Supplies Coming to Local 100 to Help Sandy Victims

Local 100 members join with Neighborhood Ministries of Campbell, OH, who brought Sandy relief supplies

A truckload of supplies from Ohio arrived at the TWU Local 100 offices in mid-Manhattan on Friday, November 16th, courtesy of Neighborhood Ministries of Campbell, OH. Dozens of heavy winter coats, other durable goods, and food items were off-loaded and brought up to the Union's offices at 1700 Broadway, where they will be brought out to the Rockaways in union vans to be distributed to transit workers and others who lost so much during the hurricane. The goods came as the result of a contact made at the Obama campaign in Ohio by Local 100 Power Cable Section Vice President Celeste Kirkland, who is also one of the two Union officials coordinating our Sandy relief efforts. Celeste was part of the union's outreach in Ohio to re-elect President Obama, which also included dozens of union members making phone calls to Ohio on behalf of the candidate. Her contacts in the Obama campaign led to a connection with Neighborhood Ministries, which was looking to extend their charitable work into New York. Now, it was Ohio's turn to help New Yorkers in their time of need.