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- 1 2 Haddon, Heather (10 December 2012). "Christie's Wife Taps Her Contacts for Sandy Charity". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 14 December 2015.
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- ↑ O'Neill, Erin (18 August 2014). "How Mary Pat Christie's Sandy relief fund has spent nearly $33.8M in donations". The Star-Ledger . Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ O'Neill, Erin (3 March 2014). "Mary Pat Christie's Sandy relief fund to hand out $5M in grants". The Star-Ledger . Retrieved 14 December 2015.