Brighton Resident Raising Funds, Collecting Supplies for Hurricane Sandy Victims in New Jersey

Dawn Thie is originally from New Jersey and is organizing a fundraiser to send supplies to a New Jersey shelter for hurricane victims.

Brighton resident Dawn Thie may have moved to Michigan seven years ago, but she'll always be a Jersey girl at heart. And after seeing the devastation in her home state brought on by Hurricane Sandy, she's starting a fundraiser to collect supplies to send to those who lost their homes to the superstorm. Thie's family and friends still in New Jersey, but fortunately did not suffer too much damage to their homes except for the occasional downed tree and power outages. In fact, Thie said, one relative just got power back Friday, while others still remain without. "Everybody's like, 'Well, get a generator,'" Thie said. "Well, generators are a couple thousand dollars and they are sold out everywhere. And you only get minimal power and they have …

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