LutheranHANDS responded to Hurricane Sandy in July 2014

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In late October 2012, Hurricane Sandy slammed the Atlantic Coast.  This category 3 hurricane was the second-costliest hurricane in United States history and the most deadly in the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season.  FEMA has over 261,000 applications for aide across 21 counties in the state of New Jersey - 125,000 of those homes have been inspected.  So far over 54,000 homes have been classified as having major or severe damage.

 

 

From the Lutheran Social Services website, our partner for this trip:  There is a lot of good work being done here! This week FEMA reported that “To date, 507 volunteer organizations have participated in the recovery effort in New Jersey. Of those, 124 have reported 166,598 volunteers who have contributed 951,731 hours, worth $26.8 million.” Since March, just here at Lutheran Social Ministries of New Jersey we have facilitated the work of 895 volunteers, who worked 9,794 hours, worth more than $270,000. Our volunteers have worked in six different counties across the state doing everything from construction and debris removal to data entry and sorting donations. They have come from 12 different states, from as far away at Wisconsin and Missouri, to help us recover.

 

 

LutheranHANDS joined those organizations in July 2014 as we helped to rebuild in New Jersey.