How to help Hurricane Melissa relief efforts
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Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday afternoon near New Hope, Jamaica, as a Category 5 storm, with winds of 185 mph.
The big picture: Melissa is the strongest storm to make landfall in the country in 174 years.
How you can help: Local organizations in Miami and South Florida have raced to streamline support efforts and provide access to information.
- This post by the Miami Foundation lists Caribbean-led organizations mobilizing to provide relief, as well as its Disaster Relief Fund.
- The Jamaican Women of Florida (JWOF) is collecting relief items including tarps, generators, canned and non-perishable foods. For the full list and drop-off locations, see this post.
- South Florida Caribbean Strong has a list of drop-off locations across Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
- The Greater Miami Jewish Federation set up an emergency relief fund for those impacted.
- Greater Good Charities, the Seattle-based nonprofit, has a location Wilton Manors where they're prepping critical aid, reported Local 10.
- Global Empowerment Mission is accepting donations and asking for volunteers to help assemble emergency kits at its Doral warehouse.
- The city of Homestead has also partnered with GEM to collect donations at City Hall, the Homestead Police Department and Pichol Williams Community Center. Visit this page for more information.
- The Fort Lauderdale Diaper Bank is collecting essential supplies and monetary donations. Visit this page for drop-off locations and additional information.
Zoom out: Organizations outside of Miami have also begun collecting donations.
- The American Friends of Jamaica, a nonprofit based in New York City, announced a $1 Million Matching Fund to support critical relief and recovery efforts.
- GlobalGiving launched its Hurricane Melissa Relief Fund to partner with locally led organizations to provide immediate and long-term recovery efforts.
- International Medical Corps is collecting monetary donations here.
- Food For The Poor is collecting monetary donations here.
- Project HOPE is collecting monetary donations for its Emergency Response Team here.
- The Sandals Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Sandals Resorts, is collecting monetary donations for its Hurricane Melissa Relief Mission, with 100% of every dollar donated going directly to the organization's emergency response efforts.
Do you know of other organizations collecting relief funds or donations? Email [email protected] and let us know about them.
Editor's note: This story has been updated to better reflect Greater Good Charities' efforts. Product donations are not being accepted.