Disasters have a way of bringing out the best in people, and it’s really quite amazing what a difference just a few people can make. In only one and a half weeks’ time, two members of the Skylands Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and a group of committed volunteers organized and staged a benefit concert for Hurricane Sandy relief. “Sky to Shore,” held Thanksgiving weekend at Skylands UU Fellowship, netted more than $2,000 in cash and carloads of personal care items for people at the Jersey Shore struggling to put their lives back together. http://www.examiner.com/article/benefit-concert-at-skylands-uu-raises-more-than-2-000-for-hurricane-relief?CID=examiner_alerts_article
[This article was written by Michael Dalzell, a member of the UU Church at Washington Crossing, part of an ongoing series for examiner.com. See Mike’s past articles and subscribe at http://www.examiner.com/unitarian-universalism-in-newark/michael-dalzell.]