{"id":4976,"date":"2015-06-10T05:27:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T09:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=4976"},"modified":"2015-06-10T05:56:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T09:56:08","slug":"money-donated-to-brick-townships-sandy-charity-fund-finally-disbursed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2015\/06\/money-donated-to-brick-townships-sandy-charity-fund-finally-disbursed\/","title":{"rendered":"Money Donated to Brick Township\u2019s Sandy Charity Fund Finally Disbursed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4977\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/habitat.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4977\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4977\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/habitat-240x160.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Ocean County Habitat for Humanity volunteers construct a house. (Photo: Habitat for Humanity)\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/habitat-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/habitat-290x195.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Northern Ocean County Habitat for Humanity volunteers construct a house. (Photo: Habitat for Humanity)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>More than $30,000 of money donated to a township-run charity fund in the wake of Superstorm Sandy will finally be put to good use, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The fund, run by the township, was started in the days following Sandy. In all, $31,203 was collected, Mayor John Ducey said. But the funding had never been disbursed due to state regulations on charitable funds that were collected after the Oct. 29, 2012 storm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe state put all these restrictions on where the money could go, and it dragged out this long,\u201d Ducey said.<\/p>\n<p>After complying with state regulations on the funding, the township council voted Tuesday night to provide the funds to Northern Ocean County Habitat for Humanity, with the condition that all of the money must be used to assist Brick residents still recovering from the storm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe took a look at some different programs, and Habitat for Humanity has what\u2019s known as the Bringing Families Home program,\u201d explained Ducey.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing Families Home, according to Habitat for Humanity, is a Sandy-focused program that helps storm victims return to their homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many people that are still out of their houses,\u201d said Ducey, praising the Habitat program.<\/p>\n<p>Township Administrator Joanne Bergin said storm victims can meet with Habitat for Humanity representatives at certain office hours in the township\u2019s land use department. For more information, Habitat can be reached at 732-228-7962.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2015\/06\/money-donated-to-brick-townships-sandy-charity-fund-finally-disbursed\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than $30,000 of money donated to a township-run charity fund in the wake of Superstorm Sandy will finally be put to good use, officials said. The fund, run by the township, was started in the days following Sandy. In all, $31,203 was collected, Mayor John Ducey said. 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