As you know many homes and families were devastated by the recent storms. Many have been left with nothing at all.
You can help in one or more of the following ways:
(12/8/11) – Habitat for Humanity Restore
seeks volunteers to help assist in weekly pick ups of materials and donations for flood relief. Wednesdays, 3-5 hours. Please contact 845-853-7499 or ulster_hfh@yahoo.com.
(10/27/11) – The MARK Project
is a non-profit organization working to coordinate flood relief aid to the areas of Fleischmanns, Clovesville, Arkville, and Margaretville, New York. Many of the homes in these areas have been left uninhabitable due to mold growth, electrical and heating concerns, and structural damage. MARK is seeking volunteers to assist with the “Clean Sweep Program” to try to address these issues. More info or call 845-586-3500.
(10/27/11) – Pine Hill Community Center
seeks volunteers to serve two hour shifts in our pop-up thrift store at 302 Main St. in Pine Hill. For the next few Saturdays, from 10-am – 4 pm we are offering all the clothing donations we received to anyone who can use these gently worn items. Take what you need, pay what you can. All proceeds to the M-ARK Project for flood relief. We are not accepting donations of clothing except for warm coats and bedding. More info or call 254-5469.
FOOD DONATIONS
The Queens Galley
is a Red Cross Collection site. They are accepting non-perishable, nutritious NO COOK foods (i.e. tuna, beans, nut butters, preserves, jams, jellies, dried meats) as well as hygiene and safety, clean up items (hand sanitizer, work gloves, back to school supplies, hair brushes, tooth paste, deodorant, shampoo). Volunteers with vehicles of all sizes also needed to pick up donations throughout the year. Items can be dropped at the Queens Galley booth at the Kingston Farmers Market or at Queens Galley 254 Washington Ave, Kingston 845-338-3468 or volunteer@thequeensgalley.org.
Family of New Paltz
We can use rice (none), tuna (none), pasta (very low), soup (none), canned meat, beef strew, canned chile, etc (none), ramen noodles (none), peanut butter (very low), meat (a very small amount), jelly (low), oatmeal (low), we can use fresh meat, ground turkey or beef is always versatile, canned tomatoes, spaghetti 0’s (none), mac & cheese, hot dogs. We break down large bags of rice to smaller packages. We are open M – F 10am – 4pm 51 North Chestnut St (845) 255-8801
Click here for a list of Ulster County Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens, almost all of which could use donations of food and volunteers. Or volunteer by organizing a Food Drive to benefit your community Food Pantry.
BUILDING SUPPLIES
If you have building supplies including generators and clean up supplies that you can donate, contact Habitat for Humanity ReStore at 406 Route 28, Kingston by the Hess Station – click here for a list of donation requests for the week of September 20th, 2011. 845-340-0907 ulster_hfh@yahoo.com
YNN - Ulster County vegetable farmers facing $5 million loss By: Beth Croughan
Ask your wider network to go to UlsterCorps to donate their time and materials. If you are able to contribute financial support, the Ulster United Way has set up a Ulster County Flood Relief Fund. Donors should indicate that they want to donate to the Ulster County Flood Relief Fund in the Designate your donation field. Donations to your local Red Cross Chapter can also be designated to your specific county or town. And please support our local farmers by shopping at local farm stands and farmers markets or joining a CSA.
American Red Cross of Northeastern New York
Click here for American Red Cross Ongoing Relief Effort Update
Click here to find out about joining the Disaster Action Team and other ways you can volunteer with the Red Cross, or call 518-458-8111.
Shandaken Phoenicia Rotary Civil Emergency Response Team - C.E.R.T. Clean Up
The Town and Phoenicia Rotary have done an extraordinary job coordinating volunteers in Phoenicia. If you wish to volunteer please call Ken Jacobs, Rotary President @ 688-5944.
RVGA PAPER PUMPKIN PROJECT
A grass-roots fundraiser for Rondout Valley post-flood farm relief
Thousands of pumpkins were washed into the frothing waters of the Rondout and Esopus Creeks after Tropical Storms Irene and Lee swept through the Rondout Valley in late August. But pumpkins were far from the only crop damaged on local farms. The flooding and days of pelting rain severely damaged all kinds of local produce, farm soils and infrastructure at the worst possible time of year—the time when harvest crops pay off farmer’s start-of-season loans. Farmer and RVGA President Bruce Davenport came up with the idea to sell a pumpkin hangtag as a way to fund a disaster relief account to distribute to hard-hit local farmers, and artist and RVGA board member Maria Reidelbach offered to create one. The pumpkins are available through Thanksgiving at Rondout Valley farmstands, including Barthel’s, Burd’s, Kelder’s, Saunderskill, Davenport Farms, R.O. Davenport in Kingston, and Gill’s, at local farmer’s markets, at Westwind and Stone Ridge Orchards, at various businesses region-wide, and on the RVGA website. Volunteers are needed to help expand this wonderful project into local schools. If you can help email volunteer@ulstercorps.org or RSVP here.
New Paltz FLOOD AID Farmers, Families, & First Responders BENEFIT CONCERT
Sunday, October 16th, 12pm-6pm @ Hasbrouck Park
Volunteers needed for both events and for gathering donations from local businesses, suitable for a raffle. Gift certificates, items, etc. On the day of the event, to keep things simple, we’d prefer if people can do a 7 hour shift, 10 to 5. The gates open at 11AM, but we’ll need you there at 10 to get things squared away. I realize this is a long time so we will also be breaking it up into 2 shifts lasting about 4 hours each (10:00 to 2 and 1:30 to 5:00). As of right now it will be ticket sales and will call we need help with. We are also looking for a big organization to volunteer to do clean-up.
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Shandaken Phoenicia Rotary Civil Emergency Response Team - C.E.R.T. - A huge thank you to all the volunteers, emergency responders, utility workers, highway technicians, policemen, State Troopers... everyone who fought to help mitigate the effects of the flood and then raced to help neighbors!
Hudson Valley Region
United Way’s 2-1-1 Helpline is a free, confidential, multilingual service to assist the public to find the answers to a variety of Health and Human Services related questions in the lower Hudson Valley Region, 8am to 8 pm, 7 days, 365 days a year. You can call or search this database about everything from basic needs like food, clothing and shelter, to volunteer opportunities, legal services, drug treatment, employment support, childcare, eldercare and more.
FEMA Disaster Relief for Small Businesses, Individuals & Families
Two FEMA state and federal disaster recovery centers opened Saturday, September 3, to assist individuals, households and businesses that suffered damage from hurricane Irene and the subsequent flooding in the Catskills. The offices will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week until further notice. They are located at Prattsville Town Hall, 49 Main Street in Prattsville in Greene County and at the Belleayre Mountain Ski Area, Belleayre Mountain Road off Route 28, in Pine Hill in Ulster County (map). An additional center opened at the BRC, 1 Development Court, Kingston – 9/6/11 8am-8pm (map) in rooms 321 and 323. FEMA recommends that individuals seeking assistance from the center register before visiting by calling 800-621-FEMA (3362) or fema.gov. An SBA disaster assistance representative is also available to assist business owners.
Bring any identifying docs that survived the water as well as deed/ lease info to register with FEMA and get help from state and local agencies
FEMA basics
FEMA Basics document about What to do after a flood.
FEMA – Repairing Your Flooded Home
If you have experienced damage during Hurricane Irene please follow these instructions as soon as possible: 1) Before any repair, document the damage with photos and a written description2) Contact your insurance company3) Get an estimate4) Keep track of expenses with receipts/ documentation5) Fill out the attached form and give it to your Town Supervisor or Village Mayor The attached form will be used to document damage in order for Ulster County to be declared a FEMA disaster. Note that FEMA assistance is in the form of low interest loans – not grants. Insurance should be the first approach.
NY State website – what to do after a flood.
Damage assessment form for flood 2011
Shandaken Phoenicia Rotary Civil Emergency Response Team Clean Up Volunteers shoveling river sand out of the streets of Phoenicia between storms Labor Day weekend to prevent sand from clogging drains. The sand was trucked to the highway department and will be recycled on icy winter roads.
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In the event of a natural disaster please use the following resources for assistance.
New York EDEN (Extension Disaster Education Network)
Emergency Preparedness
http://emergencypreparedness.cce.cornell.edu/Pages/default.aspx
Animal Emergency and Rescue – Large and Small
http://www.empiresart.org/
New York State Insurance Department What to do after a loss
http://www.ins.state.ny.us/homeown/html/hmafter.htm
NYS Emergency Services
Returning home after a flood…what to do including food safety, hygiene and cleanup:
http://www.dhses.ny.gov/oem/safety-info/flood/recovery.cfm
U.S. Dept. of Labor
Keeping workers safe during cleanup
http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/hurricaneRecovery.html
511NY – New York State’s official traffic and travel info source
Central Hudson Gas and Electric
FEMA
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