A Few Ways You Can Help the Victims of Hurricane Sandy

Now that Scarsdale's been restored, think about how you can help others who were not so fortunate. Here are a few notifications we received with appeals for our readers: The Scarsdale Public Library is holding a Children's Book Drive for Hurricane Sandy Relief from Saturday, November 17th to Tuesday, November 20th. Bring your new or gently used children's books to the library lobby until 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 20th.

The library is partnering with Literacy in Motion who will create pop-up libraries in the emergency shelters and food pantries serving Sandy victims. These efforts will go a long way to restoring a sense of normalcy and improving the quality-of-life of those that are shelter-bound for the foreseeable future.

The Scarsdale High School Choirs will be taking donations (money, not items) for disaster relief for the victims of Hurricane Sandy at their Winter Concert on Tuesday, November 27 at Scarsdale High School. The concert begins at 8 PM.

The Red Cross Club of the High School will be accepting donations in the Brewster Road lobby outside the theater prior to, during, and after the concert. All proceeds will go to the American Red Cross to support their relief efforts in the New York Metropolitan area.

Diapers.com: Greenacres mom and SVP at Quidisi Sharon Spielman sent us the following notice about how you can help victims of Hurricane Sandy. Quidsi, Inc., owns and operates Diapers.com and has launched an online donation center to send essential supplies to families affected by Hurricane Sandy. The new feature provides a fast way to help storm-ravaged families in the wake of the damage.

"The Hurricane Sandy disaster is particularly close to our hearts," said cofounders Marc Lore and Vinit Bharara, both New Jersey natives. "Many of our employees live in communities that remain impacted by the storm. We are grateful for their safety, but know there are many others still desperately in need of help."

By clicking on www.diapers.com/sandy, visitors to the site can make an "essentials" donation valued at $10, $25, $50, $100, $250, and $500. Customers can also select whether to send specific essentials like diapers, baby food, formula, and clothing from Diapers.com; pet essentials like food and cat litter from Wag.com; or household essentials like cleaning supplies and batteries from Soap.com and Casa.com.

Diapers.com has already begun to help families in need by providing 60,000 diapers, 8,000 bottles of baby formula, and 3,000 bowls of pet food through nonprofit partners like the American Red Cross and the Jersey City Humane Society.

If you are involved in other relief efforts, please share the details with our readers in the comments section below, or email us at scarsdalecomments@gmail.com