Recovers.org, a Marketplace for Disaster Relief
Recovers.org matches volunteers with people affected by disasters
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The morning after Hurricane Sandy tore through the East Coast, Caitria O’Neill awoke in San Francisco to find an e-mail from a friend trying to help people in the blacked-out, flooded Lower East Side of Manhattan. O’Neill, 23, set up lowereastside.recovers.org, a website where people could post information on what they needed or how others could help victims of the storm. That same day, after someone in a building in the area posted a request for food, water, and flashlights for 50 senior citizens who couldn’t get down the stairs, 10 people responded with offers of aid. In a week, more than 5,600 people registered as volunteers.