Nearly a week after Hurricane-turned Superstorm Sandy slammed New York City and New Jersey, many are shifting their focus toward relief efforts.

The Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation announced Friday that it will donate $1 million to the American Red Cross to aid disaster relief, according to a Nov. 2 nj.com article.

New Jersey, New York and Delaware will each receive some assistance from the donation. Advance Publications Inc., which is owned by the Newhouse family, has magazines, newspapers and digital companies located in these three states, according to the article.

On Friday evening, NBC broadcast an hour-long live benefit concert called “Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together.” Matt Lauer hosted the event, which included performances by Bruce Springsteen, Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige and Aerosmith, according to a Nov. 3 TIME.com article.

Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon also made appearances at the concert, asking viewers to make donations to the Red Cross to aid disaster relief, according to the article.

During the performance, Lauer said many of the people the program was meant to help could not watch it because they still did not have power, according to the article.

But several students at Syracuse University said they aren’t seeing many relief efforts close to campus.

Senior international relations major Jack Farley said he hadn’t heard anywhere near as much about relief efforts for Superstorm Sandy as he did about Hurricane Katrina.

“I know more people who are affected than people I know making donations,” he said.

Tasha Wiltberger, a senior psychology major, said she has heard “whispers here and there” about relief efforts on campus, but nothing significant.

But people have suggested the cast of Jersey Shore give to the cause, and she said she hopes they will.

Jackie Roberts, a junior marketing and retail management major, said she knew about NBC’s benefit concert, but did not watch it. She said she knows the Red Cross is helping those affected and has seen a lot of commercials on television about relief efforts.

Andy Cohen, a TV host on Bravo, talks about donations “all the time,” she said.

Tyler Schapiro, a senior finance and accounting major, said he was surprised by how little he’d heard about relief efforts given how many people on campus are from the affected areas.

Published on November 4, 2012 at 11:17 pm

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