinated from this location, but we do not currently have regular hours. To join a volunteer event, please register as a volunteer with Occupy Sandy and we will let you know when we are holding volunteering events in Coney Island.

Open for special events only.

peoplesrelief@gmail.com

Coney Island Webpage

New Jersey

Philadelphia TWU Local 234

Philadelphia TWU Local 234 is the main distribution center for New Jersey.

The Action Center and Occupy Sandy
5710 Beach Channel Drive, Far Rockaway, NY 11692
ONE DAY ONLY: Sunday 12/30 10am – 5pm

A van will leave from the front of Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew’s at 520 Clinton Avenue @ 10am to go to the Action Center, and will leave the Action Center @ 4pm to go back to 520 Clinton Ave.

Register for a Ride

Public Transportation: Take the A train to JFK, transfer to the Shuttle bus towards Far Rockaway, then take the H train to Beach 60th Street. Walk three blocks to Beach 57th St. and Beach Channel Drive (the shuttle and H train is free). Please consider rush hour traffic in this method of transport, suggestion of leaving the Action Center around 3pm when taking public transportation.

Volunteers will be performing center clean up, and supply intake activities, e.g. moving debris to dumpsters, unloading supply trucks, unpacking boxes, and organizing supply rooms.

It’s cold! Work gloves, boots and warm winter wear, strongly suggested for all volunteers.

Text Only Please:

Sam Doe (718) 869-0031
Aria Doe (718) 869-0346

Thank you!

Our kitchen in Bay Ridge at St. John’s Episcopal Church still needs volunteers every day. We are still feeding over one thousand people per day and need people willing to cook, prepare food, and drive the food to communities still in need.

To help in the kitchen, please arrive between 9:00 to 2:00. If you show up later you can still help with clean up.

Drivers are especially needed on Saturday, December 29th despite the (likely) poor weather. If you have a car that you feel safe driving with in slush and snow, please stop by the Church at 461 99th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11209.

Please feel free to email us at sandybayridge@Interoccupy.net or call us at (347) 465-7430.

Midland Beach Mutual Aid Follow Up Conversation Project : Stepping Up & Bringing the Mutual Aid Door to Door Begins 12/27!

On Dec 27th we will begin a comprehensive door to door mapping & phone bank effort to begin the scheduling of a conversation style Mutual Aid interview with the neighbors of Midland Beach affected by Sandy.

Outreach efforts to date have had a materialistic damage response focus in their polling of information using a list of available support reverse engineered into leading questions. Long Lists of Multiple Choice Responses to get emergency Mutual Aid out to those in need.

Standing in doorways with a clipboard isn’t the most conducive way to learn about the communities we look to serve during the long rebuilding process after Sandy. Many neighbors are not in their homes regular hours or when we call (in person or on the phone) do not have the time to answer many questions.

Initial contact has already been made with over 2000+ households through canvasing, use of resources at 1128 Olympia or direct delivery of Mutual Aid by Occupy Sandy volunteers since Sandy hit but this is only a small portion of the neighborhood.

By creating a comprehensive outreach effort to all neighbors in the 10305 & 10306 Zip Codes in Midland Beach on Staten Island New York we hope to begin a series of conversations on the individual level about the post hurricane Sandy needs of the community.

Using traditional phone banking outreach we plan to create a database to be used by the 1128 Olympia Community Hub to develop & dispatch long term Mutual Aid via a long form interview to be done after Jan 2nd 2013 by two person teams.

Once created the outreach effort should give an accurate thumbnail of resident’s contact with our Sandy Mutual Aid Network & what neighbors are currently displaced.

Connecting all Midland Beach residents both current & those displaced with support available through the Occupy Sandy Mutual Aid is our primary & guiding focus in gathering this information.

Any & All information shared is private & will strictly be used to provide information on future Sandy Aid Support. It will not be shared.

Efforts will start with a week or two of data entry & then a targeted door to door canvasing project will be developed for after Jan 1st.

When we do send out our door to door teams with clip boards & a short list of questions they will have in tow a cart with boxes of Healthy Food Support Mutual Aid to share with responding neighbors.

City Harvest & Neighbors Helping Neighbors are providing regular food support through Staten Island’s Food Pantries and this sample offering is open to any Midland Beach residents even if they choose not to respond.

After the data entry has begun the next step in all this is scheduling the conversation either with a follow up phone call from information already collected or by a targeted door to door canvasing.

Help is needed on all levels and of all skill sets!

If you cannot help in person or online can you please forward this project via email, word of mouth or via your favorite social media platform?

Midland Beach has asked for our long term support- help us help them take the first step by Occupying Mutual Aid one conversation at a time with us Dec 27 – Dec 30.

Occupy Sandy Staten Island 1128 Olympia Community Hub

Daily Onsite Needs:

• 1 Driver for Volunteer Van at 520 Clinton Available (9:30 AM- 5:30 PM)
• 1 Volunteer for Site Coordination (11 AM – 4 PM)
• 1 Volunteer for Community Resource Distro (11 AM – 4 PM)
• 1 Volunteer for Community Tool Library (11 AM – 4 PM)
• 1 Volunteer for Communication & Dispatch (Times Varies)
• 2 Volunteers for Free Store & Individual Mutual Aid Support (11 AM – 4 PM)
• 4-6 Volunteers to Phone Bank & Basic Office Data Entry

Daily Desktop & Offsite Needs:

• Social Media Support on Twitter & Facebook
• Online Mutual Aid research & Donation Cultivation
• Email & Phone Outreach
• Community Outreach & Mutual Aid Development
• Graphic Design & Flyer Creation

Can you fill one of these roles as apart of Occupy Sandy’s Mutual Aid efforts?

Plan of Action

Day One:

• Set Basic Frame Work
• Cut Out Turfs for Scheduling Door to Door
• Begin Volunteer Outreach
• Set up Phone Bank Process
• Continue Data Entry from handwritten books
• Locate Data from online sources (Google Docs, Mapplr, Sahana, Etc)

Day Two:

• Cut Out Turfs
• Volunteer Outreach
• Phone Banking
• Data Entry

How to Help with MBMAC

Join us at 9:30 AM- 5:30 PM Daily at 520 Clinton to be driven to 1128 Olympia Blvd in Midland Beach to volunteer all day. Site to Site transportation & Lunch Provided.

Volunteer Center is open from 11 AM – 4 PM

Register

If you can help contact us directly or join us in person!

Thank you!!

Dear Sandy volunteers,



In the early morning of Sunday, Dec. 23rd, the 520 Clinton Ave hub suffered a serious fire. The severity of the damage, as well as the cause, is still being assessed. We have received an enormous amount of heartfelt support from our community near and far. We are deeply grateful. We may suffer physical damage, but we are not deterred:



“…We are pressed on every side, perplexed, but not easily broken.” -Corinthians 4:8



Please join us Monday, Dec. 24th at 10pm for a special Christmas Eve service in the Church. RSVP here on Facebook



If you cannot make it out but would like to donate to support the rebuilding of the Church, including Occupy Sandy’s continued work at 520, click here



As always, thank you for your amazing work!



Solidarity,



Occupy Sandy

520 Clinton will be open Christmas Eve, Monday 12/24. Please come make the holidays brighter for Sandy Survivors. Here’s what’s happening at The Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew (520 Clinton) tomorrow! The church has also invited us to join them at 10pm for a special Christmas Eve service in the Church.

Monday, December 24th, 12PM

Holiday Festivity, Toy Distribution & Potluck at 33rd St and Beach Channel Drive
Arrive at 10AM at 520 Clinton Ave to carpool. Bring Vehicles if possible.

We’ll need volunteers to give out toys for kids and to serve food. We’re also putting together a variety show for everybody. Get in touch with leonieoccupysandy@gmail.com if you have something you would like to contribute. Meal donations can be delivered to 461 99th St (at Ft. Hamilton Parkway) Brooklyn, NY.

Happy Holidays everyone!!

520 Clinton will be open Christmas Eve, Monday 12/24. Please come make the holidays brighter for Sandy Survivors. Here’s what’s happening at The Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew (520 Clinton) tomorrow! The church has also invited us to join them at 10pm for a special Christmas Eve service in the Church.

Monday, December 24th, 12PM

Holiday Festivity, Toy Distribution & Potluck at 33rd St and Beach Channel Drive
Arrive at 10AM at 520 Clinton Ave to carpool. Bring Vehicles if possible.

We’ll need volunteers to give out toys for kids and to serve food. We’re also putting together a variety show for everybody. Get in touch with leonieoccupysandy@gmail.com if you have something you would like to contribute. Meal donations can be delivered to 461 99th St (at Ft. Hamilton Parkway) Brooklyn, NY.

Happy Holidays everyone!!

Show solidarity with Sandy Survivors through the holidays. Here are a few things happening this weekend!

520 Clinton

Gift-wrapping and Card-making Party for Kids

• Saturday, December, 22nd, 10am-3pm
• 520 Clinton Ave.

Wrap gifts and make holiday cards for children affected by Hurricane Sandy. We have toys, wrapping paper and art supplies but feel free to bring your own presents and materials. There will be cookies and hot drinks.

Rockaways

Rockaway Community & Occupy Sandy Holiday Party

• Saturday, December 22, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• St. Camillus Church, 99-15 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Rockaway Park, NY

Music & Dance Party for Rockaway residents & Occupy Sandy volunteers, featuring pop singer Sterling Infinity & Evolution (www.sterling8.com), and DJs Prince Klassen & Chris Devlin. In the gym adjacent to St. Camillus Church, on Beach 100th Street between Rockaway Beach Blvd. & Shore Parkway. For all Rockaway residents and volunteers—free of course!

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/477166792333951/.

Pre-Festive Clean-Up in the Rockaways

• Weekend: Saturday, December 22nd and Sunday, December 23rd
• For time/place please contact http://www.respondandrebuild.org/volunteer

More than a month after the hurricane many people still haven’t been able to go home. Others with breathing difficulties, elderly and very young, are living with mold in their homes that needs to be treated. Help people get back to their lives before the holidays and join us for a big clean-up this weekend. Sign up!

Holiday Festivity & Potluck at 33rd St and Beach Channel Drive

• Monday, December 24th, 12PM
• Arrive at 10AM at 520 Clinton Ave to carpool. Bring Vehicles if possible.

We’ll need volunteers to give out toys for kids and to serve food. We’re also putting together a variety show for everybody. Get in touch with leonieoccupysandy@gmail.com if you have something you would like to contribute. Meal donations can be delivered to 461 99th St (at Ft. Hamilton Parkway) Brooklyn, NY.

Bay Ridge

Cook Holiday Meals

• Sunday, December 23rd, 8am – 6pm
• Bay Ridge Kitchen, 461 99th St (at Ft. Hamilton Parkway) Brooklyn

Prepare and cook meals for the holidays to be delivered to our relief sites and volunteers.

Show solidarity with Sandy Survivors through the holidays. Here are a few things happening this weekend!

520 Clinton

Gift-wrapping and Card-making Party for Kids

• Saturday, December, 22nd, 10am-3pm
• 520 Clinton Ave.

Wrap gifts and make holiday cards for children affected by Hurricane Sandy. We have toys, wrapping paper and art supplies but feel free to bring your own presents and materials. There will be cookies and hot drinks.

Rockaways

Rockaway Community & Occupy Sandy Holiday Party

• Saturday, December 22, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• St. Camillus Church, 99-15 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Rockaway Park, NY

Music & Dance Party for Rockaway residents & Occupy Sandy volunteers, featuring pop singer Sterling Infinity & Evolution (www.sterling8.com), and DJs Prince Klassen & Chris Devlin. In the gym adjacent to St. Camillus Church, on Beach 100th Street between Rockaway Beach Blvd. & Shore Parkway. For all Rockaway residents and volunteers—free of course!

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/477166792333951/.

Pre-Festive Clean-Up in the Rockaways

• Weekend: Saturday, December 22nd and Sunday, December 23rd
• For time/place please contact http://www.respondandrebuild.org/volunteer

More than a month after the hurricane many people still haven’t been able to go home. Others with breathing difficulties, elderly and very young, are living with mold in their homes that needs to be treated. Help people get back to their lives before the holidays and join us for a big clean-up this weekend. Sign up!

Holiday Festivity & Potluck at 33rd St and Beach Channel Drive

• Monday, December 24th, 12PM
• Arrive at 10AM at 520 Clinton Ave to carpool. Bring Vehicles if possible.

We’ll need volunteers to give out toys for kids and to serve food. We’re also putting together a variety show for everybody. Get in touch with leonieoccupysandy@gmail.com if you have something you would like to contribute. Meal donations can be delivered to 461 99th St (at Ft. Hamilton Parkway) Brooklyn, NY.

Bay Ridge

Cook Holiday Meals

• Sunday, December 23rd, 8am – 6pm
• Bay Ridge Kitchen, 461 99th St (at Ft. Hamilton Parkway) Brooklyn

Prepare and cook meals for the holidays to be delivered to our relief sites and volunteers.

We have a lot of work to be done this weekend. Red Hook and Sheepshead Bay has put the call out for volunteers every day of the week for a multitude of jobs and Occupy Sandy in Staten Island will be mucking out homes in the community all weekend long through Monday.  Please take a look below!

Red Hook

• Monday – Sunday: 12pm -4pm

Sign Up!

when you sign up you will receive information on where they should go and the different jobs available.

Also call 718.306.9149

Sheepshead Bay

• Corner of Brown St & Emmons Ave
• Monday – Sunday: 10 am-5 pm
• sheepsheadbayrecovers@gmail.com

Sign Up!

We need volunteers to help with staffing the supply table, garbage clean-up and removing debris from people’s homes, household cleaning, door-to-door needs assessments, on-site data entry (please bring laptop), demolition (prior experience required), mold remediation (prior experience required).

Our site is located at the corner of Brown St & Emmons Ave in South Brooklyn and we are open 10 am- 5 pm every day of the week. You will receive orientation on site, and need not stop by a distribution hub first.

Volunteers should be in good health and ideally able to do some heavy lifting.  If you have your own work gloves and/or respirator mask, please bring them. If not, we will supply you with all the necessary safety equipment.

Staten Island Muck Out

• 1126 Olympia Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10306
• Saturday - Monday 10am – 4pm

Volunteers will participate in the muck out of homes in the affected areas of Staten Island. Volunteers will be organized in teams and perform the basics of a home muck out, including light demolition, mold-remediation and cleaning.    We will be working Saturday, Sunday and Monday depending on demand, so please choose the day(s) you can volunteer!

This project is not safe or appropriate for anyone under the age of 18. However, minors under the age of 18 can be placed in supportive roles in the field and at the coordination site.

If you have asthma or a compromised autoimmune system, you should not participate in Muck-Outs. You can be placed in other supportive roles. Wear sturdy closed toed shoes, long pants and sleeves, and layers for the cold. This project involves some physical labor and exposure to mold-mitigating chemicals. Masks will be provided but you should be aware that there will be dust, debris, and chemicals in the working environment.

Occupy Sandy and World Cares have the necessary equipment to outfit crews, but if you are able to bring your own equipment, please bring:  N95 or P100 respirator masks, Tyvek suits, safety goggles, hammers, crow bars, sledge hammers, shovels and cleaning supplies.

Sign Up!

We have a lot of work to be done this week. The People’s Medical Relief needs help spreading the word about free vaccine clinics in the Rockaways, 520 Clinton needs help tomorrow loading trucks with furniture, Red Hook and Sheepshead Bay has put the call out for volunteers every day of the week for a multitude of jobs and World Cares will be out in Staten Island this Saturday for another day of muck out and mold remediation. Please take a look below!

Rockaways

• People’s Medical Relief
  
• Wednesday 12/19 – Friday 12/21: 10am-4pm

You must contact us ahead of time to know where to go.

Spread the word to Rockaway Residents about free vaccine clinics!

Volunteers with good walking shoes and (possibly a staple gun!) needed to get the word to residents of the Rockaways about free vaccine clinics! This mass vaccination campaign will protect residents from getting sick with the flu and immunize them against tetanus.

Come for as long as you are able (an hour, a day. . . ) and help hang flyers up and down the peninsula to make this mass vaccination campaign a success!

Please come ONLY this week, Tuesday, December 18 through Friday, December, 21.

Make sure to wear comfortable walking shoes.

Clinton Hill

• Occupy Sandy
  
• 520 Clinton Hub: Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew, 520 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn
  
• Thursday 12/20: 12pm – 6pm

We need many volunteers to load a truck with mattresses, box springs, and other furniture on Thursday afternoon and evening, 12/20. We expect that at least three truckloads will be necessary. Heavy lifting is involved. You should have the ability to lift 50 lbs.

A late lunch will be available, but bring snacks to fortify you for the task.

Red Hook Volunteers

• Monday – Sunday: 12pm -4pm

Register at www.redhookvolunteers.org – when you sign up you will receive information on where they should go and the different jobs available.

Or call 718.306.9149

Sheepshead Bay

• Sheepshead Bay: Corner of Brown St & Emmons Ave
• Monday – Sunday: 10 am-5 pm
• sheepsheadbayrecovers@gmail.com

To volunteer in Sheepshead Bay, please sign up for a shift (or several!) HERE!

We need volunteers to help with staffing the supply table, garbage clean-up and removing debris from people’s homes, household cleaning, door-to-door needs assessments, on-site data entry (please bring laptop), demolition (prior experience required), mold remediation (prior experience required).

Our site is located at the corner of Brown St & Emmons Ave in South Brooklyn and we are open 10 am- 5 pm every day of the week. You will receive orientation on site, and need not stop by a distribution hub first.

Volunteers should be in good health and ideally able to do some heavy lifting. If you have your own work gloves and/or respirator mask, please bring them. If not, we will supply you with all the necessary safety equipment.

Staten Island

• World Cares Center
• Olympia Activity Center: 1126 Olympia Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10306
• Saturday 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

This project provides homeowners affected by Hurricane Sandy assistance from partner groups in coordination with World Cares Center to muck out (gutting) their home and mediating present mold. Volunteers will participate in the muck out of homes in the affected areas of Staten Island. Volunteers will be organized in teams and perform the basics of a home muck out. Personal safety items and muck out equipment will be provided by Occupy Sandy and WCC, but if you are able to bring your own, please do. (Safety goggles are especially useful).

This project will involve actual muck out work. Volunteers should come prepared to participate in the entire process, which include but may not be limited to: attending a briefing and debriefing, performing physical labor throughout the day, and exposure to mold and chemicals used to mitigate mold growth.

This project is not safe or appropriate for anyone under the age of 18. However, minors under the age of 18 can be placed in supportive roles in the field and at the coordination site.

• If you have asthma or a compromised autoimmune system, you should not participate in Muck-Outs. You can be placed in other supportive roles.
• Wear sturdy closed toed shoes, long pants and sleeves, and layers for the cold.
• This project involves some physical labor and exposure to mold-mitigating chemicals. Masks will be provided but you should be aware that there will be dust, debris, and chemicals in the working environment.

Bring water and a lunch. make sure you dress in layers of long pants and long sleeves, and wear sturdy closed toed shoes (boots are best). Supplies will be provided but feel free to bring your own if available. Safety goggles and scrub brushes are especially helpful. Please be in good physical condition to muck out homes and mitigate mold; active listening skills; compassionate in interacting with residents.

Please register at www.worldcares.org or by e-mailing mbascome@worldcares.org

Want a little bit of a work out? Strapping volunteers are needed at 520 Clinton Ave. @ St. Luke & St. Matthew’s tomorrow, Tuesday 12/18 @ 3pm to help unload a truck load of furniture into 520 Clinton. Heavy furniture (i.e. wardrobes, dressers, etc.). This is furniture that will go to Sandy Survivors who’ve lost their belongings. Hope to see you tomorrow!

Thanks for everything you do!

Dear Volunteers,

Can you share some holiday spirit with us this season?

Holiday Days of Volunteer Action “Presents for Progress”

Saturday, December, 22nd

Gift-wrapping and Card-Making Party for kids and families at 520 Clinton Avenue. Join us from 10-3 to wrap gifts and make holiday cards for children affected by Hurricane Sandy. We have toys, wrapping paper and art supplies but feel free to bring your own presents and materials. There will be cookies and hot drinks.

Sunday, December, 23rd

Cook Holiday Meals in our Bay Ridge Kitchen. To help arrive at 461 99th St (at Ft. Hamilton Parkway) Brooklyn, NY 11236 from 8AM – 6PM.

Weekend: Saturday, December 22nd and Sunday, December 23rd

Pre-Festive Clean-Up in the Rockaways: More than a month after the hurricane many people still haven’t been able to go home. Others with breathing difficulties, elderly and very young, are living with mold in their homes that needs to be treated. Help people get back to their lives before the holidays and join us for a big clean-up this weekend. Sign up here: http://www.respondandrebuild.org/volunteer/

Monday, December 24th Holiday Festivity

Potluck at Beach 33rd St: We’ll need volunteers to give out toys for kids and to serve food. Meal donations can be delivered to 461 99th St (at Ft. Hamilton Parkway) Brooklyn, NY 11236. We’re also putting together a variety show for everybody. Music, theatre, circus whatever! Email leonieoccupysandy@gmail.com if you have something you would like to contribute!

Arrive at 10AM at 520 Clinton Ave to carpool. Bring vehicles!

Thank you for all that you do!

Volunteers are urgently needed on Staten Island this Thursday and Friday (12/13-12/14) to go door to door inviting people to a community gathering that is happening this Saturday.

The gathering has been organized by community members to create a space for dialogue, healing and collective action. It is imperative that we alert the greater community about this gathering and provide them with the opportunity to become involved. Staten Island was one of the hardest hit areas with many residents still without electricity and heat. The Island now faces a public health crisis as mold grows rampant while bureaucracies stall in their response.

Staten Island will be Heard and with your help we can make sure that their voice is amplified. Please consider volunteering for this important work.

If you live in Staten Island please meet us at 11am at the Occupy Sandy at 1128 Olympia Blvd. If you are traveling in from another area, please meet at 520 Clinton Ave in Brooklyn at 9:30am. Our van will be leaving from there to Staten Island. We also need more vehicles to partake in a car pool so if you have a vehicle please consider bringing it. We will return to Brooklyn around 5:30pm each day.

Also if you haven’t already, please LIKE the official Facebook Page for the Hub at 1128 Olympia to receive important updates.

In Unity,

1128 Olympia Occupy Sandy hub on Staten Island

Clean-Up Volunteers in the Rockaways!

Volunteer opportunities available all week long!

Volunteers work intimately with residents, picking through flood damaged belongings and gutting out flood damaged residences. It’s people helping people to pick up the pieces of a life, and with each person working, each couch thrown away, each wall pulled down, a little more healing, peace, friendship and light enters the world. Few experiences can compare. So sign up, spread the word, and most of all – VOLUNTEER!

Sign up to Volunteer!

Returning volunteers: Login and schedule your next shift.

See you out there,
Respond & Rebuild and Occupy Sandy

It’s been more than a month since we started, and we’re still going strong, but we still need volunteers, and that’s why we’re reaching out. The Occupy Sandy kitchen in Bay Ridge needs as much daily help as possible. We’re trying to produce up to 2000 meals a day for people affected by Sandy with only mostly a skeleton crew. We have had really great people come through our doors to help, but most days we just don’t have a lot of volunteers, and that’s where hopefully you come in to help us fix that.

We’re essentially looking for three things:

Food Prep / Cleaning Help / Head/Lead Chefs

8:30am-6/7pm, all days

• Food prep from 8:30-4ish.
• Clean up from 4ish-6/7
• Lead chef from 8-6 or 8-2 and 11-6

Currently, we need people to come in early in the morning to assist our lead chefs with prepping food. Most of our meals need to be ready for delivery starting at noon, so it’s crucial to get all hands on deck in the early hours. Prepping continues through the early afternoon, followed by a massive clean-up effort at around 4pm.

We also need people to either lead the kitchen or assist in leading the kitchen. We have some amazing chefs who lead from Wed-Sat, but Sun, Mon and Tues tend to be empty for us. If you have chef experience and have cooked for a ton of people, or have lead a kitchen before and can take on a Sun-Tues shift, let us know. If those days don’t work, please come and assist one of our other chefs during the week.

Drivers

10:30am-2:30pm
Just like it sounds. We need delivery drivers to take our yummy food to different relief hubs. Most of these places are in the Rockaways, but we also sometimes service Coney Island, Staten Island and Sheepshead Bay. Our deliveries are pretty large and can be up to 400 meals (think two or three giant coolers and other odds and ends), so having vans or trucks are great. But we do have smaller deliveries, so people with regular sized cars can still help.

Logistics and Communications

9a-6p
The logistics/comms crew help to organize everything and are the voice of the kitchen.  They talk to all of our hubs each day regarding meal needs, make the daily delivery schedule, answer voice-mails, phone calls and e-mails, communicate the kitchen needs to social media, organize drivers, monitor the Amazon registry, and a whole bunch more. We mainly use Google for all of our spreadsheets and computer work. We have two spare computers in the office, but bring your own laptop if you want!

Have any questions? E-mail us back! Want to come in and help out? Please do! Walk-ins are always accepted (but if you want to lead the kitchen, please e-mail us first!!) Our address is below too, we’re the last stop on the R train in Brooklyn, only about ten minutes south of our old beloved Jacobi site.

Thanks everyone. We love you all!

The OS Kitchen

Professor Jack Caravanos from CUNY School of Public Health will be giving a webinar about protecting workers/volunteers from mold on December 11 at 10 AM.

Webinar Link: http://ophponline.umdnj.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=5e7e300223704978992e9fdb382eca531d

How it works: This holiday, Queens Mamas.com is starting the Family to Family program.

The goal: Queens Mamas will put volunteers in touch with a family that has signed up for the program. The volunteers will then work directly with the family to make their season more comfortable and happy. While the program’s immediate focus is trying to give these families a little bit of joy and cheer for the holidays, we hope that volunteers will forge a relationship that can last beyond the holidays.one family together with another.

Local families from areas affected by Hurricane Sandy will be matched up with individuals and volunteer families in local NYC areas to work toward making this holiday season one of joy and remembrance for all. Affected families need only fill out their name and contact information in order to be matched with a volunteer who can help them with gifts, decorations, services, food, and any other specific needs. For volunteers, the only two qualifications for being a part of this program are a big heart, and an open schedule. Becoming a volunteer does not mean you have to agree to a huge financial responsibility either. Thanks to the Queens Mamas catalog of local and national resources, products, and services, the volunteer families will have access to hundreds of ways to help for free. Our network of sponsors will fully assist volunteers in providing these families with what they need for the holiday season.

For more information and to participate in Family to Family please visit http://www.queensmamas.com/family-to-family

New York City’s billionaire mayor, Michael Bloomberg, stepped out of a helicopter midday Thursday in St. Camillus’ parking lot, ironically an Occupy Sandy relief distribution hub in the Rockaways, Queens. The visit had been kept under wraps and not listed on his official schedule. Watch this video, read the statement and stay informed and pledge your support for the communities most affected by Sandy that are still in dire need!. We are planning a day of action on December 15th.

Join us!

• Share this page on Facebook
• Send a Tweet: Bloomberg’s stealth visit to the Rockaways, and join Occupy Sandy for a call to action on 12/15 http://bit.ly/Tth0sQ #occupysandy #ows
• Stay Informed and Pledge Support!

The Video

Bloomberg and a small party accompanying him were whisked off in black cars. He missed a greeting from community members in an area still reeling from Hurricane Sandy, with quickly-lettered signs: “Rockaways in Health Crisis,” “We Need Safer Housing.” Bloomberg made his way to the still-shuttered offices of The Wave, the Rockaways weekly newspaper. As word spread about the stealth visit, a crowd gathered outside hoping to explain those signs to the mayor: a month after Sandy hit, swamping homes with seawater, many residents—homeowners and tenants—are still living without electricity, without heat, without working appliances, with black mold taking hold of walls and other surfaces. Temporary housing is desperately needed, absentee landlords must fix their properties.

The mayor emerged behind a row of police, thanked the group, and was quickly driven away—avoiding a repeat of his November 4 visit when residents lambasted him for ignoring them.

The Crisis and Statement

Hurricane Sandy is an ongoing tragedy that for many people is only getting worse.
Residents, community organizations and city, state, and federal agencies must come together to address the IMMEDIATE crisis that is worsening as the weather gets colder.

A month after Hurricane Sandy, thousands remain without electricity, heat, water, healthy food, basic healthcare, adequate housing, or even temporary shelter.

Here is a statement from a group of individuals and residents who have been working in the affected communities with Occupy Sandy:

1) Housing

Long before Sandy hit, New York City already ranked high for homelessness. Now, tens of thousands of New Yorkers have been displaced, while many more are living in unsafe, moldy houses. Many NYCHA residents have been forced to pay full rent while having no heat and, in some cases, no water or electricity for weeks.

There should be an immediate housing plan that addresses their needs; it would include: extending the NYCHA rent credit to cover November and December to account for lost wages and the storm’s true impact; providing sufficient federal disaster relief funding to NYCHA, and employing NYCHA residents for building repairs instead of outsourcing jobs.

A recent census found 2,489 vacancies in 20 City Council districts that could house 200,000 people. In Far Rockaway, there are 384 lots that could be used to set up housing for 31,696 people immediately, keeping families close to their community networks. The City of New York should seize this opportunity to set a global precedent that would address both the immediate crisis as well as create housing for the tens of thousands who were homeless before the storm.

2) Health

The storm has compounded an already existing health crisis in NYC. Now, families are living in unsafe homes, there is not enough access to primary care physicians, mental health practitioners and health care facilities in affected communities, and it has become even more difficult for those in impacted areas to access healthy food.

FEMA and Red Cross should work with volunteer healthcare infrastructures to set up more clinics to dispense necessary prescriptions and trauma counseling, and should direct money toward supplying healthy food to those in need — instead of canned goods, military rations, and other food high in sodium.

Stay Informed and Pledge Support

3) Safety Net Services

Workers are being or have been deducted pay from jobs they cannot physically get to, many are unaware of FEMA benefits and deadlines, and private insurers are denying many claims. The Red Cross should dedicate some of its Sandy recovery funds to public information campaigns that inform employers and employees of their rights and what services are available. FEMA should be out canvassing neighborhoods with interpreters in order to ensure that all individuals impacted by the storm know their rights. FEMA should also organize weekly or twice weekly mass mailings for a minimum of four weeks, distributing leaflets in multiple languages, notifying people of available assistance and pertinent deadlines.

Already many residents are being denied FEMA assistance because they have insurance while their insurance companies are denying claims. The Attorney General should immediately intervene on behalf of residents who are unable to make repairs and in danger of losing everything because of these discrepancies.

4) Transparency and Community Inclusion

The influx of relief money coming into the region provides an opportunity for healthy, environmentally sustainable rebuilding with the inclusion of communities and community-based organizations.

We call for a public task force to monitor the use of funds and create structures that encourage community participation to help sustainably rebuild NYC in a way that prepares for today’s environmental challenges.

Stay Informed and Take Action

From the start, Occupy Wall Street has always been a disaster recovery effort propelled by the power of the people to rebuild a better future. We, along with our many allies, have been dedicated to more than just addressing economic inequality. We believed, and continue to believe, that New York City can reverse its role as the capitol of economic inequality, homelessness and corporate control over our democracy, and become a model for addressing the needs of its residents while promoting their dignity and ability to help shape our future.

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, yet again we see both an opportunity and a threat. As Hurricane Katrina showed, moments of devastation and rebuilding can lead to the return of the status quo, or worse — gentrification, displacement and continued privatization of basic services and jobs.

• We are dedicated to seeing that that does not happen here in New York City.
• And we are dedicated to ensuring participation and transparency in this process.
• We know another world is possible and we are committed to working with our neighbors to build it.

Stand with Us!

We are planning a day of action on December 15th. To stay informed about this issue or to join us on the 15th, please fill out this form:

• Share this page on Facebook
• Send a Tweet: Bloomberg’s stealth visit to the Rockaways, and join Occupy Sandy for a call to action on 12/15 http://bit.ly/Tth0sQ #occupysandy #ows
• Stay Informed and Pledge Support!

The Mayor’s Office Threatens Imminent Eviction of 24/7 Community-run Hub

Take Action!

Stand in Support, Friday November 30, 1pm

• Come to 489 Midland Ave, Staten Island, NY 10306 to stand in support
• Volunteers requested to help move the hub to 100% private property

Contact the Mayor

• Demand the Mayor’s office end community hub eviction and instead support hubs with space and equipment
• Public Advocate’s office:
  • (212) 669-7250, 9am-5pm
  • GetHelp@pubadvocate.nyc.gov

Media Contacts

• 347-755-1025 Aiman Youssef, community hub coordinator
• 646-220-6790 Hannah, Team Yellow coordinator

The community-run network of support for food, volunteering, supplies, clothing, and human services is an essential part of the New York City recovery efforts, and the mayor’s office wants to shut it down immediately. The mayor’s office is calling upon local police forces to “clear all outdoor sites” effective immediately. We are calling on all New Yorkers to advocate on behalf of these community run hubs that provide essential services to those whom the city and federal government, and support agencies, have under-served, neglected, or abandoned.

We call on the city, service organizations and police to support these crucial hubs by maintain location and services to community, offering tents, generators, and storage pods for supplies or finding free, nearby, and feasible medium to long term spaces where hubs can operate.

This Friday morning Staten Island police representing the mayor’s office have threatened eviction action against the crucial Staten Island hub at 489 Midland Avenue, in the heavily hit Midland Beach area. Aiman Youssef, a 42-year-old Syrian-American Staten Islander whose house was destroyed in the hurricane, has been running a 24/7 community pop up hub outside his property at 489 Midland Avenue since the day after the storm. He and a coalition of neighbors, friends and community members are serving hot food and offering cleaning supplies, non-perishables, medical supplies, and clothing to the thousands of residents who are still without heat, power, or safe housing. This popular hub is well-run, well-staffed, and has a constant hum of discussion, support, and advice as well as donations and pick ups and volunteer dispatch through another pop-up group, volunteers who call themselves “The Yellow Team.”

At the standing-room only Town Hall meeting at Staten Island’s New Dorp High School last night, Youssef was the first to raise his voice in the question and answer period. The community’s expression of extreme need and frustration with the lack of official support made for a contentious environment where city government officials offered few solutions. At one point borough president James Molinaro asked the audience “You wanna shut your mouth?” due to their increasingly loud demands for community support and housing solutions.

We ask all New Yorkers and Sandy supporters worldwide to not heed Molinaro’s demand, but to speak out as Youssef did. Ask the mayor’s office to support, not evict, the well-run community support hubs giving crucial services to New Yorkers in need.

• LA Times article on Youssef’s community-run hub “For Sandy survivors, a Thanksgiving they’d never expected”
  http://articles.latimes.com/2012/nov/22/nation/la-na-sandy-homeless-thanksgiving-20121123
• Volunteer group running out of 489 Midland “the Yellow team”
  http://www.facebook.com/SandyRebuildStatenIslandYellowTeam
• WPIX “Staten Island’s Storm Victim Town Hall Turns Into Yelling Match”
  http://www.wpix.com/news/wpix-staten-islands-storm-victim-town-hall-turns-into-yelling-match-20121129,0,3094499.story
• Staten Island Advance “Answers in short supply as exasperated Staten Islanders throng Sandy forum”
  http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/answers_in_short_supply_as_sta.html

Spots available Saturday and Sunday

So you’re looking to volunteer, huh? Well have we got an opportunity for you! Put on your dirty clothes and lets get to work in the Rockaways.

Volunteers work intimately with residents, picking through flood damaged belongings and gutting out flood damaged residences. It’s people helping people to pick up the pieces of a life, and with each person working, each couch thrown away, each wall pulled down, a little more healing, peace, friendship and light enters the world.  Few experiences can compare. So sign up, spread the word, and most of all – VOLUNTEER!

Sign up here to volunteer!

Returning volunteers, click here to login and schedule your next shift.

We’re looking forward to seeing you out there!

Thanks,

Respond & Rebuild and Occupy Sandy

This just in -

Sheepshead Bay Pop-Up Recovery
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
10 am-5 pm
on the streetcorner of Brown St & Emmons Ave

We need people who are willing to get dirty and do some heavy lifting in an amazing community to help with debris removal, mold clean up, demolition, sorting and staffing supply tables.  Volunteers can just show up at any time- you don’t have to call first! If you would like to donate, you can bring contractor bags, work gloves, dust masks, borax, hydrogen peroxide, and vinegar.

Some door-to-door needs assessments may be required.

For most of the work, volunteers should be between the ages of 16-60 and able to do some heavy lifting. The conditions are not appropriate for people with asthma or heart disorders.

Call 612-759-2271

Thanks!

Hey everyone

Below are some volunteer opportunities for this coming weekend.

Also – we’d love for you to tell us about your volunteer experience so far, and commitment in the future! Please fill out this brief survey! This will help us know what we’re doing right, what we’re doing wrong and how we move forward together with the relief effort.

Thank you for everything you do.

FOOD DONATIONS 

Local Bee is organizing food donations through their online grocery store for Occupy Sandy. This offer is ending this Saturday (12/1/12) so any donations made will have to be before this weekend.

Help Families Recovering from Sandy

There are many families in our region still struggling greatly in the aftermath of Sandy. For that reason, we’ve teamed up with the good people at Occupy Sandy to bring our groceries to people in need. A lot of good people are involved with Occupy Sandy, a coordinated relief effort that is bringing resources and volunteers to neighborhoods and people impacted by the storm.

You can now place an order on our site that will be donated directly to the Occupy Sandy group. Just complete your order here and we’ll deliver it to one of their kitchens here in Brooklyn.

100% of the donated items will go to families in Brooklyn who could really use a helping hand. Just build a shopping cart with items that you would like to donate and we’ll do the rest.

Go to http://www.localbee.com/sandy-recovery.html to make food donations.

Orders can be made anytime before Saturday Dec 1st.

When placing your order, simply select “Hurricane Sandy Donation” as your Pickup Point.

To make it even easier to help, you can use the code DONATE to take 20% off of any order you will donate entirely to the Occupy Sandy effort.

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ROCKAWAYS

Occupy Sandy

Action Center 

5710 Beach Channel Drive

Far Rockaway NY 11692

Monday – Sunday / 10AM – 4PM

The Action Center is a community center that’s been acting as a relief center, medical unit and relief kitchen since the storm hit.

They’re seeking 10 volunteers per day to assist with general supply intake, unpack, org and distribution.

Any time commitment welcome, whether for a day, a week or a month!

Volunteers required to provide their own transportation to and from the center. Location is accessible by public transportation.

Indoor-to-outdoor carrying of supplies may be required. Volunteers recommended to bring gloves and warm clothes.

Occupy Sandy

Beach Channel Dr & Beach 38th St

Queens, NY 11691

Monday – Sunday

10AM – 4PM

St Gertrude’s is a church that’s been acting as a relief center, medical unit and meals/hot food center since the storm hit.

They’re seeking 10 volunteers per day to assist with general supply intake, unpack, org and distribution.

Any time commitment welcome, whether for a day, a week or a month!

Volunteers required to provide their own transportation to and from the center.

Indoor-to-outdoor carrying of supplies may be required. Volunteers recommended to bring gloves and warm clothes.

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STATEN ISLAND

World Cares Center

SI: Project Warmth continues!

Saturday

9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Distribution to take place in the New Dorp Beach/Cedar Grove area. Meeting location to be provided upon completion of registration.

Register HERE.

Volunteers will participate in the delivery of much needed sleeping bags to homebound residents without heat. Throughout distribution, volunteers will work with homeowners to fill out needs assessment surveys so that we may better serve survivors of Hurricane Sandy. Volunteers will be matched with teams and work in pairs to fill outstanding requests and canvass neighborhoods.

This project will involve sorting of donations, walking through neighborhoods, speaking compassionately with survivors, conducting surveys, and delivery of donations. Volunteers should come prepared to participate in the entire process. Wear sturdy closed toed shoes, long pants and sleeves, and layers for the cold. Bring a lunch and water with you. This project is not safe or appropriate for anyone under the age of 16. After signing up you, will receive information on the meeting address and team lead contact information.

Click here to sign up for this project.

This project is not safe or appropriate for anyone under the age of 16.

Physical labor is not required for this project but the neighborhood is dusty and has a great deal of debris. N95 masks can be provided to volunteers. All volunteers should dress comfortably and warmly in closed-toe shoes, long pants, and long sleeves. Gloves and hats are not a bad idea.

Contact Project Supervisor: Michelle, mbascome@worldcares.org

This project requires the transport of both supplies and volunteers. Vehicles are needed and much appreciated!

Saturday we need 30 volunteers to prepare meals and then clear out the kitchen prep and pantry room by 2pm to make room for benefit concert. Kitchen opens 7:30am.

Sunday need 30 volunteers to move everything back in starting 8am and start preparing meals.

St John’s Episcopal Church
461 99th St
Brooklyn, NY 11209

Contact: (347) 465-7430
SandyBayRidge@interoccupy.net

More Location Information »

The main distribution hub at Jacobi is closing, and 520 Clinton is as well for Warehousing/Distribution.

However, the work of Occupy Sandy is nowhere near over.

Until further notice…

New volunteers should go to 520 Clinton Avenue in Clinton Hill for orientation and car dispatch.

Volunteers with kitchen experience (even minimal) can report directly to the Occupy Sandy Kitchen at 461 99th Street in Bay Ridge.

Volunteers familiar with our hubs in the affected areas, with means to get there, can go directly to…

Rockaways
YANA at Beach 113th and Rockaway Beach Blvd
St Camilus at Beach 100th and Rockaway Beach Blvd
St Gertrude at Beach 38th and Beach Channel Drive

Coney Island
2828 Neptune Avenue

Staten Island
1128 Olympia Blvd

Donations can be sent directly to these sites as well.

STAY TUNED FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW OCCUPY SANDY VOLUNTEER AND DISTRIBUTION HUBS.

The crisis is not over. The work is not finished. We are just getting started.

Occupy Sandy would like to thank all the amazing people of St. Jacobi Church Church and the incredible community of Sunset Park. We could not have done this work without them and are humbled and honored by their gracious hosting of us. We look forward to collaborating in the future and continuing to develop the relationships we have started to establish over the last month.

Below describes the DOT vehicles and the Red Cross Volunteer toll waiver that has been approved and what the driver needs to say and provide to the toll collector for toll free travel.

Presently this includes other outside agencies, relief organizations and companies or volunteers responding to the relief effort for Hurricane Sandy. This is done by the driver of the vehicle advising the Toll Collector that they are a relief responder for Hurricane Sandy at the time when payment is expected. For both processes the procedure below is being followed.

For any of these requests the driver of the vehicle uses a staffed toll lane and at the time of expected toll payment, informs the Toll Collector that they are providing relief for Hurricane Sandy. If DOT vehicles with the letter from Don Bell or Red Cross Volunteers with Id this is when they present those to the Toll Collector. Others need to mention to the toll collector that they are providing relief for Hurricane Sandy. Toll Collector will fill out a brief, but necessary form noting this for internal use only and the vehicle(s) can then pass without delay or toll payment.

Hello Occupy Sandy Folks

Below are things coming up for this weekend beginning tomorrow Friday 11/23 through Sunday and into next week for Red Hook, Rockaways, Staten Island and Sunset Park – so please be sure to read everything!

Have a great night!

Best,

The Occupy Sandy Team

Occupy Sandy / Red Hook Coalition

499 Van Brunt Street – Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York
At the southern end of Van Brunt Street, at the waterfront.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Two Shifts: 10am-2pm, 1pm-6pm

Directions: Take the B61 bus from either Downtown Brooklyn at Jay St MetroTech; or from 9th St in Park Slope/Gowanus and get off at the corner of Van Brunt St & Van Dyke St. Walk 2 blocks south toward the water.

What to Bring:

• Pens/Pencils
• Warm Clothes
• Comfortable Shoes
• Laptop (if you want to be doing data work)
• Smartphone, if you have one

Tasks for this weekend’s projects:

• Demolition / Cleanup
• Skilled Trades (Electrical/Plumbing Work, Mold Remediation)
• Sorting / Supply Distribution
• Canvassing
• Data Entry / Tech

- Internal Organizing” Safety Advisers will be on hand to determine the safety of entering into flood-damaged buildings. 718-306-9149 ”500 Volunteers are needed for massive push for the canvassing and cleanup effort in Red Hook.

To confirm attendance volunteers should go to www.redhookvolunteers.org/confirm

Briefing at Olivet Presbyterian Church

97 Myrtle St.
Staten Island, NY 10310

Saturday 11/24/12, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Instructions and dispatch for distribution to be provided at briefing.

Volunteers will go door to door in pre-determined affected areas in Staten Island to distribute sleeping bags to homebound survivors still without heat. Volunteers will be working in pairs to distribute sleeping bags and conduct needs assessment surveys.

Project Warmth began last week and we have since distributed over 500 sleeping bags! We hope to continue this effort in the SI communities that we have not yet reached but remain without heat. This project does not involve physical labor and is safe for individuals under 18. Volunteers under 18 must have a parent/guardian present. The affected communities do still have debris in the streets, so solid comfortable shoes are recommended. Asthmatic individuals can be provided with N-95 respirator masks if they suffer any discomfort due to dust, debris, or muck-outs in progress.

Please register with us at worldcares.org (noting Project Warmth on your application) and/or RSVP to mbascome@worldcares.org

Vehicles are needed! If you have access to a van, truck, or SUV and are able to volunteer for the day, please e-mail mbascome@worldcares.org If energy bars and water will not be sufficient for the day, volunteers should bring lunch. Comfortable shoes and warm clothes are important. No supplies are needed but large vehicles for transport of supplies and volunteers are needed and would be appreciated.

Rockaways

Electricians Needed

Various locations through the Rockaways need electricians, contact Jacobi to discuss. Licensed electricians needed to evaluate and repair homes intended as relief shelters. Electrician license required. We need an electrician to help get the lights back on at B25 The Bungalow. Also could have various other needs throughout the Rockaways. Electrician equipment. Please contact Kei 347.292.8117

Monday – Sunday

All Rockaways relief hubs listed on www.occupysandy.com. Meet at Jacobi and Clinton for dispatch to specific sites for specific jobs, including loading up vehicles with supplies for transport from supply centers to relief hubs. Various jobs including: loading, driving, unloading, unpacking, organizing, distributing supplies; serving food; canvassing; mold clean up; construction

Clean up and construction crews involve heavy lifting, labor, dirt, dust, mold exposure.

We need all kinds of volunteers every day in the Rockaways. Meeting up at Jacobi or Clinton, we’ll be able to route them out to the places with needs in the Rockaways.

Bring:

• Water proof boots, heavy gloves.

Mold removal team and clean up teams will be supplied with gear as available, but are encouraged to bring supplies listed here:

• Work goggles
• N-95 respirator masks
• brooms, mops, rakes, shovels
• sponges
• heavy duty garbage bags
• spray bottles
• bleach and other cleaning products
• brillo pads / sponges

Yana Community Center (B113)

Beach 113th St at Rockaway Beach Blvd
Shift: Monday – Sunday, 10a – 4pm

• Canvassing, supply intake/unpacking/organization, medical center organization, clean up, at least 10 volunteers every day. Volunteers may come to Jacobi to get rides, supplies…or proceed directly to Yana. Bring water proof boots, work gloves
• Clean up could be dirty and dusty, dangerous for folks with health issues

St. Gertrude’s (B38)

Beach Channel Drive at Beach 38th
Shifts: Monday – Sunday, 9:30am – 4p

• Unloading, unpacking, organizing supplies. Distributing supplies. Serving food. Canvassing. Need at least 10 per day. Water proof boots, work gloves

St. Jacobi

5406 4th Avenue
Shifts: Monday – Sunday 9a – 6p

• On-site comm coordinators to answer phones; monitor email and SMS supply requests; data entry of requests; coordinate with supply/food/car coordinators to get supplies out to relief hubs in Rockaways, Coney Island, Staten Island, other areas. We need comms folks every day of the week at Jacobi, in order to maintain multiple folks with knowledge of internal systems and to eventually train local relief center teams to run their own intake/dispatch systems. Bring your laptop!
• Car and supply floor dispatch coordinators; work with comms team to make sure incoming needs requests get supplies packed up on vehicles and out to relief hubs in the Rockaways, Coney Island, Staten Island and other areas. We need car and supply floor coordinators every day at Jacobi.  Comfy shoes and a smile for the volunteer drivers and supply room organizers.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Anyone planning to participate in “muck-outs”, house-guttings, or other demolition work should wear waterproof boots, waterproof work gloves, and heavy duty work clothes. If possible, please bring some OSHA-approved N92 or N95 face-masks, though most sites will provide volunteers with this critical piece of safety equipment.

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia – Main OSNJ Distribution Hub
Location: Transport Workers Union Local 234
500 N. 2nd St.
Philadelphia, PA 19123
OSNJ Point Person: Nate, 215-264-0446
Activities: Phone-banking, sorting, packing, distribution, organizing.
Arrive at: 10am (or all day)

North Jersey

Newark
Location: New Hope Baptist Church
106 Sussex Avenue
Newark, NJ 07103
OSNJ Point Person: Katt R, 973-687-0308
Activities: Sorting, packing, local distribution, canvassing, serving meals.
Arrive at: 9am (usually until 6:30pm)
Requested: 30 volunteers

Union Beach (for Keansburg, the Amboys)
Location: “Firehouse Grille”
1224 Florence Ave
Union Beach, NJ 07735
OSNJ Point Person: Allie D, 732-616-0978
Activities: Canvassing, mucking out, local distribution.
Arrive at: 8am (or anytime)
Requested: 100 volunteers

Wood Ridge (for Moonachie, Little Ferry)
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Wood Ridge
190 Valley Boulevard
Wood Ridge, NJ 07075
OSNJ Point Person: Lisa, 201-281-6551
Activities: Sorting, packing, local distribution, canvassing, muck-outs.
Arrive at: 10am (or anytime)
Requested: 25 volunteers

Central Jersey

Point Pleasant
Location: Rock’N Joe Coffee House
1805 Ocean Avenue
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08743
OSNJ Point Person: Dawn, 917-789-1132
Activities: Canvassing, possibly muck-outs.
Arrive at: 10am
Requested: 50 volunteers

Manahawkin (for Long Beach Island)
Location: King of Kings Church
1000 N. Main St
Manahawkin, NJ 08050
Volunteer Coordinator: Anthony, 609-713-0077
Activities: Sorting, packing, local distribution, canvassing, muck-outs.
Arrive at: 9am (or anytime)
Requested: 50 volunteers

South Jersey

Somers Point (for Ocean City, Atlantic City)
Location: New Covenant Community Church
710 New Hampshire Ave
Somers Point, NJ 08244
Volunteer Coordinator: Debbie, 609-601-1299
Activities: Canvassing & muck-outs.
Arrive at: 8:30am
Requested: 75 volunteers

PLEASE NOTE: In order to coordinate the volunteer schedule and organize the “muck-out teams,” anyone interested in working in Atlantic City or Ocean City via New Covenant should complete their online volunteer form: http://www.newcovenantcc.net/Disaster-Relief-Volunteer-Registration

• Website – http://www.OccupySandyNJ.org/
• Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-Sandy-Relief-NJ
• Twitter – @OccupySandyNJ

Hello Sandy Volunteers!

Here’s some important information on how to volunteer with Occupy Sandy in preparation for and on Thanksgiving Day:

1. If you would like to help cook or drop off food supplies, please bring your food donations and come to the kitchen at St. Johns (located at 9818 Fort Hamilton Parkway) from 8am Wed morning until 6pm Thursday. We will be preparing Thanksgiving meals. Volunteer shifts will be as follows: Weds 8am-6pm and 7pm-2am (or later if you can stay!) and then Thurs 8am-4pm.

2. If you would like to help support Thanksgiving activities at the recovery sites, come to St. Jacobi Church (54th and 4th ave in Sunset Park). We will be taking in and dispatching volunteers and cars to recovery sites from 8am until 2pm on Thanksgiving day. St. Jacobi will not be taking in supplies on Thanksgiving day.

3. 520 Clinton will be CLOSED all Thanksgiving day.

Whether you can join us or not, have a wonderful Thanksgiving and thank you for everything you have been doing to help this effort!

Occupy Sandy Team

There will be a Volunteer Group Therapy session at 520 Clinton on Monday, Nov. 19, 7pm (Tonight). Please come.

Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York remains one of the most affected areas by Hurricane Sandy. To bring some joy and support to the people there, community activist and writer Kevin Powell is asking for your help leading into Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 22nd:

1) We need to collect 2000 turkeys to be donated to residents of Coney Island. Fresh turkeys can be dropped off or shipped to:

Coney Island Generation Gap
2904 Neptune Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11224

If dropping off turkeys, please do so on these dates and times at the address above:
Tuesday, November 20 – 12noon-2pm
Wednesday, November 21 – 12noon-2pm

2) Also, 40-50 volunteers needed to distribute the turkeys on these dates and times:
Tuesday, November 20 – 12noon-3pm
Wednesday, November 21 – 12noon-3pm

3) Finally, there is still a great need for as many warming/heating pads and blankets as possible, as many residents in Coney Island remain without heat. These items can also be dropped off or shipped to the address above.

PLEASE CONTACT Pamela Harris of the Coney Island Generation Gap (CIGG) kimosobbe@optonline.net

More Volunteer Clean-Up Opportunities!!

Muck, Gut, Clean or Drive

8am – 4pm in Rockaway Park

We’ve updated the calendar with new Clean-Up Volunteer opportunities.

Check it out: http://www.rotundasoftware.com/volunteer/respondandrebuild

THANK YOU,

Occupy Sandy – Respond & Rebuild

Dear Occupy Sandy Community!

Occupy Sandy formed out of crisis not to perform disaster relief, but to build long-term relationships with communities and to fight against disaster capitalism.

As we move into the fourth week of the Occupy Sandy project, we need to ensure that communication is accessible to everyone involved and decisions on how we move forward are made in equitable ways.  This is no small challenge!  Below are two ways that we believe will help us move in that direction.

1. Regular in person meetings (more info below)

2. Regular conference calls every Monday and Thursday at 9PM EST that anyone can join (more info below)

All of this information can be found here.

1. In person meeting – Tuesday, 11/20, 7:30 PM.  St. Jacobi Church in Sunset Park, 5406 4th ave

Agenda

Where have we been?

(How did Occupy Sandy come about? What are the decisions that were made that got this project off the ground? By whom and how were they made? What structures were established for decision-making and allocation of funds and resources? How has our work been received by effected communities and the larger audience?)

Where are we now?

(What is the work that is currently happening on the ground? How is it evolving and what plans are currently in development? Are there logistical limitations to the work we’re doing and how can it be improved?)

Where are we going?

(What are our goals and intentions for the Occupy Sandy Project both in the short term and long term? What are the needs and goals of the communities we have been working with and how what roles do we play within that?)

How do we get there?

(Most likely will not be addressed within this meeting, but we should keep this question in mind as we gather information to work towards getting on the same page in hopes of moving forward in an accessible and equitable way.)

When is the next meeting?

(What action steps do we need to fulfill before then?)

2. Regular Conference Calls - On the last Occupy Sandy call we decided on a regular call schedule for Mondays and Thursdays at 9pm EST.

Since the early days of Occupy Sandy, certain kinds of decisions with impact on the entire network, i.e. resource allocation, have been made via InterOcc conference call. These calls have always been open to anyone, but we know that not everyone has been aware of them or known how to access them.

Please spread the word about these calls to everyone at your sites, so we can make them as accessible as possible to everyone involved with the recovery effort. Please note: This week we will NOT have a call Thursday night as it is Thanksgiving.

There are two easy ways to get on the call.  The best is to register at the link below.  This allows us to have a more orderly call as your name will be listed on the dashboard and we can call on you when you wish to speak.  You can use the same call in number for all calls after registering for the first time.

REGISTER

http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/C2OB6XAY9DGIBDG9

If you want to share information about the call to someone who CANNOT get to internet to register, they can use the call in number below:

ANONYMOUS CALL IN

+1 (530) 216-4363

PIN 633112

Agenda

Anyone can add to the weekly agenda at the link below.

A list of regular report-backs that will come before other agenda items can be found at the link below.  Please add agenda items under the list of regular report-backs and put your name next to any agenda item you add.

http://interoccupy.net/sandyagenda

Facilitation

We need conference call facilitators!  If you would like to learn how to facilitate using the Maestro conference call system, please e-mail Tammy at tammy@interoccupy.net and to set up a training.

We also need to begin building overall facilitation skills for in-person meetings. If you would like to help bottom-line facilitation training, please think about working with others to begin to fulfill this need.

It’s a joy to work with you all and we hope everyone will feel empowered to assert their voices as we move forward together. This project belongs to all of us who have expended blood, sweat, and tears and who continue to have hopes and dreams for our future work together.

Thank you for everything you do!

Best,

Occupy Sandy Team

Muck, Gut, Clean or Drive

Sunday, 11/18 8am – 4pm in Rockaway Park

You do not need specific skills for this type of work, just a willingness to get dirty and

help. Our experienced team leaders will guide your work efforts and keep you safe on the

job. If you do have experience or skills in construction, demolition, engineering,

or environmental assessment, please let us know.

Three Easy Steps to Volunteer:

1. Follow this Link: http://www.rotundasoftware.com/volunteer/respondandrebuild

2. Set up a New Account (click on “sign up now” found in lower right corner

of sign-in box)

3. After you receive your registration confirmation email (be patient, this

could take about 10 minutes), pick a slot on the volunteer calendar and

get to mucking and gutting!

You can access this calendar from now on to sign up as more volunteer

opportunities come up!

Sign Up Now!

THANK YOU,

Occupy Sandy – Respond & Rebuild

Hello Sandy Volunteers!

Below is what is on deck for tomorrow, Sunday 11/18 with some special calls from thanksgiving preparations for Coney Island, Red Hook, Sheepshead Bay, Rockaways, and various locations in New Jersey.

Also included is some important info about Thanksgiving – more will be coming out on that too so continue to keep your eyes peeled.

Have a great Saturday night!

Best,

The Occupy Sandy team

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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR SATURDAY 11/17

At our main distribution centers (Jacobi and 520 Clinton), you can just show up. You can also catch shuttles there to the Rockaways and other relief sites. We request that new volunteers come to either Jacobi or 520 Clinton as their first stop in order to receive important training and information. Please also visit our Resources Page for important safety information for volunteers.

Also – RED HOOK NEEDS HELP please lend a hand!

RED HOOK HEADQUARTERS

480 VAN BRUNT #3 (SECOND FLOOR, ABOVE FAIRWAY)

Updated Nov 7, 1pm

DETAILS: For goods donations/requests and inventory needs

TIMES: 9-5 daily

CONTACT: (347) 770-1528 redhookrecovers@gmail.com

Visit our community pages to see specific needs there:

CLINTON HILL * SUNSET PARK * LOWER EAST SIDE * ROCKAWAY * STATEN ISLAND * CONEY ISLAND

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SHEEPSHEAD BAY POP-UP RECOVERY

The Sheepshead Bay Pop-Up Recovery needs a big crew of volunteers this weekend to help remove debris from people’s homes and help with mold removal. People who can do heavy lifting and who aren’t afraid to get dirty are highly needed! You will be working in an amazing community alongside residents with incredible stories. Please come to our Pop-Up Recovery Site on the corner of Emmons Ave & Brown St. We’re open between 10 am- 5 pm tomorrow Sunday.

Heavy duty garbage bags, hydrogen peroxide, vinegar, borax, sponges, mops, heavy gloves, water, batteries and snack food are needed.

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**Jersey City
(Barrow Mansion, 83 Wayne)

We will need volunteers to help with deliveries out to local shelters and food pantries from 10am to 2pm on Sunday.

**New Brunswick
Elijah’s Promise Soup Kitchen

We need the following supplies:

- Non-perishable foods
- Baby formula
- Diapers

**Newark
New Hope Baptist Church:

We need lots of volunteers for sorting deliveries that come in hourly, go out just as fast. They serve 600 meals daily, lots to do.

St. John’s Soup kitchen:

We need people to take in deliveries, stock shelves.

**Belmar

Jersey Shore Dream Center [2901 18th Avenue, Wall, N.J.], needs volunteers.

Respond and Rebuild/Occupy Sandy

Construction & Clean-Up Volunteer Opportunity

Muck, Gut, Clean or Drive

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ROCKAWAY PARK
Sunday, 11/18 8am – 4pm 

You do not need specific skills for this type of work, just a willingness to get dirty and help. Our experienced team leaders will guide your work efforts and keep you safe on the

job. If you do have experience or skills in construction, demolition, engineering, or environmental assessment, please let us know.

Three Easy Steps to Volunteer:

1. Follow this Link

2. Set up a New Account (click on “sign up now” found in lower right corner of sign-in box)

3. After you receive your registration confirmation email (be patient, this could take about 10 minutes), pick a slot on the volunteer calendar and get to mucking and gutting!

You can access this calendar from now on to sign up as more volunteer opportunities come up!

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ROCKAWAY

**St. Gertrude’s Church

ADDRESS: B38 beach channel drive
DETAILS: This is a great location for volunteers to go to on Sunday

THANKSGIVING!

Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York remains one of the most affected areas by Hurricane Sandy. To bring some joy and support to the people there, community activist and writer Kevin Powell is asking for your help leading into Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 22nd:

1) We need to collect 2000 turkeys to be donated to residents of Coney Island. Fresh turkeys can be dropped off or shipped to:

Coney Island Generation Gap

2904 Neptune Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11224

If dropping off turkeys, please do so on these dates and times at the address above:

Tuesday, November 20 - 12noon-2pm

Wednesday, November 21 - 12noon-2pm

2) Also, 40-50 volunteers needed to distribute the turkeys on these dates

and times:

Tuesday, November 20 - 12noon-3pm

Wednesday, November 21 - 12noon-3pm

3) Finally, there is still a great need for as many warming/heating pads and blankets as possible, as many residents in Coney Island remain without heat. These items can also be dropped off or shipped to the address above.

PLEASE CONTACT Pamela Harris of the Coney Island Generation Gap (CIGG)  kimosobbe@optonline.net

Hello Sandy Legal Volunteers -

Thank you so much for offering your help to those affected by Sandy. We are working to help get legal benefits to impacted residents and need to get a better sense of your legal experience.

Please take a moment to fill out this form. We will be in touch very soon!

Best,

Occupy Sandy Legal Team

Hello Sandy Volunteers!

Below is what is on deck. We have lots of opportunities at 520 Clinton Avenue one of our main distribution hubs, St. Mary’s in Bayridge, and Sea Bright and Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, so be sure to read all the way through.

Also St. Jacobi 5406 4th Avenue and 110 Wolcott Street in Red Hook really needs volunteers during the week – please lend a hand if you can!!

ALERT: Today Friday 11/16, tell Mayor Bloomberg more action is needed for those in need

At Noon TODAY FRIDAY 11/16, in front of City Hall, nurses, doctors, EMTs, and other healthcare professionals will go to the mayor to demand more coordinated action to rebuild our city’s healthcare infrastructure and care for the thousands of people hurting after Hurricane Sandy.

Will you be there? And can you help get other nurses there?

WHAT: Tell Mayor Bloomberg about urgent medical needs after the storm
WHEN: Friday, Nov. 16, Noon
WHERE: In front of City Hall, 260 Broadway, Manhattan, NY

FLIER: Nov. 16 City Hall Rally (.pdf; Adobe Acrobat Reader required)

Volunteers in the field urgently need supplies and greater help from the federal and city government. These life-saving volunteers have told us themselves that they can’t fill the place of a real community health network, and are asking us to help get clinics, pharmacies and hospitals re-opened.

On Friday, we’re taking a list of those medical needs to Mayor Bloomberg to ask for the City’s help.

New York’s healthcare crisis is still unfolding – and likely to get worse. The response from city, state, and federal officials has been too little and too late. Urgent action and greater coordination are needed to help thousands of people in desperate need.

The storm badly damaged NYC’s healthcare system, and there is currently no Level One Trauma Center below 57th St. in Manhattan. The evacuation of Bellevue, NYU Langone, and Coney Island Hospitals has left some of our city’s most vulnerable patients forced to look elsewhere for care. Our city is short more than 2,000 hospital beds. We need our city and state officials to do everything in their power to re-open the hospitals as soon as possible.

Other hospitals are slammed with additional patients, and nurses on some units are working without proper staffing or training. All hospitals need to provide adequate staffing and training to deal with the influx of patients. And our city and state officials need to make a real plan to deal with the closing of St. Vincent’s Hospital in 2010.

Thousands of New Yorkers – in Staten Island, the Rockaways, Coney Island, and beyond – are still stuck in their homes with no heat, no electricity, and urgent (and unattended) medical needs. Many of these people will get worse the longer they go unattended. Children and seniors are especially in need. Access to medication and medical devices is severely limited.

We are asking the Mayor to work with us to get medical care and medications out to the most devastated neighborhoods in the Rockaways, Coney Island and Staten Island, and to re-open services at Bellevue and Coney Island Hospitals on a clear and realistic timeline.

NYSNA is helping to coordinate this action with other frontline relief workers, including Physicians for a National Health Program, Occupy Sandy, the People’s Medical Relief, and many independent relief volunteers.

This group met with representatives from FEMA on Wednesday night. FEMA told us they would like to help get more resources into the field – but they can’t do it without a formal request from the Mayor’s office.

It is late notice but we would like to make a real push to get nurses and our staff to this action. Please do your part today to tell nurses and ask them to come.

Dan Lutz and Desma Holcomb from our staff will be coordinating this action.

Thank you for everything you do!!

Best,

Occupy Sandy Team

We are looking for volunteers to fill the following roles. With the exception of roving photographers the ideal volunteer will be able to commit to at least 3-4 days of work during the week or on weekends for an extended period of time. Many of these roles will benefit from volunteers with specific skill sets, however if a volunteer can commit to us, we can train them. Unemployed? How would you like to be funemployed?

Please read our list of positions available below and then FILL OUT THIS FORM

Field Coordinators – Field coordinators will be responsible for ensuring safety and quality control with our teams in the field.

Team Leaders – Team Leaders will need to provide inexperienced volunteers with the knowledge and skills to keep them working safe and productively. The ideal team leader has construction, deconstruction, or mold prevention/remediation experience.

Dispatchers – The dispatcher will coordinate with our assessors to create work orders based on expected volunteer numbers and send teams to perform the work. Ideal candidates will be able to remain calm and organized in a high stress environment.

Tool Wranglers – The tool wrangler will maintain and repair tools at our Rockaway hub. They will sign tools out to teams in the morning and sign them back in at night. Tool wranglers will also be responsible for performing regular physical inventories. Ideal candidates will be well organized and be familiar with hand tools, power tools, and basic small engine maintenance.

Roving Photographers – The roving photographer will visit teams working in the field to document their activities to help us spread word of our services and needs in the field. Photographers must have their own digital SLR camera, and ideally their own transportation.

Office Support – Office support volunteers will help answer phone calls and emails from volunteers wanting to work and effected people seeking our services, and perform data entry tasks.

We hope you can come on board with us! Thank you so much for everything you do and please email us at Oscleanoutvol@gmail.com with any questions

Best,

Occupy Sandy Clean-Out Crew

Hello Sandy Volunteers!

Below is what is on deck. We have lots of opportunities at 520 Clinton Avenue one of our main distribution hubs, St. Mary’s in Bayridge, and Sea Bright and Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, so be sure to read all the way through.

Also St. Jacobi 5406 4th Avenue and 110 Wolcott Street in Red Hook really needs volunteers during the week – please lend a hand if you can!!

For more specifics or if you are interested in making material donations please check our interactive map on our websites www.occupysandy.comand www.occupysandynj.org

Thank you for everything you do!!

Best,

Occupy Sandy Team

Even if you’re not a techie, it would be great to have you at tomorrow’s Hurricane Hackers NYC linked here. (https://hurricanehackersnyc-es2.eventbrite.com/?rank=1),especially if you want to connect with people from Sandy Tech to workshop technical solutions to a problem you’ve encountered with Occupy Sandy.

We’re going to be workshopping a lot of the issues that we Occupy Sandy volunteers have wanted to address but haven’t had a chance to. Our initial focus tomorrow is Comms, but if there is anything else you want to do some problem solving for, it will be a good space for that as well.

Event begins at 9AM, non-tech folks can come by any time to work with us or use the space, and as far as what’s already organized, a lot of non-tech work will begin around 3PM.

If you want to be trained to use Sahana, the software platform we’re implementing to integrate all of our information and manage our resources, the lead developer will be around tomorrow, a number of us will have been trained + can assist, and we’ll be doing trainings constantly at 520, Jacobi, and at other sites throughout the city as much as we can until everyone who wants training gets it.

See you there, and hope to plan more workshop days in the future for those who can’t make it tomorrow!

Best,

The Occupy Sandy Team!

Survivors of Hurricane Sandy who are still without power/heat/gas are invited to Thanksgiving!

1 -4PM on Thanksgiving Day – Thursday, November 22

St. Marks Church, 131 East 10th Street
(10th Street Between 2nd & 3rd, Manhattan)

We Will Be Providing a Traditional Thanksgiving Feast Free of Charge For You and Your Family

To Volunteer Or Donate To Thanksgiving For Sandy Survivors: https://www.wepay.com/donations/thanksgiving-for-sandy-survivors

Download Flyer

Hey folks!

If you are available to help out today please head over to Sunset Park to St, Jacobi Church 5406 4th Avenue any time today before 7pm. They are understaffed and help is urgently needed!

Thank you!!

Best,

Occupy Sandy Team

Construction clean-up effort for 80 volunteers in Rockaway Park.

Spots available Wednesday 11/14 and Thursday 11/15

You do not need specific skills for this type of work, just a willingness to get dirty and help. Our experienced team leaders will guide your work efforts and keep you safe on the job. If you do have experience or skills in construction, demolition, engineering, or environmental assessment, please let us know.

Fill out this form to sign up and volunteer!

DO NOT SHOW UP FOR THIS WORK AT ROCKAWAY PARK, YOU WILL BE TURNED AWAY. THIS IS FOR YOUR SAFETY AND FOR EVERYONE’S PROTECTION.

The Details:

Meet at 8am at 7420 4th Ave. in Bay Ridge/Brooklyn. We will work in Rockaway until 4 then return to the meeting location.

Please indicate if you have a car that you can use to transport people and supplies on the form.

Wear appropriate clothing: waterproof work boots, long pants, headlamp (preferable) or flashlight. Equipment such as dust masks, gloves, and all tools will be provided at our hubs before crews are sent out.

Precautions: if you are asthmatic or have a heart condition you should not sign up for this and we prefer that you help us with other Occupy Sandy volunteer efforts. There is a lot of dust and debris in this work.

Please email oscleanout@gmail.com with any questions and thanks for everything you do!

THANK YOU!

Best,
Occupy Sandy

We are continuing a big damage assessment and construction clean-up effort tomorrow Tuesday 11/13 in Rockaway Park.

We need specific skillsets for this type of work. If you have experience or skills in construction, demolition, engineering, or environmental assessment, we especially need your help.

We can only take the first 80 volunteers who sign up. First come first serve.

Please fill out this form to sign up to come.

This is skilled work that we want to pass on to the community.

Meet at 8am at 7420 4th Ave. in Bay Ridge/Brooklyn.

If you are able to do this work and have a car that you can use to transport people and supplies please make sure to indicate that on the form!

PLEASE DO NOT SHOW UP FOR THIS WORK AT ROCKAWAY PARK, YOU WILL BE TURNED AWAY. THIS IS FOR YOUR SAFETY AND FOR EVERYONE’S PROTECTION.

Please come dressed appropriately for this kind of work – waterproof work boots, headlamp (preferable) or flashlight. Equipment such as dust masks, gloves, and all tools will be provided at our hubs before crews are sent out. We expect to start cleaning at 10am and wrapping up at 4pm.

Note: if you are asthmatic or have a heart condition you should not sign up for this and we prefer that you help us with other Occupy Sandy volunteer efforts. There is a lot of dust and debris in this work.

Please email oscleanout@gmail.com with any questions and thanks for everything you do!

Best,
Occupy Sandy

Great work yesterday everyone!  Thank you so much! Below is a bunch of vital volunteer services and supplies needed so please make sure to read everything.  We are looking for people who can cook, clean, drive speak Mandarain, provide medical help, and help oragnize or gather supplies from neighbors and friends.

If you need a ride or can offer one please meet up at the drop-off locations (outside please) nearest to you at noon or 3pm daily to get a ride or bring people and supplies to our staging location: St. Jacobi Church 5406 4th Ave in Sunset Park.

We have needs to be filled in Sunsety Park, Far Rockaway, Chinatown and a few online and phone volunteering opportunities too. So keep scrolling!

BROOKLYN – SUNSET PARK / FAR ROCKAWAY

If you want to volunteer in Sunset Park or Far Rockaway:

Please go to Jacobi Church in Sunset Park 5406 4th Avenue

We can coordinate volunteers to go to Far Rockaway to cook, clean, feed, pick up more supplies and do whatever else is needed.

If you have a cars full of ready to eat food, cleaning supplies, clothes, and/or volunteers, please go straight to Far Rockaway, at the corner of B113 and Rockaway Blvd. Or at the kitchen located at a restaurant called Veggie Island at 96th Street and Rockaway Boulevard.

You can go starting immediately.  If you are going to Far Rockaway – please dress appropriately: warm clothes and boots!

To get the list of needs please visit www.occupysandy.net/

MEDICS ARE NEEDED IN FAR ROCKAWAY – If you do not have a car, please go to St. Jacobi Church 5406 4th Avenue and catch a ride to Far Rockway to address 112-34 Rockaway Beach Blvd.  Contact: Diego at 516 225 7868.

Other Brooklyn Shelters looking for help:  http://occupysandy.net/brooklyn-hurricane-shelters-need-some-help/

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MANHATTAN – CHINATOWN

CAAAV CAAAV

46 Hester St Frnt A · New York

(212) 473-6485

served more than 500 people yesterday to get their phones charged, to get food and supplies, and most importantly to get INFORMATION.

This is what they need immediately:

1) Donations. Specifically– food, water, flashlights, batteries (AA, AAA, D). We could use another generator and power outlets for people to charge things.

2) Volunteers. To help with outreach, distribution of supplies, and organizing/moving people. We anticipate more than double the amount of people to come through tomorrow. We’re also getting specific requests to check up on seniors and would like to be able to do that if possible. (Note: If you plan on coming through you will not have much ability to use your cellphone. Maybe texts, but not much else.)

3) Take action. Demand that the leaders of this City take responsibility for Chinatown/Lower East Side and other still impacted communities. Stop putting people over profits. The people of our communities deserve just as much attention as Wall Street and Times Square.

And of course, we can always use financial donations. Just today alone, CAAAV staff and volunteers used hundreds of dollars of our own money to buy flashlights and batteries. Please consider making a donation at http://www.nycharities.org/donate/c_donate.asp?CharityCode=1838&amount&designategift2.

If you have any questions or want to support, reach out to us at justice@caaav.org. We are trying to get back to people as soon as we can, but we’re most likely able to respond after 8pm when we can get to a place with cell service. The best thing you can do is just come down and bring stuff/people with you.

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ONLINE VOLUNTEERING – RECOVERS.ORG

STAFF PHONE LINES

This is daily call out for volunteers in dry, quiet places to staff phone lines!

The NYTimes is running the various different recovers.org hotline numbers now, so the volume of calls is increasing rapidly.

Please text me at 347-824-8583 and email support@recovers.org to volunteer or pass this on to a friend!

OUTREACH NEEDS

Would you be willing to help us teach community organizations (churches, nonprofits, people providing aid) in the neighborhoods to log in and use the aid on the recovers.org sites? Internet tools are cool – making sure everyone who needs them has access is cooler!

We are getting a ton of offers to help – from skills, to donation items. We’re also seeing the first needs streaming in. The most important thing right now is getting the neighborhood organizations on board. Using the site as a common thread, they can coordinate together and make sure no one is falling through the cracks.

This is important: churches, nonprofits and shelters are the ones approached for help long-term. Could you help us spread the access to resources?

If you could, it would be great to have you walk/bike around the affected area speaking to the local organizations. They might not have internet access yet, but when they do they can contact us for an admin account. They’ll be able to: 

- See Needs/Volunteers/Donation items available in their area

- Match needs with resources

- Track what has been given to each person, and coordinate with other organizations assisting them

- Ask for help from a massive crowd of people actively watching the site!

If you think you are down, or could recruit a couple more people to help out, we would greatly appreciate your help!

Click here for the flyer to pass out and email caitria@recovers.org

Thank you for your continued service!

Best,

Occupy Sandy

Hey Everyone!

Please see what we have on deck for tomorrow, Thursday, November 1.

CHINATOWN

CAAV located at 46 Hester Street in Manhattan is really swamped with people seeking aid. Many are elderly and non-English speakers who are having a hard time. They urgently need:

Mandarin speakers
Food
Batteries (AA, AAA, C, and D)
Water
Flashlights
Access to a copy machine

They would appreciate any help. They are at 46 Hester Street.

SUNSET PARK

Please come to St. Jacobi Church at 10am. If you have cars and are willing to transport food and supplies to Far Rockaway please bring them.

They also need:

blankets

flashlights

candles

food

Water

St. Jacobi is located at 5406 4th Ave, Brooklyn

FAR ROCKAWAY

If you are able to safely drive to Far Rockaway – a headquarters is getting established there tonight. Bring:

blankets

flashlights

candles

food

Water

paper towels

batteries

baby products there.

Far Rockaway is on fire and we managed to get a community center to house people.

Headquarter is located at B113 Rockaway Boulevard. If you are unable to go that far please drop things off at St. Jacobi at Sunset Park.

That’s all for now and thank you for everything you do.

Best,

Occupy Sandy

The Sandy relief volunteer effort is really getting going! Here are some ways that you can help out.. and we DO NEED YOUR HELP!

Come to Sunset Park

Can you help us get hot food to tenants in Sunset Park and Rockaway, one of the hardest hit areas? Meet ASAP at St. Jacobi’s church – at 54th St & 4th Ave in Sunset Park, BK – to help us caravan out there, or stick back to support Sunset and Red Hook!

If you have a truck, bring it. If you don’t, text us at (646) 580-7473 and we’ll try to match you up with someone who does!

Come to Chinatown

Come to Chinatown today for recovery and info distribution work in. Meet up at CAAAV’s office at 46 Hester St.

Go trick or treating!

Trick or treat for supplies around neighborhoods that weren’t affected. Drop off at drop off locations listed on our Occupy Sandy hub http://www.occupysandy.net

Help out in Staten Island!

If you can help out in Staten Island, please contact statenislandrecovers@gmail.com to let them know.

Be a drop-off location

If you can offer a space to act as a drop-off location for food and/or supplies please email OccupySandy@interoccupy.net.

Bring supplies to an existing drop-off location

Please deliver food and/or supplies to an existing drop-off location. Locations can be found at http://occupysandy.net

Thanks for your help!

Sandy Relief Coordination Team

Thank you so much for signing up to receive Occupy Sandy Updates.

**Immediate needs for Wednesday**

CHINATOWN

Come to Chinatown at 10am Wednesday 10/31 for recovery and info distribution work in. Meet up at CAAAV’s office at 46 Hester St. at 10am

RED HOOK

Come to the Red Hook Initiative on Wednesday, October 31, at 10am to prepare a 12pm lunch, a 7pm dinner, and fun Halloween activities for the neighborhood. Collaborate on outreach and hands-on community support. Dress in waterproof shoes and comfortable clothes.

We are expanding quickly and will be sending more information and opportunities in other areas soon.

Again, thanks for joining us.

Best,
Occupy Sandy