Rockaway Beach Relief Fund

Thank you again to everyone who has donated! I want to recognize and give a special thank you to William Gallagher Associates for donating $5,000 this past week. I am truly overwhelmed with gratitude. The donation was given to me through a personal check. That means combining the website, WGA and other cash donations over $20,000 has been raised for Rockaway Beach.

The latest donations will go towards continued emergency supplies to be delivered to the Yacht Club and the St. Camillus donation center and school. St. Camillus is my families parish and the school I attended from K-8. The students and teachers have been relocated to Howard Beach until the building can be repaired. It gives me great joy to see the donations going to help this school.

Donations will also go towards gift cards for families in Rockaway Beach that have relocated and others that are beginning to rebuild. The gift cards delivered on my last trip were extremely well received, so I will continue to funnel these to people who need everything from very basic necessities to major appliances from stores like Target and Home Depot.

Conditions are improving for many families in Rockaway. My family and several other families on 91st Street now have power. It is going to be a long road, but I hope everyone who has donated and shared this page knows how much their support means to me, my family, neighbors and community.

The next trip is this Wednesday.

Thank you always and God bless.

Thank you, again, to everyone that has donated!

The second van load of supplies was delivered on Friday to Rockaway Beach. These supplies were sorely needed as families continue to demo basements and clear at homes that were flooded.

It was great to see that everyones tireless efforts were beginning to make a difference! I am not surprised at all to see how a community, so close already, and full of first responders is prevailing in this devastation. Check out the link below from 60 minutes.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50134940n&tag=contentMain;cbsCarousel

Thank you to the Marines, Navy, National Guard and of course the Sanitation for working around the clock to remove debris, sand and clear out homes.

Please continue to encourage others to donate. The next delivery of supplies will be on Wednesday November 21st.

Thank you and God bless! Rockaway will rebuild!

Supplies have been purchased at BJ's and Home Depot tonight. BJ's donated $250 and Home Depot gave us 10% off.

We are getting close to all the supplies needed for tomorrows trip. Target tomorrow then on the road!