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"The New York City marathon may have been canceled this year, but more than 1,200 runners still found a way to wear their event-issue orange shirts and use their super-endurance to bring disaster relief to Hurricane Sandy victims on Staten Island...and my husband and I were lucky enough to be a part of it yesterday.\nPinterestFacebookMy husband Eric has been training for the marathon since July 1, so while news of the event&amp;#39;s cancellation was disappointing for him, we found a way to channel all of that energy into something truly positive. The sports medicine specialist he&amp;#39;s been seeing for the past few months, Dr. Jordan Metzl, rallied a group of would-be marathoners (thanks to Facebook!) called New York Runners in Support of Staten Island to help bring disaster relief to one of the hardest-hit areas on the East Coast. His plan was simple: We&amp;#39;d fill our backpacks with much-needed supplies like non-perishable food, diapers, warm clothes and blankets, pre-paid cell phones, cleaning supplies, batteries, and toiletries, take the ferry to Staten Island, and run to the most devastated neighborhoods to distribute all of it.\nOne of my favorite parts was that everyone was asked to wear orange, so that we&amp;#39;d be easily identifiable as a group, and so Eric and his fellow runners would still have a chance to wear their marathon gear. I settled for a bright orange backpack I had stashed in my closet (genius use of editor swag--thanks, Kohl&amp;#39;s!):\nPinterestFacebookWe split up into small groups (that&amp;#39;s me with my husband and our friends Jess and Chris, who were also supposed to run the marathon, and a bunch of new runner friends) and ran between eight and 14 miles to get to the areas where people needed supplies most.\nPinterestFacebookWe hauled our stuff to a temporary shelter in a Staten Island high school that was being occupied by tons of displaced families. I was simply stunned by how many people had donated food, clothes, baby blankets, just about everything you can imagine, and even more stunned by how thankful the shelter&amp;#39;s residents were for our volunteer work.\nPinterestFacebookPinterestFacebookAfter a day of sorting, stacking, folding, organizing, handing out supplies to families and hearing their stories of loss and survival, I have never been more thankful. The true devastation suffered by so many is just shocking--and so are the attitudes of the hurricane&amp;#39;s victims, many of whom seem to say, &amp;quot;It could be so much worse. So many people are in much more awful situations than I am.&amp;quot; It really put the whole thing in perspective.\nPinterestFacebookIt&amp;#39;s simply incredible what a thousand-plus people wearing orange shirts were able to accomplish, and I was so proud to be a part of it. Tell me, gals...how have you been lending a hand to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy? (If you&amp;#39;re looking for a way to get involved no matter where you live, the Red Cross is in need of donations!). Were any of you planning to run the NYC marathon? Discuss!\nWant more ways to help out? We&amp;#39;ve got disaster relief information here...and a few do-gooder date ideas you must see!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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