People across the country inundate charities with phone calls asking where to send ice storm donations — blankets, food, money. A Toronto radio station collects toothpaste and diapers. In Halifax, the United Church raises $2,000 for a grocery store shopping spree. One doctor donates his two generators, and one of New Brunswick's neediest towns, Charlo, sends cords of firewood.

• Students from agriculture schools throughout the Maritimes travelled to Quebec to help farmers with animals and damaged trees.
• In rural areas near Kingston, Ont., volunteers randomly dropped in on residents to make sure they were safe.
• The National Hockey League donated $500,000 to the Red Cross's ice storm relief fund.

• People especially scrambled for generators. There were several reports of stolen generators and retailers doubled their price.

Medium: Television
Program: The National
Broadcast Date: Jan. 13, 1999
Host: Peter Mansbridge, Reporter: Kas Roussy
Guest(s): Patrick Clarke, Janet Fryday Dorey, Colin Lockhart, Wayne McEachern
Duration: 2:49