Islanders Head to NY to Help with Hurricane Sandy
Wenonah Madison-Sauer and Dan Sauer of 7a Foods are collecting goods and heading to Rockaway to provide much-needed manpower in areas affected by Hurricane Sandy
As Wednesday’s Nor’easter closed roads and halted ferry service on Martha’s Vineyard, the area hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy was being pelted with Winter Storm Athena with freezing temperatures and snow. Earlier this week, there was a coat and blanket drive here on the Island that gathered close to 500 coats and 500 blankets. One of the drop-off locations was 7a Foods in West Tisbury and as the coats and blankets began piling up, 7a Foods co-owner Wenonah Madison-Sauer started speaking more to those on the ground in the affected areas and doing a bit of research on her own. “When it first happened, I thought that by the time I made it to the area, there would already be so many people there that I wouldn’t be able to do anything, but that…
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Martha Magee
12:13 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
I was in NY (RYE) when Sandy hit. Terrible devastation and my 87 yr old fathers house was without power for as solid week. We were living by flashlights and candles. I i frew up hearing stories of my mother going to Breezy Point to swim at the beach and as a kid myself I remember going to both Jones and Rockaway Beach, as well as the Jersey Shore. (Spring Lake). All very very sad and one can only… more ›