Mormons help residents of storm-damaged Norwalk

NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Residents of a Norwalk housing complex damaged by Superstorm Sandy got some help cleaning up from about 150 members of the Mormon Church.

The Hour of Norwalk reports that volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints cleaned apartments and scrubbed flood-damaged items at the Washington Village complex on Saturday. They also had to throw out many items that were too damaged to salvage.

Salt water from Long Island Sound flooded lower-level apartments in many buildings at the complex.

Jack McFadden of Wilton, director of public affairs for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, says the volunteers were from Fairfield County and Westchester County, N.Y.

Washington Village resident Kimberly Holley said she was grateful for the volunteers' help. Floodwaters ruined nearly all her family's belongings.

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Information from: The Hour