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Occupy Wall Street Starts Occupy Sandy Relief Efforts

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With people in need now, members of Occupy are not content to wait (and wait and wait) for FEMA and the related bureaucracy to provide all necessary aid. Occupy volunteers are coming together to provide food, water, shelter and sources of electricity to those who the storm affected the most. Occupy Sandy is particularly interested in looking after the needs of the city's elderly and disabled. Many have been trapped in their homes due to non-functioning elevators and a lack of electricity, so volunteers are regularly checking in on these people to ensure they have necessary resources to survive until things are back in order.
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.

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