Hurricane Sandy Relief

Forwarded by DG John Gordon:

It has now been almost a week since Hurricane Sandy attacked New Jersey and New York.  All of the six District governors in the area whose Districts were most affected  have been in contact with one another, and I would like to give you an update on what has happened to each of our areas, as well as a list of both immediate and long-term needs as we know them now.    

At Zones 24 and 32's Director Bryn Styles suggestion, we are all working together to get donated supplies to the right area.  We are asking that cash donations be made to one fund, the Walter D. head Foundation of Rotary District 7490, c/o Calisto Bertin (our DGN), Bertin Engineering, 66 Glen Avenue, Glen Rock, NJ 07452.

 By tomorrow, we will also have a way those who wish to do so can wire transfer money or donate on-line or using PayPal or other major credit cards.  We will split whatever donations are given among the six affected districts, although we may decide to give more to those districts that are most affected (see below).  That information will be on the website (created as part of a mufti-district PR grant we received from Rotary International): www.nynjrotary.org.  We will keep that site updated with the latest information every other day, including foundations of individual districts. 

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