New Yorkers helping neighbors after Sandy

Volunteers from the non-profit Red Hook Initiative hand out clothing on Nov. 3, 2012, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. With cold weather settling in across the New York metropolitan area - compounding the misery for people already struggling with widespread gasoline shortages and power outages in the wake of superstorm Sandy - many New Yorkers from storm-affected areas are seeking out opportunities to help in ways big and small.

Volunteers bring in supplies to an aid distribution center at the Long Beach Ice Arena on Nov. 4, 2012, in Long Beach, New York. Hundreds of volunteers came together to help distribute food and clothing to fellow residents affected by the storm, which caused widespread devastation in the area.

Volunteers bring in supplies to an aid center set up at the Lond Island Ice Arena for those affected by Superstorm Sandy on November 4, 2012 in Long Beach, New York.

Volunteers bring in clothing and food to an aid distribution center at the Long Beach Ice Arena on Nov. 4, 2012, in Long Beach, New York.

Volunteers unload diapers for distribution at an aid center set up at the Lond Island Ice Arena for those affected by Superstorm Sandy on Nov. 4, 2012 in Long Beach, New York.

Volunteers unload emergency food and water supplies that are delivered to the Bronx Armory in New York on Nov. 3, 2012, as the city recovers from Hurricane Sandy.

Volunteers for the non-profit Red Hook Initiative meet before delivering food and water in the Red Hook neighborhood on Nov. 3, 2012, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.

A volunteer places donated clothing in plastic bags to protect it from potential rain at a relief center set up in a parking lot on Nov. 3, 2012, in the Midland Beach neighborhood of Staten Island borough of New York City.

Kiva Kahl pours hot tea for neighbor Buddy Sammis, right, after she prepared it on a wood-stoked fire and cooking setup she and her fiance created in the street in front of their house on Beach 91st Street in the Rockaways, Nov. 3, 2012.

Tim Hill puts donated items for distribution on his front porch in the Rockaways section of New York, Nov. 3, 2012.

Kiva Kahl prepares beef stew for friends and neighbors in front of her residence in the Rockaways section of New York, Nov. 3, 2012, in New York.

Marcia Bennett, right, accepts a plate of free hot food from volunteers from the Sikh Cultural Center in the Rockaways, a neighborhood that was devastated and is still without power in the wake of superstorm Sandy, Nov. 3, 2012, in New York.

Mecca Traynham, left, and Elena Richardson, right, comb through donated warm and clean clothes, children's toys, and blankets at a distribution point in the Rockaways, a neighborhood that was hit hard and is still without power in the wake of superstorm Sandy, Nov. 3, 2012, in New York.

Steve Hills, right, a volunteer from Long Island who said he wasn't affected by superstorm Sandy, hands out antibacterial wipes at a distribution point in the Rockaways, a neighborhood that was hit hard and is still without power in the wake of the storm, Nov. 3, 2012, in New York.

Raymond Kelly, far right, commissioner for the New York City Police Department, visits a volunteer station in Midland Beach in Staten Island, N.Y. which was flooded by superstorm Sandy, Nov. 3, 2012.

Eyvette Martin pushes a shopping cart full of donated household goods and food through a sand-filled parking lot in the Rockaways, a neighborhood that was hit hard and is still without power in the wake of superstorm Sandy, Nov. 3, 2012, in New York.

People sort through donated clothing on a street corner following superstorm Sandy at Rockaway Beach on Nov. 3, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York City.

A man walks past a pile of donated water at a relief center set up in a parking lot on Nov. 3, 2012, in the Midland Beach neighborhood of Staten Island borough of New York.

A volunteer carries water to go door to door in the Baruch Housing Project giving out food and water to elderly and disabled residents Nov. 2, 2012, in New York City.

Volunteers deliver water and ready-to-eat meals to needy residents of the Red Hook Houses in Brooklyn where they currently have no water or electricity due to superstorm Sandy on Nov. 2, 2012, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

A local resident collects sandwiches from a streetside aid distribution center set up by the Christian International Center on Nov. 2, 2012, in the Staten Island borough of New York City.

Local residents eat at a streetside aid distribution center set up by the Christian International Center on Nov. 2, 2012, in the Staten Island borough of New York City.

Local residents collect donations of clothing and food at a streetside aid distribution center set up by the Christian International Center on Nov. 2, 2012, in the Staten Island borough of New York.

Local residents collect donations of clothing and food at a streetside aid distribution center set up by the Christian International Center on Nov. 2, 2012, in the Staten Island borough of New York City.