LeTrent, S. (2012). Finding joy among the wreckage: Family photos return post- Sandy.
Social media sites empower individuals to make social change and do social good on a community level. In the CNN news article Finding joy among the wreckage: Family photos return post- Sandy by Sarah LeTrent, LeTrent talks about Jeannette Van Houten a victim of the Sandy hurricane finds a calling to return memories of happier times to the families who have lost them in the storm by reuniting residents with family photographs. Jeannette Van Houten started a Facebook page where she uploaded more than 2,000 photo's she found, hopeful the power of social media will allow the residents viewers' to identify whom the photo might belong to. "Pictures encapsulate our lives, our dreams, our essence of who we are," the author ends the article with this quote. The victims of the storm needed something to comfort them and to reassure them that everything was alright and with Jeannette Van Houten's kind heart of bringing smiles back on to families faces no words can describe the feeling.
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