Arctic air gripped parts of the United States on Thursday, making life miserable for people still without heat months after superstorm Sandy.

In Brooklyn, New York, where about 200 homes slammed by Sandy in October remained without heat, "It's just getting colder and colder," said Doreen Greenwood-Garson, chief of the Gerritsen Beach Fire Department.

Nightly, the volunteer department has loaded its ambulance with donated space heaters and free hot meals and delivered them to shut-ins, said Greenwood-Garson, a real estate broker. Already it has given away a total of 60 space heaters and each night about 50 meals, she said.

In Long Beach on New York's Long Island, the Martin Luther King Center, a community gathering spot, ran out of donated space heaters, said James Hodge, a city employee who is coordinating relief efforts there and is without heat in his own home.

"I even gave out my own personal heaters that I was sleeping with," Hodge said.

He and his two brothers have been sleeping in several layers of clothes under piles of blankets near pots of hot water, their breath still visible in the cold of their home.

The center has been hosting more than 100 people during the day who needed a warm place to stay for a few hours, particularly school-children, who are being provided hot food, Hodge said.

We have a contact in Staten Island who is operating a "Tent City" and has reached out for the following items:
> Sternos
> Paper Towels
> Toilet Paper
There are many people suffering the effects of Hurricane Sandy and are still not in their homes.

If you can donate any of the above items, please bring them to Notre Dame by 10:00 tomorrow. Friday, January 25th. We will be making a delivery in the morning.

Thank you!