How You Can Help Hurricane Sandy Victim's without Leaving Home

ALREADY, THERE ARE SEVERAL VOLUNTEERS AND EMERGENCY WORKERS FROM OUR AREA WHO ARE IN THE DISASTER AREA, HELPING TONIGHT. DAYTON CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS SENT A TEAM THIS WEEKEND. AND LAST NIGHT, TASK FORCE ONE, OUR FEMA SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM WAS DEPLOYED. BUT, MEGAN O'ROURKE IS LIVE TO TELL US, YOU CAN STILL HELP FROM RIGHT HERE AT HOME. 3 THAT'S RIGHT MARK, WE'VE SEEN IT ALL OVER OUR WDTN FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PAGES TODAY... FOLKS ASKING WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP. SO, I DID SOME CHECKING AND FOUND SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY STEPPING INTO ACTION. YOU'VE SEEN THE IMAGES...FLOODED CITY STREETS...WIND BATTERED BUILDINGS...AND IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL, MILLIONS OF HELPLESS VICITMS. A áHELPLESSá FEELING FOR A LOT OF FOLKS HERE IN THE DAYTON AREA. BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE. PATTY HIATT -PEER WITH OUR LOCAL RED CROSS, SAYS YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A VOLUNTEER TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. SHE SUGGESTS DONATING A COUPLE DOLLARS...2:11:20 "THERE MIGHT BE SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS LUMBER TO COVER A BROKEN WINDOW, SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT NEEDS FOOD..SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT NEED MEDICINE...SO REALLY THE BEST WAY WE CAN HELP THEM IS THROUGH A MONETARY DONATION" 32 AND BECAUSE 91 CENTS FROM EVERY DOLLAR DONATED, GOES DIRECTLY TO HELP VICTIMS, YOU CAN BE SURE YOUR MONEY IS GOING TO BE PUT TO GOOD USE. BUT, IF YOU'D RATHER BUY SUPPLIES, WE ALSO FOUND SOME LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY COLLECTING.16:15:32 "RIGHT NOW I AM IN SLIDELL LOUSIANA , WE STILL HAVE A RELIEF EFFORT HERE FOLLOWING HURRICANE ISSAC"39 LAURA CREMEANS IS THE CO-DIRECTOR OF THE CHURCHES OF CHRIST DISASTER RESPONSE TEAM...AN ORGANIZATION MADE UP OF MORE THAN 9 HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. JUST LIKE THE NAME SOUNDS..HER GROUPS RESPONDS TO DISASTERS, WHICH IS WHY WE HAD TO TALK ON THE PHONE. CREMEANS, TELLS US, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE USED TO RESPONDING TO HURRICANE ZONES...SANDY IS CREATING SOME SPECIAL CHALLENGES.16:16:20 "ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES I SEE RIGHT NOW IS THIS IS IN THE NORTHEAST . SO A LOT OF SUPPLIES WE BRING IN, SPECIFICALLY CLOTHING, ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE WINTER CLOTHING" 31 SPECIFICALLY CHILDREN'S CLOTHING. AS WELL AS, CLEANING SUPPLIES, PERSONAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS, BABY SUPPLIES...SUCH AS DIAPERS, AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES. CREMEANS SAYS AS SOON AS THEY GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER, THEY WILL HEAD OUT...AND START HELPING AS MANY PEOPLE AS THEY CAN, GET LIFE BACK TO NORMAL, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.16:21:56 "WE DO GET TIRED SOMETIMES, AND IT'S REMEMBERING THE PEOPLE AS THEY COME AND THE HUGS WE RECEIVE AND THE THANKS THAT WE GET THAT REALLY KEEPS US GOING" 10 HUGS WE RECEIVE AND THE THANKS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TO THE CHURCHES OF CHRIST DISASTER RESPONSE YOU CAN DROP OFF ITEMS TO 92-85 STATE ROUTE 2-0-2 IN TIPP CITY...NOW THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 9 A-M UNTIL NOON AND ON SATURDAY FROM 9 TO 2. OR IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A TEN DOLLAR DONATION TO RED CROSS, JUST TEXT "RED CROSS" TO 9-0-999. REPORTING LIVE, MEGAN O'ROURKE, 2 NEWS.