4 Charity Lessons From Superstorm Sandy

4 Charity Lessons From Superstorm Sandy
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 25: A woman takes a bag of food from a Red Cross Disaster Relief truck in the Rockaways following Hurricane Sandy on January 25, 2013 in the Queens borough of New York City. Three months after Sandy devastated parts of New York and New Jersey, hundreds of residents are still without electricity and heat and depend on churches and charities to meet their basic needs. This past week saw some of the coldest temperatures of the winter hit parts of New York. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 25: A woman takes a bag of food from a Red Cross Disaster Relief truck in the Rockaways following Hurricane Sandy on January 25, 2013 in the Queens borough of New York City. Three months after Sandy devastated parts of New York and New Jersey, hundreds of residents are still without electricity and heat and depend on churches and charities to meet their basic needs. This past week saw some of the coldest temperatures of the winter hit parts of New York. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

It’s been a year since Superstorm Sandy killed more than 150 people, caused a million others in a dozen states to evacuate their homes and unleashed $65 billion worth of damage. So I thought this would be an apt time to review how charities served Sandy’s victims and see what lessons we can learn about making wise charitable donations when future disasters hit.

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