How Hoboken Pulled Through, One Volunteer at a Time
Looking back at Hoboken's volunteers during and after Superstorm Sandy.
Walking through the now empty hallways of the Hoboken High School, it’s difficult to imagine that only two weeks ago the floors were covered with supplies, clothes and other donations. Where students now walk back and forth at all hours of the day, the halls were filled with hundreds of volunteers from Hoboken and beyond during Sandy and its aftermath. The same is true for the cafeteria. To the students it’s just where they eat lunch. For Hoboken’s volunteers, it was the epicenter of donations and supplies. Walls of water crates and boxes of diapers have all disappeared. The people who made up the make shift assembly line that quickly got all the donations onto amphibious trucks are back at work. Downtown, the same can be said for City …
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