While coming back to New York City for her MDNA tour (this time at Madison Square Garden instead of Yankee Stadium) Madonna took a trip to Rockaway Beach to take a look at the mess left by hurricane Sandy.
Check out the story via Gothamist below:
Museum of Modern Art curator Klaus Biesenbach, who has a home there, has been rallying people (including celebrities) to help with relief and volunteer efforts at Aid for Rockaway. He only returned to the Rockaways last week—"my first night in rockaway post sandy.....very dark out here...."— and excitedly noted that stores were re-opening yesterday. He was with Madonna yesterday and later Tweeted, "thanks to madonna for volunteering and keeping the hopes up in the rockaways today!"
Devastated by the damages, Madonna signed her name to a letter from New York artists to Mayor Bloomberg, stating, "Demographically, it is very diverse and not a privileged area. In recent years, the Rockaways became an incredible inspiration and haven for the artists and creative community of New York. As the Rockaways are, at their best, a melting pot between the local community and the creative energies of the city, it is a location where New York is anticipating and creating the images and dreams we all live on."
Over the weekend Justin Timberlake and his wife Jessica Biel as well as Knicks star Amare Stoudemire were seen lending a helping hand to people hurt by the hurricane in the Rockaways.
Information on how to help the Rockaways can be found here and check out some footage of Madonna addressing her visit at her concert last night below...
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