5 Things You Need to Know Today

Five Things: Help Hurricane Sandy Survivors

Here is some information to get you through Friday, Nov. 16.

1. It's going to be a chilly evening with temperatures dropping to approxiamtely 30 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. It'll be mostly cloudy with a high of 50 degrees during the day. 2. You can help Hurricane Sandy survivors just by sending a Tweet. For every tweet sent with the hashtag #PatchRebuilds, Patch will donate $1 to the AmeriCares Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Fund, up to $125,000. 3. Today is the last day to visit the Winton Club's annual Holiday Gift Fair in the Winchester Hospital. Winton Club volunteer members will be helping residents find perfect gifts, toys, accessories, hostess gifts and fabulous costume jewelry. 4. We are compiling a list of what restaurants will be open on Thanksgiving. If your …

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Tweet #PatchRebuilds to Help Hurricane Sandy Survivors

Patch will make a $1 donation to AmeriCares for every tweet with the hashtag #PatchRebuilds.

You can help rebuild communities that were hit by Hurricane Sandy by donating cans of food, volunteering for cleanup efforts—or simply sending a tweet. Patch is excited to announce our new effort to help support devestated communities after the storm. For every tweet sent with the hashtag #PatchRebuilds, we will donate $1 to the AmeriCares Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Fund, up to $125,000. Your contribution will go toward medical and humanitarian aid, grants and programs to help Sandy survivors. You can simply tweet the hashtag #PatchRebuilds, or go to our Patch Rebuilds website, rebuilds.patch.com, and tweet directly from the site. A customized tweet that starts “My heart belongs to…” is created from the Patch Rebuilds website, and …

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