SYRACUSE -- Two case managers from the Syracuse Salvation Army will travel to New York City on Monday to work with families affected by Superstorm Sandy.
Ellen Aldrich and Joelle Harrison will travel to New York City and work alongside the Salvation Army's Greater New York Division, FEMA and American Red Cross for approximately two weeks starting on Monday. While there, they will help families get back on their feet and get back in their old or new homes after the storm washed everything away.
"We'll go down, we'll meet with the families, find out their needs, find out where they're at, what's going on with them, how far they've progressed in obtaining permanent housing, and go from there with them," Ellen Aldrich says.
In Syracuse, Aldrich and Harrison work with people to get them off of the streets, and transition to a new lifestyle with a permanent home. They say that while the situations are different, helping people get back on their feet, regardless of their background, is what they specialize in.
"People are grieving," Aldrich says. "They lost everything in one fell swoop, it wasn't anything they did to bring it on, it was a shock, so some of them are probably still in shock, they just need to know there are people in the wings trying to get them help."
Aldrich added that just because the storm hit about three months ago, thousands of people are still displaced from their homes, and that support needs to continue.
