I've seen a ton of great ideas in my stream in the last hour or two that range from donating your hotel room to Sandy refugees to spending the weekend on the LES walking stairs (How many stairs = a marathon?) to deliver food/water to the elderly.

Ask to join if you have solid suggestions for how Marathoners stranded in NYC can help with Sandy relief AND links, contact information, or resources so people who see this can follow up.

Thanks! Stay safe, everyone.

Here's a group working on just this issue, called NYC Marathon of Relief. They're researching volunteer opportunities right now. Like them on FB to get updates as they're available, or email them at nycmore2012@gmail.com.

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New York Road Runners says it will donate all marathon supplies to Sandy relief, which means tens of thousands of bottle of water, thousands of pounds of pasta, thousands of apples & much more, a good start. Runners also plan to wear and discard clothes at the start. Runners can donate those clothes, I think at the site Kelly mentions above. Here are supply numbers from the 2010 marathon to give you an idea of what NYRR has to donate: