Andrew Lesnak advocates providing hurricane victims with affordable housing

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Andrew Lesnak advocates providing hurricane victims with affordable housing


Aftermath of hurricane Sandy •

Brought along with it deadly flooding, mudslides, and destructive winds right from the Caribbean to the U.S. East coast

Blend of hurricane conditions and the cold fronts made Sandy more potent

Considered one of the costliest storms in US history and struck Haiti heavily with rain


Andrew Lesnak - Being a victim of hurricane Sandy •

Unsettled till date, as he has no money left to get his home rebuilt in New Jersey

Hurricane wiped him out financially and broke him emotionally

Has moved five times since the storm

Life for him changed from having a successful business along with a beautiful home to being depressed and suicidal

Besides this, he had to face the severe mental impact of the hurricane Sandy as he has been taking six medications and visiting two different psychiatrists and social worker


Andrew Lesnak volunteers as an advocate •

Helping the victims to provide them with affordable housing as well as mental health counseling

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Heavily involved in the preventing of these victims from any additional suicidal tendencies

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Considers the fact that more life events will happen over time, which essentially adds to the higher levels of depression, anxiety, and stress


Openly volunteers to the low-income families •

Gets personally involved in helping them properly communicate, plan, organize

Helps them make the proper decisions that can lead to a path to creating wealth and homeownership

Volunteers to these low-income families and surrounds them with financial planners and housing assistance professionals

Helps these families, utilize the skills to gain high quality employment opportunities


Life of Andrew Lesnak as a student of the baseball game •

Challenges the athletes to strive to become the best players of their abilities

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Continuously volunteers his time to teaching baseball to those children of limited financial means


Being an expert in baseball •

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 23rd round in 1982

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Always desires to push the athletes to become the best


Thankyou


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