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Wantagh Boy Scouts Assist Long Beach Victims of Superstorm Sandy

Troop 189 of Temple B'nai Torah assigned to outreach program on west end of Long Beach.

More than 25 five scouts from the Theodore Roosevelt Council, Boy Scout Troop 189 of Temple B’nai Torah in Wantagh, their leaders and family members, teamed up with the American Red Cross to assist victims of Superstorm Sandy. 

Troop 189 reported to a staging area in Lido Beach where they were assigned an outreach program on the West End of Long Beach knocking on doors to see if residents were in need of help, identifying houses with elderly residents, supplying food, water, information and helping residents to salvage their personal belongings. The Long Beach Barrier Island suffered some of the worst damagefrom Superstorm Sandy in late October 

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