Dear fellow Hanoverians:<\/p>\n
Readers will remember the request for donations from genuinely good
\nsoul, Hanover resident and \u201cAround Town on the Web\u201d reader Jeannie
\nMurphy, who was struck by the devastation in New Jersey due to
\nHurricane Sandy. Below please find an update directly from Jeannie
\nwith her grateful thanks.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just wanted to update everyone about our collection of donations
\nlast week and our amazing trip down to Sea Bright, New Jersey last
\nweekend (Saturday, November 17th).<\/p>\n
For me, this all started with getting ready for work one morning over
\na week ago and listening to the radio of people talking about all of
\nthe destruction and devastation from Hurricane Sandy. Something hit me
\nhard at that moment and I could no longer sit back and just listen…<\/p>\n
A couple of days after deciding that I had to do something (but wasn’t
\nsure how), my husband read a small article in newspaper about a man
\nnamed Bill Blake from Scituate, who was taking up his own collection
\nat St. Luke\u2019s in Scituate and was looking for vehicles to bring the
\ndonations down to Sea Bright, New Jersey (Bill grew up in that area).
\nI called him immediately and offered our box truck and our Cherokee to
\nfill with donations and make the trip. Friends of ours also jumped
\nright in offering to drive down as well with their pick-up truck. My
\nnephew, who lives in Annapolis, MD, got wind that we were organizing
\nthis. He jumped right in putting his own word out to his friends and
\nco-workers requesting donations and met us in New Jersey with his
\npick-up truck. <\/p>\n
The donations received at my house were way beyond my hopes. It was
\ntruly unbelievable and heartwarming! The donations were being dropped
\noff on my farmer\u2019s porch in a continuous stream of cars for days.<\/p>\n
We received donations and help in so many ways…the 1st floor of my
\nhouse soon became a sorting and boxing area. We received an incredible
\namount of clothes for all different ages and sizes, not to mention 3
\nhigh piles of warm jackets and coats. We also received an unbelievable
\namount of food, toiletries, socks, underwear, scarves, hats, gloves,
\nshoes, boots, spring water cases, toys, stuffed animals, paper goods,
\ncleaning supplies, blankets, sheets, towels, diapers, baby food, pet
\nfood, …etc. We even received money to put towards our gas to get to
\nNew Jersey. Amazing!<\/p>\n
Joe from the produce area of Shaw\u2019s Supermarket gave us an endless
\nsupply of produce boxes to use to pack everything in. Jim from the
\nMarshfield Roche Bros. Supermarket also donated cases of canned
\nvegetables. Will, a resident of Hanover, dropped off donations to us
\nand then came back later with donations of jackets and pants from
\nHanover Boot.<\/p>\n
A large envelope filled with handmade cards from the children at St.
\nMary’s was dropped off at my house as well. Those cards were hand
\ndelivered to Bill’s sister-in-law and she will be sure that they are
\ndistributed to each child. She will match up each card with a donated
\nstuffed animal.<\/p>\n
Also, hand written cards and letters that we received were also given
\nto her to share with everyone so they know that they are not alone and
\nthere are so many people who care about them. A bag of spiritual pins
\nand cards were also given to her and she said that she knew exactly
\nwho to give them to.<\/p>\n
We left at 4:30 a.m. on Saturday and drove over 5 hours down in a line
\nof 4 packed vehicles. We met up with Bill’s brother (who lives down
\nthere) and he brought us to a Middle School to unload all of the
\ndonations on to the stage of their auditorium. His family and friends
\nwere there waiting for us to help us unload all of the boxes. <\/p>\n
We were told that there would be a dinner at the school last Wednesday
\n(the night before Thanksgiving) for everyone who has been hit hard by
\nHurricane Sandy. At the dinner, all of the boxes of our donations as
\nwell as those of St. Luke\u2019s would spread out and categorized at the
\nschool for them to gather what they need. <\/p>\n
I have attached some pictures for you to see the out pouring of
\ndonations from all of you as well as from St. Luke\u2019s.<\/p>\n
After a quick bite to eat, we all headed back home. We arrived back at
\n11:00 pm. What a great day!! This was a group effort. THANK YOU TO
\nEVERYONE!! This experience was truly life-changing for me, my husband
\nMichael and my kids Matthew and Mikayla. I am truly grateful for all
\nof the people in our life and all of those we have met along the way.<\/p>\n
I hope everyone had a very, very Happy Thanksgiving!!!<\/p>\n
Forever grateful…<\/p>\n
Jeannie Murphy”<\/p>\n
For “Around Town on the Web”,
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