Truckload of Donated Items Leaves Farmington Hills for the Jersey Shore

A local psychologist with roots in storm-damaged New Jersey spearheads a drive through Nov. 30 to help people devastated by Superstorm Sandy.

As Farmington Hills psychologist Dr. Barbara Foley watched the devastation of Hurricane and Superstorm Sandy unfold, she felt the memories of her youth disappearing.  "It was horrible," Foley said. "When all of this first began, I was depressed for days." Foley grew up on the Jersey Shore. The places she enjoyed as a child have been swept into the ocean. And now she's doing something to help the people from her home state recover. On Thursday night, the first truckload of donated items – everything from baby formula to cleaning supplies – left Farmington Hills for the East Coast.   With friends and family still in that area, Foley learned people were left without homes, without electricity or heat. Food shelves were wiped out, and schools …

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