"It was in an avalanche," Andrew said of the donations left at the door of the Audas family’s Bethesda home. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
Abbi and Andrew (left) carry donated items out of Pyle Middle School in Bethesda for “Project Keep Them Cozy,” their effort to collect and distribute items needed by families whose lives were devasated by Hurricane Sandy. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
Abbi Audas, right, 12, and her brother Andrew, 9, carry donated items out of Abbi's school, Pyle Middle School in Bethesda, Md., on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. The Audas children placed donation boxes at each of their schools for "Project Keep Them Cozy," asking people to donate items for Hurricane Sandy victims. The family will drive all of the donated items to New Jersey on Wednesday and then stay through the Thanksgiving holiday to volunteer. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
Bags of donated items have been dropped off outside the Bethesda, Md. home of Abbi, 12, and Andrew, 9, Audas on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. The two children saw a telethon to raise money for Hurricane Sandy victims and decided they wanted to do something to help, so they started "Project Keep Them Cozy," making flyers and asking their schools and others to donate. It sort of snow-balled, and now the family will be renting a big Penske truck and driving all of the donations up to New Jersey, where they will spend their Thanksgiving volunteering to help those that lost everything in the storm. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
Hats and scarves are just some of the donated items that the Audas family from Bethesda, Md. has collected as part of "Project Keep Them Cozy," a project started by the two Audas children, Abbi, 12, and Andrew, 9, as a way to help Hurricane Sandy victims. The family plans to drive all of the donated items up to New Jersey, where they will spend Thanksgiving volunteering to help those families who lost everything in the storm. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
Abbi and Tiffany walk down a street in Union Beach, N.J. where people have emptied all of their belongings into the street after Hurricane Sandy on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. They have donated items here that they collected in Project Keep Them Cozy, which Abbi, 12, and Andrew, 9, spearheaded. The family is spending their Thanksgiving up here volunteering. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
Mom Tiffany talks with Frank Wells in Union Beach, N.J. on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. He says his side of the street was lucky. The Audas family has donated items here that they collected in Project Keep Them Cozy, which Abbi, 12, and Andrew, 9, spearheaded. The family is spending their Thanksgiving up here volunteering. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
Abbi Audas checks out damage from Hurricane Sandy in Union Beach, N.J. on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. They have donated items here that they collected in Project Keep Them Cozy, which Abbi, 12, and Andrew, 9, spearheaded. The family is spending their Thanksgiving up here volunteering. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
Abbi Audas checks finds family photos that have been damaged from Hurricane Sandy in Union Beach, N.J. on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. They have donated items here that they collected in Project Keep Them Cozy, which Abbi, 12, and Andrew, 9, spearheaded. The family is spending their Thanksgiving up here volunteering. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
