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Woman Named 'Holiday Hero' For Still Providing Food, Clothes For Sandy Victims

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23 Dec 2012 9 views
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Woman Named 'Holiday Hero' For Still Providing Food, Clothes For Sandy Victims
A 25-year-old dynamo who has been feeding hot meals to hundreds of families every day since Staten Island, NY was hit by Hurricane Sandy was named a Holiday Hero for her extraordinary service. Food is not the only thing that Cat Guarnieri has been supplying to Sandy victims.

A 25-year-old dynamo who has been feeding hot meals to hundreds of families every day since Staten Island, NY was hit by Hurricane Sandy was named a "Holiday Hero" for her extraordinary service.

Food is not the only thing that Cat Guarnieri has been supplying to Sandy victims.

"Food, blankets – everything – socks, clothes for the kids," Rachel Alhadad said in appreciation of Cat, who also has two kids and a husband.

(READ the story from CBS-2 NY)

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