(Photo used with permission of Wendy Snyder)

A Beaver Area nurse has joined hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico. Wendy Snyder – an orthopedic nurse at Heritage Beaver Valley Hospital – has joined 200 skilled union members in a two-week relief trip to the island in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Kathy Stoddard is a nurse at Allegheny General Hospital and a member of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania…and she says Snyder is one of the hundreds of volunteers from over 17 states to help in the relief effort:

The volunteers will return to Newark on October 18th.