Who said that watching television isn't good for you?

The father and son duo of Tim and Dan Caffrey obviously used the television to spark an idea to help people that were ravaged from Hurricane Sandy.

As coaches at Northampton and Whitehall's freshman football teams, the Caffrey's decided to team up their high school allegiances for a greater cause by collecting donated goods to help people in the town of Union Bay, NJ earlier this month.

"We were just watching the television after the hurricane hit and thought we needed to help some way," said Tim, who coaches and teaches at Northampton. "I talked to my son about it and thought we could use our football teams to get the kids involved and make them understand that things in life go a lot further than football.

"Dan tweeted people in Union Bay and they responded that they could use some help and that's how it all started."

As both schools played their freshman contest on November 6, both coaching staffs huddled their teams together in the postgame to come up with a game plan on how to help.

Captains from both teams became the headliners for the weekend jaunt, when they loaded up a truck and trailer with nearly three tons of supplies that included food, clothes, water, cleaning supplies, diapers and toiletries that were collected in a matter of days.

They also collected over $500 that was used to buy more supplies for the weekend drive near Raritan Bay.

Tim Caffrey said he's been apart of other community service events in the past, but felt a bit more compelled to help Hurricane Sandy victims.

"It's right there in New Jersey and we saw a lot of people that were hurting," he said. "I just figured it would be good to expose our kids to community service and to help other people out."

Caffrey recalled that driving through the town, it reminded him of a neighborhood spring cleanup, only this time it was a neighborhood trying to clean up destruction.

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"You still couldn't go down a lot of the streets," he said of the town. "Everyone had stuff out in front of their homes that was ruined."

The Caffrey's may not have been able to bring people's homes or personal belonging's back, but they showed the human side of generosity and giving that was appreciated by the residents of Union Bay.

"People were very happy and appreciative of everything we dropped off," said Tim. "It was a good experience to be involved with and we were really impressed by how much we collected so quickly. It was a great community effort and a great opportunity for the kids from both schools to work together on a great cause."