The story was among those created by Cruickshank's students as part of a decade-long creative writing project called Writer's Inc. "We did our book about Burger King, McDonald's and Wendy's," said ...

Organizers Roe Bartlett, Wendy Cruikshank and Donna Kerney put the event together from shared interests. "We all have family from the Northeast affected by the storm," Cruikshank said.