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Ellen Helps Another Local Family

TV star gives a new car to flooded Point Boro family

 

The Ellen DeGeneres Show just donated a new Chrysler convertible to a Point Borough family whose home and cars were flooded by Superstorm Sandy.

Scott, Kathy, Megan and Madison Emery, who live on Christine Court, cannot live in their home yet because it was so severely flooded.

Kathy Emery, a hairdresser, wrote to the Ellen show about how her family's home and two cars were flooded.

She said in her letter that the worst thing was  watching her daughters struggle in vain to grab photos and yearbooks before having to flee their home. Megan and Madison told Ellen that they were unable to snatch any of those personal momentos.

The family has been paying a mortgage on their flooded home while paying rent for two cars and rent on a house they are living in temporarily.

Movie Star Gerard Butler drove the new car onto the Ellen set, much to the delight of the Emerys.

Click here to see the segment featuring the Emery family on the Ellen set in Burbank, CA, or tune in today at 4 p.m. on NBC.

Ellen had also arranged for a free home renovation for Megan Baglivio and Jonathan Miller, an engaged couple and volunteers with Point Beach EMS, who were out rescuing and helping people during Sandy even as Jonathan's house was filling with water.

If you had any flooding or any other damage during Sandy and you need help, there are numerous organizations, churches and volunteers who can help.

For example, in Point Borough, Marcie Bradley, the School Social Worker at Memorial Middle School, has names of numerous volunteers eager to adopt families affected by the storm. But so far very few residents have asked for help.

Bradley said any Borough residents who are needy, even those who do not have children in the local public school district, and even those who are needy for reasons unrelated to the storm, should call her so she can match them with families who want to help.

For more information, contact Bradley at (732) 701-1900 ext. 2314.

For help cleaning out houses, contact The Durand Masonic Temple, 911 Richmond Ave. (Route 35) and the corner of New Jersey Avenue, Point Beach, (732) 245-­7187.

For any other help you may need, please email denise.distephan@patch.com.

About this column: News and essential information about Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey. Related Topics: Boro, Borough, Emery, Emery family, Hurricane Sandy, Point, Point Borough, Point Pleasant Borough, Storm, and Superstorm Sandy

Vicki V. Irvin

4:56 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Ellen I Am a very big fan of yours and I pray everyday for God to help me be a blessing to people the way you have only thing is, Its just a dream I am 55yr old single mom of 4 beautiful children that I pretty much sacraficed most of my life for and hopefully get the rest to do what God wants me to. But right now I am just Glad that you keep my dream Alive. God Bless You And Keep you Thanks

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Eggs-n-Toast

7:25 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Ellen is a true treasure. A truly GOOD person with a good heart.

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Tess Menninger

11:14 pm on Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Ellen i love your show,Iam 73 year old woman and my house is falling apart i need help my income is very low, my car is a 2000 buick and has had better days. I know you can't help every one but if you could i sure would 1appreciate it.Tess Menninger 3043432120 thank you.

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