Pooped & Grateful!

We pulled the La Plata County Van Full of LUV into the parking lot where Rebuild the Jersey Shore, https://www.facebook.com/rebuildourshore?fref=ts, have set up a distribution site in a vacant store front for sorting and distributing donated goods.They were waiting for us along with Mark Di Ionno, reporter from the Star Ledger newspaper and high school chum of Sandra.  A quick reunion and we unloaded all from the van with the exception of the pet supplies.  They were impressed with how organized all the rubbermaid tubs were and that we marked them!  Makes it so much easier for the volunteers to sort.

A couple of hours later we loaded all the pet supplies from their site into the van and delivered to Joan at S.A.V.E. in Toms River http://www.facebook.com/pages/SAVE-Shore-Animal-Volunteer-Enterprise/194005774738.  They have been inundated with kitties displaced for many reasons including Storm Sandy and their need is tremendous!  Joan shared with us that she makes at least one trip 'across the bridge' to catch cats and get them cleaned up, checked out by a vet and hopefully reunited with their humans or placed into new forever homes.  Joan was a bit overwhelmed and so grateful for the delivery!

Pet Food!!!!!

Mary Jo, Joan & Sandra

S.A.V.E.

Back to Rebuild the Jersey Shore HQ to confirm plans to meet Cassandra, chief of the North Ocean County Bucket Brigade program early in the morning to go to Seaside Park to help with a BBQ and distribute buckets filled with cleaning supplies.  We will caravan with her and others and be escorted into the area and we may help shuttle supplies from Seaside to Ortley Beach.  Ortley will be close for the most part for a few days while the gas lines are opened and tested.  A reminder that many communities are still without basic infrastructure that we often take for granted until they are gone!

Early night as we have to be at Rebuild the Jersey Shore by 6:45am for our assignment of the day!