A big thank you to everyone who contributed to the successful launch of the Stronger Together Hurricane Melissa relief project. The response from donors, supporters, and volunteers has been tremendous and frankly, heart warming. Our team has been overwhelmed with emotion witnessing the magnitude of the support.
On the first Sunday of the project we served 300 warm meals, gave away 65 care packages filled with food, hygience products, and other daily essentials. We also gave away clothes and 100 tarps. Care packages were customized based on individual need and even included hand written postive messages.
We served families in Steer Town, Davis Town, Chalky Hill, Browns Town and other rural communities. In some cases we went directly into the community, other times we met the families at local schools.
Each family served was preselected on the basis that they had either lost their roof or their entire house. Community leaders and school staff in this communities helped us identify the families most in need and coordinated drop off points, etc.
The need is so vast and the community members were so grateful. Our team was honored to be able to help even in this small way.
Corporate Partners
A task of this magnitde has many many moving parts and we wanted to ensure we extended a very special thanks to some of the partners who helped us make week 1 a success.
Divi Wholesale, Ltd. located in Ocho Rios donated the vast majority of the food prepared and distributed.
Total Tools in Draxhall helped with the tarps and has committed to provide ongoing assistance.
Meca entertainment donated water, ice and other products.
Happy Water donated cases of water and ice.
Ecoware donated the containers that were used to distribute the food.
How You Can Help!
Finacial Donations can be made securely at https://gofund.me/4f1e69c99
Donations can also be made via cashapp $staceyannbaugh or directly to bank account (information provided on request).
We are accepting donations of food, personal care necessities and toiletries, clothing and shoes, school supplies and new toys and books.
Donations can be dropped off Kamila’s Kitchen Locations:
Market Place, 67 Constant Spring Road
Drax Hall, Total Tools Plaza, St Ann
Donations can also be dropped off at the College of Insurance:
3-3A Richmond Ave, Kingston 10 between 10am and 3pm Monday-Friday.
For those of us in the US donations can be mailed to:
Only the Best Printing 6314A Pembroke Rd, Miramar Florida, 33023
Please include your information with the donation so that we can keep track of your generosity. Please note: Do not send toys and books via the US address as those items are not included in the duty free exemption from the government. Only approved hurrican relief items can be sent.
