Disaster_Accident

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Andrew hugs volunteer Amy Sahlin at a relief station in Union Beach, N.J. on Wednesday. He and his family will volunteer at the station Thanksgiving Day. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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"It was in an avalanche," Andrew said of the donations left at the door of the Audas family’s Bethesda home. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Palestinians celebrate the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza City on Wednesday after eight days of fighting. Egypt is monitoring compliance with the cease-fire. Negotiations on other issues between the two sides could begin in a few days. (Associated Press)

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Hats and scarves are just some of the donated items that the Audas family from Bethesda, Md. has collected as part of "Project Keep Them Cozy," a project started by the two Audas children, Abbi, 12, and Andrew, 9, as a way to help Hurricane Sandy victims. The family plans to drive all of the donated items up to New Jersey, where they will spend Thanksgiving volunteering to help those families who lost everything in the storm. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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"I'm sinking!" says Andrew Audas, 9, as he falls back into a pile of bags full of donated bedding inside the 12-foot rental truck that he and his family are filling Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 at their Bethesda, Md. home to take up to New Jersey for Hurricane Sandy victims. Andrew and his sister Abbi decided to collect things for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Their project, called "Keep Them Cozy," has collected enough donations to fill this truck. The family will drive everything up to New Jersey on Wednesday, and they will spend Thanksgiving and the weekend volunteering up there. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Andrew Audas practices using the walkie-talkie that he and his sister will use to communicate between their rental truck and their personal vechicle as they drive up to New Jersey Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012 with donated items for Hurricane Sandy victims. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Don McMahon, right, director of facilities management at the Atlantic City Rescue Mission in Atlantic City, N.J., takes the Audas family on a tour to show them all of the items people have donated for Hurricane Sandy victims on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. They will return to the mission on Friday to volunteer. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Abbi Audas checks out damage from Hurricane Sandy in Union Beach, N.J. on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. They have donated items here that they collected in Project Keep Them Cozy, which Abbi, 12, and Andrew, 9, spearheaded. The family is spending their Thanksgiving up here volunteering. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Abbi Audas checks finds family photos that have been damaged from Hurricane Sandy in Union Beach, N.J. on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. They have donated items here that they collected in Project Keep Them Cozy, which Abbi, 12, and Andrew, 9, spearheaded. The family is spending their Thanksgiving up here volunteering. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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The Audas family checks out damage from Hurricane Sandy in Union Beach, N.J. on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. They have donated items here that they collected in Project Keep Them Cozy, which Abbi, 12, and Andrew, 9, spearheaded. The family is spending their Thanksgiving up here volunteering. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Andrew Audas hugs volunteer Amy Sahlin from the group Rainbow Family at a central relief station in Union Beach, N.J. on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. The Audas family will volunteer here tomorrow, dropping off some of the items they collected through Project Keep Them Cozy. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Pulte Homes is building 340 single-family homes at the Hamlets at Red Cedar in Leesburg. The Chastworth model, with 4,589 finished square feet, is priced from $735,990.

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Backhoe operator Keith Henry levels a storm-damaged home in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Army and police officers inspect at the scene of a plane crash in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. Yemeni security officials say a military plane has crashed during training over the capital, Sanaa, killing all 10 people on board. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)