AVENTURA, FLA. (WSVN) - - Organizations and South Florida residents have stepped up to offer support to those suffering in the aftermath of Helene.
Several organizations, including Miami-Dade Police and Mobile Mike, joined forces to conduct a relief drive.
They collected food and supplies at Aventura Mall on Tuesday and will do it again on Wednesday.
Wednesday’s drive up drop-off site is in front of the Apple store and will go on until midnight.
Some of the items that are being collected include canned foods, non-perishables, generators, baby diapers, pet food, and hygiene kits. The items will be taken to the Global Empowerment Mission headquarters in Doral where they will distribute the items directly to those affected in Northwest Florida.
Mobile Mike says he and his team were already up in North Florida and saw the devastation first hand and now they’re hoping to fill more trucks.
“We just want you to regift all the items you maybe got for an upcoming hurricane that you don’t need anymore. And if we get a hurricane you have time to go out and get more. These people have less than nothing. We lived up there for four days, we had boots on the ground, we came back and obviously this is what were doing because there is such a need,” said Mobile Mike owner.
Another collection will be held at the shops at Pembroke Gardens on Thursday and Friday from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
No clothing or used items will be accepted.
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