From Grosse Pointe With Love: Park Woman Leads Sandy Relief Effort

Grosse Pointe Park mom and former resident of towns hit by Hurricane Sandy gets behind a very personal relief effort.

Tricia Hexter's Grosse Pointe Park home has turned into a Hurricane Sandy donation center, taken over by boxes and bags of coats, shoes, clothes, books, toys, toiletries and more with a whole system for loading it up, moving it out, and getting help where it's needed on the East Coast. Hexter moved to the Park two years ago from Port Jefferson, NY, a city suffering Sandy's destruction. It's just one city where Hexter has friends and family who have lost everything or almost everything. Breezy Point, Staten Island, Shelter Island and other nearby towns are also destination points for the dozens of boxes that have left Grosse Pointe in the days since Sandy blew ashore Nov. 1.  Every day since the storm blew through, Hexter's home has become …

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