Valley View School Board Member Helps Victims of Superstorm Sandy in NJ

“There is a quiet resolve here, their strength is inspiring,” Valley View School District 365U board member Rich Gougis of the people he's been helping.

For the past three days, Valley View School District 365U Board of Education Vice-President Rick Gougis has been an eyewitness to the horrible devastation Mother Nature can bring upon communities. Gougis is in New Jersey pitching in with volunteers from every corner of the United States to “help the local residents in any way I can” in the wake of the Super Storm that developed from Hurricane Sandy. “There is a quiet resolve here, their strength is inspiring,” he said. “They’re steadfast. There’s no despair. There are no complaints.”  Gougis left for the New Jersey/New York area Monday, determined to help people he knew "faced the brunt of the storm," some of whom were employees and the customers of the company he works for, many more who …

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