Thursday, December 13, 2012
Hurricane Sandy victims send their thanks for the tractor trailer full of donations collected by a local family and the town of Medfield.
Last month, Medfield residents filled a 26-foot tractor-trailer full of donations for victims of Hurricane Sandy. This month, the thank you notes are pouring in, say mother-daughter organizers Monica Reid and Kim Joline. "Words cannot express our most sincere gratitude and appreciation to you, your family, and your community for all that you did to help our community during the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy," said one letter from Big Brother Big Sisters of Ocean City. "Our families are beginning to rebuild their lives one day at a time because of caring people, people like yourselves; and the town of Medfield, MA." Reid also received a phone call from Sue Sedivic, CEO of Big Brother Big Sister. "She called my mom after the truck arrived …
Monday, November 26, 2012
Scott Andrews filled a box truck with donations last week and drove them to New York on Friday.
While people took a day off work on Friday to go shopping, Scott Andrews -- a self-employed plumber -- took a rare day off to help the people of Rockaway Beach, New York. "I felt like lending a hand," Andrews said. When a friend asked for donations a few weeks ago, Andrews said he and his wife put together a box for the friend to take to New York. When she returned and told Andrews about the devastation, he knew he had to do more. "When she came back, she gave us an update and she showed us a YouTube video, and I knew I wanted to do something," Andrews said. He also visited www.RockawayHelp.com where "there's a whole bunch of people asking for help." Editor's Note: There is a PBS video at www.RockawayHelp.com called "Inside the Megastorm" …
Monday, November 19, 2012
A local mother-daughter team thought they would collect a few things for friends who were hit by Hurricane Sandy.
When Hurricane Sandy hit New York and New Jersey, Kim Joline and her mother, Monica Reid, knew they wanted to help. What happened next, Joline said, was unbelievable. "The people of Medfield are absolutely amazing," Joline said as she stood beside a 24 foot long UHaul truck packed with 200 boxes of donations. After a quick email to family and friends, and then shared with the Medfield Angels/Neighbor Brigade, hundreds of people started dropping off items for the hurricane victims. "We were getting stuff dropped off an hour ago," Joline said on Friday. "This week has just been huge; it's just awesome how much people gave." Thousands of donated items were donated including food, water, clothing, toiletries, baby items (clothing, diapers, …
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Medfield Angels has two ways to help victims of Hurricane Sandy. Two families will be making a trip to the New York and New Jersey areas this month.
Update: Medfield Angels has received updated list of items needed for NY and NJ residents affected by Hurricane Sandy. Any questions, contact Kim Joline at bksssj@verizon.net The list includes: Winter Children Clothes (infant to teen) - jackets, pants, sweatshirts, sweaters, long underwear, socks, shirts etc. - hats, gloves, scarves - shoes and boots Baby: food, diapers and wipes Toys: basketballs, footballs, through infant and teen Blankets Sleeping Bags Water Food (non-perishable) Batteries Gloves Masks Rubber Boots Shovels Trash bags - contractor and heavy duty Utensils, plates and napkins Paper towels Cleaning Supplies - bleach and general house needs Flashlights Drop off info: Kim Joline's home at 8 Maple Street by the back door. (…
Monday, November 5, 2012
The storm could drop 1 to 2 inches of rain late Wednesday into Thursday and bring wind gusts along the coast.
A little more than a week after 'superstorm' Sandy swept through Massachusetts, Medfield residents may have to brace for another windy, rainy night on Wednesday. A nor'easter could blow into the area mid-week and the storm could drop 1 to 2 inches of rain from Wednesday into Thursday, according to WHDH meteorologist Jeremy Rainer. Rainer also wrote that coastal winds could gust between 40 and 60 miles per hour along the South Shore, Cape Cod and the islands, although winds "will be much lighter inland with this storm." The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a hazardous weather outlook statement on Sunday afternoon, saying that strong to damaging northeast winds are likely especially across Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island late …
Ellen Kelliher
10:45 am on Monday, November 19, 2012
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