Students Work To Help The Victims of Hurricane Sandy

By Stacey Axler

Hood organizations raised over $150 and supplies for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.

Primarily, the organizations that are leading the disaster relief efforts are The Brotherhood, the first-year honors society Alpha Lambda Delta and the sophomore honors society The Ionic Society.

“Working with the Sandy Relief Donation Drive we were easily able to reach beyond our local communi­ty during this time of need. Speaking on behalf of the members of Alpha Lambda Delta I am very pleased we were able to partner with the Ionic Society and The Brotherhood to col­lect donations for those affected by Sandy,” adviser to Alpha Lambda Delta Christine Malone said.

Everyday for the past two weeks, students of the organizations have set up a table in Whitaker ask­ing students for either monetary do­nations or supplies to send to relief efforts.

Along with the money raised, the organizations also received am­ple donations of gloves, trashbags, cleaning supplies, and other items necessary to help with cleaning and sanitation.

“I am very proud that The Ionic Society was able to help in an effort that extends Hood and goes into the community

While Hood and the Frederick Community was hit with Hurricane Sandy resulting in power outag­es, floods, and downed trees, other communities in different parts of the country were extremely damaged by the storm.

The two honors societies packed up the supplies to ship them out be­fore Thanksgiving Break.

Ionic Society, The Brother­Hood, and Alpha Lambda Delta participated in several other service events this past year. For example, the Ionic Society helped to work the Red Cross blood drive in October.

All three organizations are plan­ning other service events and drives in the future.