Hurricane Sandy
Donor Buys 300 Theater Tickets, Gives Them Away to Displaced Families
A chance for holiday spirit in trying times, says local woman. Play is tonight at Algonquin Theater
This morning, refrigerators were floating down her street in Mantoloking. But tonight, Pamela Steenland will summon the courage to tell 500 local families that it will be okay. In spite of the physical damage that continues after Hurricane Sandy, damage that will likely force her from her Mantoloking home for about a year for repairs, Steenland saw a message that needed repeating: "If you are with your family, you are home. It doesn’t matter what house you are in. You are actually home." With thousands displaced from the storm, including so many children, Steenland saw in others and first hand the turmoil of not being in your home, with your things. It's brought demotivation and depression during the holiday season. And Steenland wanted to…
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