Patch & AOL Send Superstorm Sandy Relief Trucks to New York, New Jersey

It's been said it's far better to have a neighbor who's near, than a brother who's far away, but in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Americans across the nation have proven to be the best neighbors and the strongest of families.

This past weekend, AOL and Patch employees pitched in, packing two tractor trailers worth of food, water and supplies in Dulles, VA, and Baltimore. The donations then headed to Superstorm Sandy ravaged areas in New Jersey and Long Island, New York.

Want to join the relief efforts? Click here to donate: https://donate.networkforgood.org/aol

"All of the goods and services will be going directly to the places hardest hit and we have an opportunity to make a real difference," said AOL CEO Tim Armstrong in an email to employees Sunday.

Nearly 329 Patch towns were impacted by the storm. But editors and community members to assemble a list of the items most needed by those communities.

"When a catastrophe of this size hits, we all feel it, both the hundreds of us who live in the impacted towns, and our colleagues who are watching and wishing they could help more," said Patch Chief Content Officer Rachel Fishman Feddersen. "So for us AOLers and Patchers, it feels like a relief and a privilege to get to help out in such a big, immediate way."

The AOL trucks will arrive in New Jersey on Monday and Long Island Tuesday. The deliveries will include many of the essentials residents most need, such as bottled water, blankets, batteries, canned soup, disposable diapers, baby formula and more.

The trucks are rolling as residents in areas such as the Jersey Shore, Staten Island and Long Island continue to cope with the aftermath of the storm. Hundreds of thousands remain without power, the area transit systems are crippled, and gas lines can go on for miles, as motorists desperately try to fill their cars and residents look to fill gas cans in order to keep generators humming in near-freezing temperatures.

You can join us in the relief efforts. To Donate to Superstorm Sandy Disaster relief, click here: https://donate.networkforgood.org/aol.

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