Humanity First Volunteers meet President Obama while helping victims of Hurrican Sandy:
President Obama Thanks Volunteers from Canada
Humanity First Canada Volunteers Help Victims of Hurricane Sandy
President Obama visited the disaster affected area in New York where he spoke with survivors of the storm andmet with federal disaster workers, local officials and disaster response volunteers. President Obama also met with volunteers of Humanity First. While shaking hands with the President, volunteers gave a brief introductionof Humanity First and told him that they have traveled from Canada. President Obama said “We are very thankful to our neighbors from the north”.
Few minutes later, addressing to the media, he mentioned that he met some volunteers from Canada and thanked again saying “…I want to thank all the volunteers…we have some Canadians who have come down to help out”
(referring to volunteers of Humanity First from Canada).
Volunteers of Humanity First Canada joined the disaster response team of Humanity First USA that had been assisting the victims of super storm Sandy. Hundreds of Humanity First volunteers have been helping the
victims from day one.
Erm … he didn’t mention Humanity First so …? Were they there at the event?
From the twitter account of HF USA, my sense was that he either visited one of the relief camps being run by them or they were conducting relief activities at the site where he came that is how he met them. I agree he did not mention them. We could ask one of our American editor team members to get the actual facts from HF team. The news title is just picked up verbatim from the twitter of HF USA. jazakallah
Below I give the actual tweets from HF USA official account
1. Humanity First @humanityfirst
President Obama says: “I want to thank all the volunteers…we have some Canadians who have come down to help us…” (Volunteers of HF)
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2. Humanity First, USA @HFUSA
RT @humanityfirst: Humanity First Volunteers meet President Obama while helping victims of Hurrican Sandy: http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/video.html?freewheel=90051&sitesection=nydailynews&VID=23889239 …”
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“Humanity First Has Been A Lifesaver”…hero story
At times like this we all like to hear some GOOD STORIES. Debbie Knorr of South Beach was a victim of Hurricane Sandy. High waters forced her and her son out of their home. Her son, Joey, has a 3 month old baby, Victoria. He was holding Victoria over his head the day of the storm. Thankfully, they are all survived.
I informed Debbie about the shelter at Bayley Seton, where she is temporarily residing. She works nights and in the day returns to her (devastated) home with her 26 yr old son to remove debris and hopefully repair.
She told me today that the volunteer group, “Humanity First, has been a lifesaver”. They were from all different countries, one was here from Africa on his vacation. They gutted her windows, had a free dumpster delivered and helped her empty what once was her home.
Debbie is so grateful to this organization. All she wants for Christmas is to be back in her little home with her family (and hopefully the walls, heat and hot water will be restored). Thank you to First Humanity and all the other groups that have done a great job for Staten Island.
Mukarram Shamim Sahib also kindly see below
http://humanityfirst.ca/disaster/east-coast-usa/120-presidentobama
And here it seems is a photo with Obama wearing a jacket. So it takes some connecting the dots but it seems …