The Nyack College New York City campus Office of Student Development shares the following resources for people who need help or want to help others as a result of Hurricane Sandy.

www.NYC.gov

FEMA: http://www.fema.gov/sandy

The Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/find-help

Disaster Assistance: http://www.disasterassistance.gov/

National Hurricane Center Outreach: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/outreach/

Center for Disease Control: http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/

IMMEDIATE NEEDS

Hot Food Locations: http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/hot_food.html

Food, Water, and Blanket Distribution: http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/foodandwater.html

Warming Centers: http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/warming_ctr.html

Emergency Shelters: http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/hurricane_shelters.html

Medical Van Locations: http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/medical_vans.html 

If you cannot return home and have immediate housing needs, text SHELTER + your ZIP code to 43362 (4FEMA) to find the nearest shelter in your area (example: shelter 12345).

Counseling Resources

Nyack College NYC students, please visit the counseling office at B-213, or call x7705 if they are experiencing stress related to the hurricane and its aftermath or email:

Paul Schwartz, LCSW, MA paul.schwartz@nyack.edu 

Melinda Welsh, Counseling Intern Welchm@nyack.edu 

Kesy Yoon, Counseling Intern Kesynyc628@gmail.com 

Nicoleta Floroiu, Counseling Intern Nfloroiu@gmail.com

NYC Counseling: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/cis/cis_lifenet.shtml

1-800-LIFENET (English)

1-877-AYUDESE (Español)

1-877-990-8585 (Korean and Chinese)

1-800-LIFENET (All other languages)

1-212-982-5284 (TTY)

SAMHSA Disaster Distress Hotline: 1-800-985-5990

St. Vincent’s Crisis Center Hotline: (212) 604-8220 ( English), (212) 604-8261 (Español)

Metropolitan Support Center: (212) 423-6262 (English and Spanish)

NYC Office of Emergency Management: http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/get_prepared/cert.shtml 

HOW TO HELP

Food Donations

City Harvest: http://www.cityharvest.org/donate-food/

Food Bank: http://www.foodbanknyc.org/

Met Council: http://www.metcouncil.org/site/PageServer

Monetary Donations

Mayor’s Fund to Advance NYC: https://www.nyc.gov/html/fund/html/donate/donate.shtml

http://www.redcross.org/charitable-donations

Clothing and Goods Donations

Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesny.org/make-a-donation/ways-of-giving/thrift-store/

Housing Works: http://www.housingworks.org/donate/drop-off-donations/ 

Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf 

Volunteer Opportunities

New York Cares: http://newyorkcares.org/volunteer/disaster/

New York City Coalition Against Hunger: https://www.nyccah.org/hurricanesandyvolunteer

Red Hook Initiative: http://rhicenter.org/

New York Blood Center: https://drm.nybloodcenter.org/publicscheduler/BloodDriveLocator.aspx

Red Cross: http://www.nyredcross.org/?nd=news_room_detail&news_id=606&jid=63321

WJA of New York: http://www.ujafedny.org/hurricane-sandy-volunteer-opportunities/

http://www.nycservice.org/

Shelters: http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/hurricane_shelters.html