Students Volunteer Blood and Sweat

A group of Harvard students is organizing a volunteer network to shovel snow for elderly Cambridge residents and to prepare for future snow emergencies. Margaret A. Stern '80, an organizer of the Dunster-based group, said yesterday.

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Stern said she called the Cambridge Civil Defense League to volunteer yesterday morning. "They suggested that we set up a network of volunteers who could help out in storms like the one we just had," she said.

By yesterday afternoon, the group found contact people in ten Houses and 40 volunteers in Dunster House alone. Announcements concerning volunteer work were made at lunch in several houses, and sign-up lists were posted in entryways throughout the driveways. "Many elderly people cannot get outside their houses and many of those do not have telephones to call for help," Stern said. She added, students who wish to volunteer should just knock on houses where the snow has not been shovelled and offer assistance.

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Other Cambridge organizations have also asked people to help in the emergency. The Cambridge Fire Department has asked everyone to shovel out fire hydrants, the Red Cross is conducting an emergency blood drive, and the Cambridge Public Works Department asked people to clear snow from street drains to prevent flooding.