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Hurricane Sandy has affected all Long Islanders differently. Here are some ways you can help, donate or find relief.

When disaster strikes, Long Islanders come together to help our fellow citizens in need.

We've done our best to compile a list of local businesses and organizations who have resources available to the public. We cannot be responsible for errors or omissions and will do our best to keep the list current. If you have a service that is available to help others, please email info@coxradio.com you'd like to help. 

Donations and Other Services:

• Greater Islip Cares Org. 180 Orville Drive Bohemia, is looking for people that are in need!! We have tons of stuff! food, house hold stuff, baby stuff, hats gloves ,toys ect!! we are very blessed to have everyone get together and donate! For info call 224-2627.
• MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: We are in need of medics and licensed doctors and nurses in the State of New York to volunteer in the Rockaways for first-aid, distributing insulin etc. We also have a station set up at St. Francis at 129th Street Please email message: david@perez18.com
• Lasting Impressions Photography.  Fully staffed from 9 to 8 every day for any who needs just about anything,  or for anyone who wants to donate. Taking personal care items like soap, tooth paste, deodorant, shampoo, work gloves, contractor bags, boots, socks, things like that. The address is 180 Orville Dr., Bohemia.
• United Way One Stop Relief To Recovery. November 6-10, 11am-4pm. Roosevekt Hall, Farmingdale State College. Open to all. FEMA and financial, mental health, legal agencies on-site, free access to wifi, soup and beverage provided. Free parking in Lot #9. For more info please call 211 or email livoad@googlegroups.com.
• St. John's Luthern Church -  36 East John Street, Lindenhurst. 631-226-1274. Rear entrance on Dover Street. Hot food from 2-7pm. Warm building, clothing and household items, food pantry, school supplies, counseling with Pastor. Donations: staple groceries, bread, bagels, cakes, water are greatly appreciated.
• Heavy Hitters Boxing Gym 2100 Artic Ave in Bohemia N.Y. will be collecting any non perishable foods & clothing to donate to our fellow long islanders in need. We will be collecting money to purchase gift cards to local supermarkets. If you can spare anything Blankets, Clothing anything it will go along way into helping these families in need. Please come down from the hours of 6p.m to 9 p.m
• Hicks Nurseries and Long Island Cares Helping Hurricane Sandy Victims. Hicks Nurseries, in partnership with Long Island Cares, is a distribution point for food and donations for storm victims. From now through the end of the year, the nursery will be collecting items to help Long Islanders in need. Items in particular need are bottled water, pouch drinks, new blankets, hats, gloves, scarves, underwear, household cleaners, personal care items, pet food and non-perishable food. These items can be brought to the nursery, at 100 Jericho Turnpike in Westbury, 7 days a week for fast delivery to Long Island Cares for redistribution. Store hours are Saturday to Thursday, 8 am to 6 pm, open late on Fridays until 8 pm. Call 516-334-0066; or visit www.hicksnurseries.com; http://www.facebook.com/hicksnurseries
• McGuire's Hearing Aids and Audiological Services - Patchogue and Riverhead can provide services to any patients who have scheduled or unscheduled hearing services, or may need batteries or accessories. In addition, McGuire's Mobile Hearing Aid Services is on stand-by for patients in hospitals and nursing homes - at no additional charge.  1-866-447-5115 to schedule an appointment or request McGuire's emergency services.
• Join Carvel^® Ice Cream and the American Red Cross® Thursday, November 15^th from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for a "FREE Ice Cream" day, and help raise money for victims of Superstorm Sandy. Stop by any participating Carvel, donate $3 to American Red Cross Sandy relief efforts to help our neighbors in need, and receive over $30 in Carvel savings. All proceeds will benefit the American Red Cross for Superstorm Sandy relief.
• St John's Nursery School 1 block north of John St. from 1pm-3pm collecting clothes
• Drop off location in Oakdale for water, non-perishables, pet food, diapers, etc at Sweet Frog, 5640 Sunrise Hwy.  Questions call 631-559-2487
• TimTek Repairs (764 Deer Park Ave North Babylon 11703 631 455 2146) is offering there power & wifi for anyone who needs.
• Check cashing stores – Western Unions and cashing checks – 631-420-0589
• Law Office of Castiglia-Rubenstein in Melville is offering free consultations and answering questions/providing info about claims.  Call 631-414-7516.
• GLAMOURAZZI SALON 1872 Deer Park Avenue is open giving FREE HOT SHAMPOOS AND BLOWOUTS! Donations/tips appreciated come in charge ur phone, relax 6319405822
• Curiously Creative Candles in Deer Park is open with all your emergency lighting needs. Bring the kids, make a candle, grab some candy! Be safe and patient.
• East Coast Orthotic & Prosthetic Corp.  Corporate headquarters are based in Deer Park, NY, located right near the Arches at Tanger at  75 Burt Dr. Providing a donation drop-off center for blankets, coats and supplies for those who were affected by Hurricane Sandy.  People can also use  wi-fi and charge their cell phones or electronic devices for free. Our patient area, where the public will be able to access the wi-fi and drop off supplies / pick up supplies that people have donated is at 28 W Jefryn Blvd, Deer Park.
• The Hair Pavilion II,  971 Main Street, Holbrook - hair washed at no cost. Able to blow dry and style own hair and also charge any devices needed
• Suffolk Glass - Carlton Ave - Islip Terrace  can fix auto glass, store front glass, etc 631-277-5614
• V & J Auto Body - 941 N Wellwood Avenue, www.vjautobody.com, 631-226-0070. (They are allowing people to come in and charge up and also will help anyone who's car was messed up get a rental car)
• Shorham FD is excepting canned goods, clothes of all ages and sizes, diapers, anything baby and up.
• Donations Centers set up at Ciao Baby in Commack and McCann's in Massapequa
• Touro Law Center – free legal services to those effected by sandy. Opening up on Monday 631-761-7198
• Cactus Hair Salons are offering hot free shampoo wash for anyone who doesn't have showers or electric at all of thier 20 locations.
• Westfield South Shore Mall,  Westfield Sunrise and Long Island Cares have partnered to help bring relief to those on Long Island effected by Hurricane Sandy. From now until the end of December, please bring non-perishable food items, personal care items, baby items and pet food/items to Westfield South Shore Mall. Collection bins are located in Lord & Taylor Court and in front of Cohen's Fashion Optical.  For More information check out their Facebook page.
• Suffolk Y Jewish Center - 74 Hauppauge rd., Commack. Offering : A warm place to stay, Food, Blankets, Charging of any kind
• Long Beach is in desperate need of your help.  The Knights of Columbus on Minnesota Ave and West Beech Street is in need of food, clothing, gas, water and all supplies.  Whatever you can donate, would be appreciated.  Donations can be dropped off at Seigermans Furniture at 50 Price Parkway, Farmingdale.  IF you are stranded in Long Beach, come down to the Knights of Columbus for food and supplies.
• Chiropractor Dr. Mike Sredniawski  Kings Park will donate 100% of my chiropractic services to any and all employees of LIPA and any township employee in Long Island for free.  I realize that these men and women are working very hard to help all of us get back on our feet and there is a lot of heavy lifting going on and without a doubt there are back injuries too.  From 11/5/12, for the next two weeks until and including Monday, 11/19/12.  Office hours to be available as needed, please contact for appointment times.  Call 631-742-1211 or go to  www.kingsparkchiro.com for further information.
• A Better Choice Eldercare - can refer these families free of  charge to viable options in assisted living communities. We want to alert all people on Long Island that we are here to help families facing extremely difficult situations in caring for an elder in their family who needs assistance especially now. Power may still not be restored to many homes including those who need it most for medical needs etc. Call 1-877-ELDER11 to help find an assisted living arrangement for their family member or friends who cannot care for themselves after this storm.
• Lindenhurst Youth Center: 177 South Smith Street, 631-226-1320, 7 days a week 2pm – 7PM
• In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, we need to rally together to help our Long Island/NY metro area families! Real simple please drop off your coats, cans & other non- perishables to be distributed for those in need!  Sundays am for the next (2) weeks at The Grill, let's make a difference!  Drop areas:
  Grill 454 -  88 Veterans Memorial Highway, Commack, NY  11725 - 631 499-4454, Personal Touch Car Wash - 1977 East Jericho turnpike East Northport, NY 11731 - 631 499-9470.
• The Order Sons of Italy's Per Sempre Lodge is opening its doors to help our Neighbors in need in the East Rockaway area. We are accepting none perishable food along with clothing at our Lynbrook Lodge. We will be open from Monday through Saturday 12:00pm to 5:00PM each day. We are asking our Neighboring communities to help in our efforts.
• Free clothes (mens, women's, kids, baby), shoes, blankets, gloves, hats, scarves,food, supplies, etc at The Long Island Exchange 4338 Austin Blvd. Island Park NY Open 9a-5p. Independently set up by Glenn Bert and his family. Loads of free stuff for those in need or affected by Sandy. All are welcome to help themselves to anything they may need. Also, looking for any volunteers looking to lend a hand with sorting donations or helping individuals finding items. Still accepting more donations.

Warming/Charging Stations:

• LIRR Long Beach Station: After a thorough cleaning and hook-up to a generator, the LIRR has turned its Long Beach Station waiting room into a comfort station for use by the community that survived the hard-hit of Hurricane Sandy.  In addition to heat, water and restrooms, there are power strips available for charging cellphones and other electronic devices.  The comfort station is open daily from 6AM to 4PM.
• West Islip American Legion Post 1738 at 340 Union Blvd are opening our Post to all West Islip residents as a warming center. We have heat, toilets television, ice, and a kitchen to warm food. Please contact us. Greg Buck(516) 315-8956, Kevin Crumlish, (516) 835-1728, Ted Gladkowski (631) 612-8731, Frank McNamee (631) 987-3117 and Bobby Stephens (631) 882-0875. Our email is legion1738@aol.com
• The East Hampton Library
• Savino's Sit Down, 511A Commack Road, Deer Park, NY 631-667-3030, www.savinosdeli.com -  open and we are letting people charge whatever they want and are giving free coffee/tea/hot chocolate to anyone who comes in and asks for electric charge up.
• Nutty Irishman in both Bayshore and Farmingdale - open for charging stations and free wifi.
• All Home Depots on Long Island are open, some are operating with no power on generators with restricted service. We are still receiving emergency shipments of generators, batteries, and flashlights. Items are going very quick when they come in.
• Grand Prix Subaru - on 107 in Hicksville
• Rooms Unlimited 2066 Route 112 Medford open til 9pm
• Digital Marketing Firm, Fishbat, located in Bohemia adjacent to MacArthur Airport -  we are fully operational with power, wifi, and plenty of available work spaces.  We are offering free emergency office space for area businesses knocked out by the storm. For additional information, contact fishbat's John Romeo at lendafin@fishbat.com or try 631-347-4228. We are also accepting food donations to be given to Island Harvest to help in Long Island's time of need. Fishbat is an official drop site for Island Harvest.
• The Journey Church – charging station – 424 Columbus Ave – E Patchogue open Thurs & Fri 1pm-4pm
• At Farmingdale Lanes we are open, we are providing a charging station and mention this and you get the 1st game free! Snackbar is open, get your hot meal here.
• Powerhouse Gym, Center Moriches - showers,wifi,charging station
• Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville (M-F 9am-4:30pm)
• New Village Recreation Center, 20 Wireless Road (Corner of Wireless Road and Hawkins Road), Centereach (M-F 9am-4:30pm)
• Robert E. Reid, Sr. Recreation Center, Defense Hill and Route 25A, Shoreham (M-F 9am-4:30pm)
• St. Michael's Recreation Center, Wilson Ave, Gordon Heights (M-F 9am-4:30pm)
• Mastic Recreation Center, 15 Herkimer St, Mastic (M-F 9am-4:30pm)
• Cancos Tile - Farmingville, Wby Showroom, E Northport, Smithtown, Riverhead, Lynbrook
• Rooms Unlimited in Medford
• Mark Nichols Kitchen and Bath, 63 Commack Rd, Commack
• North East Customs, 68E East Jefryn Blvd., Deer Park
• Westfield South Shore Mall and Westfield Sunrise.  Both malls have 3 set up in the mall, one in Lord & Taylor Court, one in the Food Court and one in front of JC Penney. For More information check out their Facebook page.

Supplies:

• Mother Natures Garden Center - Sunrise Hwy E. Islip propane, firewood, candles, batteries
• Father Nature's Garden Center off of Sunrise in East Islip has propane, firewood, batteries, candles and flashlights.
• Propane Guys on Main St. in Holbrook has 2 generators left for sale. A 10 kwatt & a 12 kwatt.
• AC Electrical Supplies in Smithtown has generator plugs and cordsets in stock. We have about 45 left at this time and expect more tomorrow (Fri 11/2).
• All American Hardware plenty of batteries and flashlights
• Johns Fuel Oil Inc. in Holtsville. We have #2 heating fuel and diesel.
• Long Island Hardware, Vets Hwy, Bohemia - generators, batteries,  flashlights
• Home Depot in Commack has generators
• Stop and Shop, Route 101, Medford - batteries and lighters
• BJ's in Islandia - propane
• Sears in Shirley in the Kohl's shopping center just go 100 of them
• K&C ELECTRIC CORP, Bohemia - To All our fellow Long Islanders, looking for generators, We still have 6 for sale, brand new 9000 watt and 7000 watt, reasonably priced and an Electrician to hook it up for you if needed as well.  Call Keith @ (631) 384-4995
• Independent Equipment, 500 Shames Drive (Off Brush Hollow Rd), 516-877-2220, has generators, gas cans, extension cords, chainsaws, etc.
• 1^st Marine Consignment of Long Island, 30 Carlough Rd, Bohemia, 631-647-3628 – has propane generators, gas shut off valves, safety equipment, etc.
• Northeast Equipment – 554 Rte 111 Hauppauge – got a shipment of 100 generators and getting more
• Brinkman Hardware in Sayville and Blue Point has generators for sale
• Lowes in Patchogue has 6,000 watt generators for $669.
• Patriot Propane & Rentals - 516-308-4433. They have firewood, rope, tape and boxes available to anyone who is in need. Cost for propane is $22 discounted to $20 for police officers, firemen and armed forces/servicemenOpen 7 days a week 9a-4p. Firewood Locations: Southside of the Sunrise Service Road, 300ft east of the Carlton Off ramp
• Able Equipment Rental, Inc. – 631-841-3333 www.ableequipment.com. 6 kW gasoline 240 v / 120 v skid mounted Multiquip Power model GA-6HB portables. They are ideal for residential or small business use for sale at $2465 + tax; buyer preferably picks up at Able's facility, otherwise a delivery charge may apply; all major credit cards accepted. Price includes wheel kits. These portable power units can be connected directly to your house through a Gen-Tran switch after consultation and installation by a licensed electrician (Able does not provide that service).  As an alternative to such an installation, you can run extension cords through your house to connect to appliances, etc.  Instruction manual included.

Hardware:

• A&A Trucks has chainsaws for sale. Jericho Tpke, Smithtown.

Ice/Water:

• Nuzzulies Brothers Ice - 1 Mariner Dr Southampton and 198 Miller Place, Hicksville
• Natuzzi Brothers, 121-60 Farmers Blvd, Springfield  Gardens, Queens. Has plenty of ice. Dry ice and regular.
• BP Gas corner of 25A and Miller Pl Rd in Miller Place
• Handy Pantries on Long  Island
• Propane and Ice at Beer Store next to Subway, Main St, East Islip
• 7-Eleven on Sunrise Highway in Islip Terrace
• 99 Variety Plus - 580 Medford Ave Patchogue
• Waldbaum's in Glen Head
• Babylon Ice on Little East Neck Rd, West Babylon is open for ice, dry ice, any type of ice
• CVS, Little East Neck Rd, West Babylon
• Karts Indoor Raceway in Ronkonkoma
• East Northport Beverage, Larkfield Road and 5th Ave, East Northport
• The Barn on Wellwood Ave and 53^rd st in Lindenhurst

Laundry:

• Station Plaza Laundromat – 12 Station Road, Great Neck
• Baldwin Cleaners – 1575 Grand Avenue, Baldwin
• Lake Grove Laundry – 2771 Middle Country Road, Lake Grove
• Mega Wash and Dry – 1502 Deer Park Avenue, North Babylon
• CJS Laundry - 379 Boyle Rd., Selden
• Laundromat in the Holbrook Commons Shopping Center, Patchogue-Holbrook Road, Holbrook

Hot Showers:

Housing:

• Heatherwood Communities: 1 month free rent, All application fees waived, 50% off all packing materials. Call Nicole, Leasing Director at 631-878-2525 to lease. Availability is limited.

Free Chiropractic care for hurricane Sandy emergency workers for a week in November 
Dr's Jeffrey & Richard Block have organized a group of chiropractors on Long Island to provide free chiropractic care to all first responders and emergency relief workers including but not limited to:
• Utility workers
• Municipal workers
• First responders.
How to contact participating providers:
Bellport   Dr. Merkling  631-286-2300
Centereach   Dr. Rulli  631-471-2225
Hampton Bays    Dr. Piering  631-728-8545
Huntington Station  Dr. Rogers  631-423-7378
Hicksville   Dr. Pastuch  516-822-1900
Farmingdale  Dr. Mazza  516-752-1910
Lindenhurst   Dr. Cullen  631-842-2424
Queens   Dr. Mazza  516-752-1910
Selden   Dr. Block  631-696-4371
Shirley   Dr. Cohen  631-395-9090
Smithtown   Dr. Block  631-543-0004
Westbury   Dr. Mazza  516-752-1910