Helping hands — from individuals to corporations — swiftly reached out with support for victims of Hurricane Sandy, including News Corp., which is donating $1 million.
The company, which owns The Post, said it is giving $500,000 to the Mayor’s Fund for NYC and $500,000 for relief in New Jersey.
“Our hearts go out to those who have lost loved ones and those families coping with this tremendous natural disaster,’’ said Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch and Deputy Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey.
“But we are also heartened by the stories of communities pulling together, with neighbors helping neighbors through this difficult time,’’ the execs added.
Contributions to the American Red Cross for Sandy storm relief include $500,000 from the Yankees, 50 trucks from Chevrolet and pallets of water from Nestlé Water. The Citi Foundation, which gives the Red Cross an annual $500,000 grant for disaster relief, is donating an additional $1 million.
Red Cross spokeswoman Anne Marie Borrego assured victims of the monstrous storm that help is on the way.
“We are moving as fast as we can. Road closures have been a challenge, but we will be in the communities we need to be,’’ she said.
Big-hearted New Yorkers pitched in to assist perfect strangers who suddenly find themselves badly needing assistance, including 40 students from St. Bonaventure University 70 miles south of Buffalo, who are headed to the Rockaways with generators, chain saws and pumps.
They’re volunteers with BonaResponds, a disaster-relief group formed after Hurricane Katrina by finance professor Jim Mahar.
His group so far has traveled to 16 states hit by fire, floods and tornados.
“We’ve heard from people we helped in Alabama after their tornado, saying they’d like to come” pitch in when BonaResponds visits Queens, Mahar said.
In Brooklyn, Eugene Koshul, vice president of EcoMeal Organic, a distributor of organic foods, said he’ll park a truck tomorrow at Brighton Beach and Coney Island avenues at 11 a.m. and give out yogurt, milk, eggs, cheese and juice free of charge.
“It’s all fresh,’’ he said. “Nothing that has been sitting around. ’’
The 24-year-old businessman, who says his company normally doesn’t deal directly with consumers, grew up in Brighton Beach.
“My grandmother and other elderly people live there. They’re basically helpless,’’ he said.