????每年來紐約市訪問的游客有5,000萬之眾，清楚地表明，世界各地的人們都愛紐約。但就這種喜愛之情而言，一個更真實、更深切的衡量尺度或許是這個節假日期間無數來自世界各地、主動幫助這座遭受桑迪颶風重創的城市及其周邊地區重建的人們。

????雖然有數百萬人和大批公司【包括《財富》雜志（Fortune）】以多種形式向無數機構捐贈時間、金錢和物質，但紐約市的羅賓漢基金會（The Robin Hood Foundation）不僅牽頭組織了大量救助活動，而且還是許多已完成工作的一個頗為可靠的代理人。簡言之，這些數字同樣令人印象深刻，暖人心房。更多的資金和幫助正在持續涌入。

????羅賓漢基金會已經向許多處于救援一線的組織分派了1,760萬美元，還有數千萬美元的后續救災款已經準備就位。這些資金中的很大一部分都是在大獲成功的12/12/12桑迪颶風賑災演唱會（12/12/12 Concert for Sandy Relief）上募集到的。這場向全球20多億戶家庭直播的演唱會共募集了約5,000萬美元，源自世界85個國家、美國所有50個州、哥倫比亞特區、美國所有主要領土，以及關島和波多黎各等保護國的救援資金。

????“整個世界已經成為一個全球性的關愛社區，”羅賓漢基金會執行董事大衛·薩爾茲曼說。就在剛剛過去的這個周，羅賓漢基金會收到了2,000張支票，而在通常情況下，該基金會一周收到的支票尚不到100張。但救災需求依然巨大。薩爾茲曼指出，遭到嚴重損害或被摧毀的房屋大約有60萬戶，此外還有50萬家企業遭受重創。“災區最初需要的是食品、毛毯和藥品。現在，災區的重建工作已經開始，亟需外界援手，”他說（注：捐贈給羅賓漢基金會每一美元會一分不差地直接劃撥給執行力受到監督的各類慈善組織手中）。

????The evidence that people all over the world love New York City is the 50 million visitors who come here each year. But maybe a truer and deeper measure of affection are the countless individuals from around the globe who have stepped up this holiday season to help the city and the surrounding areas recover from the devastation brought on by Hurricane Sandy.

????Though millions of individuals and companies (including Fortune) have volunteered and donated time, money and material in many forms and to myriad organizations, New York City's Robin Hood Foundation both spearheaded the effort in many ways and serves as reliable proxy for what has been done. In short: the numbers have been equally impressive and heart-warming. And more money and help continues to pour in.

????Robin Hood has already distributed?$17.6 million?to scores of organizations on the front lines?with tens of millions of dollars more standing at the ready, much of it raised at its blockbuster 12/12/12 Concert for Sandy Relief benefit. In large part because of the concert, which was broadcast to more than 2 billion households worldwide, $50 million in donations have come in from all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and all major U.S. territories and protectorates including Guam and Puerto Rico, as well as from 85 countries around the world.

????"The whole world has created a global community of caring," says Robin Hood executive director David Saltzman. Just this past week Robin Hood received 2,000 checks versus a typical week of less than 100. But the need is still great, says Saltzman, who notes that some 600,000 homes were badly damaged or destroyed. Ditto 500,000 businesses. "At first it was food, blankets and medicine. Now it's rebuilding," he says. (Note: 100 cents of every dollar given to Robin Hood goes directly to charitable organizations that are monitored for effectiveness. See Fortune's 2006 story The legend of Robin Hood).