Dear Friends-
On this cold Sunday morning our first thought is with all of the hurricane victims who spent the night without electricity, heat, and hot water.  In Red Hook, thousands are still without power.
The response from the community, both here in New York and across the country has been overwhelming. We are doing the best that we can to manage the response. As you can imagine, the situation and the needs change by the hour. We apologize to those of you we have not been able to reply to directly. We’re doing our best.

For those who want to help, here is the plan for today:

Volunteers
Please report to 402 Van Brunt Street
10am – 5pm

Hot Meals
Hot meals should be delivered to 767 Hicks Street
11am – 6pm

Please tell us if you plan to deliver hot food and at what time. We’d like to try to make sure we have enough and that we don’t get too much knowing other communities need the same.

If you plan to bring a meal, send an email to food@rhicenter.org

Cleaning Supplies / Water Pumps/Generators
Please deliver to 402 Van Brunt Street
10am – 5pm

Canned Food/ Non-perishables / Flashlights/ Candles/ Blankets
Please deliver to Good Shepherd Services, 173 Conover Street OR
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 98 Richards Street/ Verona Street
10am – 5pm
Donate money

RHI is accepting contributions toward hurricane relief efforts in the community,
click to donate here.
We are hoping to launch a new website this morning, www.rhicenter.org.
It will have  information updated throughout the day about what’s happening. For more information, please follow us on Twitter or Like us on Facebook.
We  can not adequately express our thanks and gratitude to the hundreds of  people who have offered support over the last few days. Red Hook is an  incredible community.
We thank you for your help as we rebuild.

Photo by Michael Harlan Turkell www.harlanturk.com