The Town of Palm Beach United Way has created a Hurricane Recovery Fund to assist with relief efforts in communities impacted by both Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton.
Donations being matched!
$125,000 Matching Gift Opportunity
The Town of Palm Beach United Way is grateful to the generous donors listed below for stepping forward with matching gifts to help their neighbors in need locally and throughout Florida.
Julie Araskog
Vanessa and Tony Beyer
Anne Carmichael
Sandy and George Garfunkel
Elizabeth and Jerome Levy
Barbara and Richard Rothschild
Norma and Bill Tiefel
The Town of Palm Beach United Way thanks the Cathleen McFarlane Foundation, Inc. for offering a previous matching gift of $50,000, which has since been met.
Every donation to the Hurricane Recovery Fund will be matched dollar-for-dollar. Click the button below to donate today.
The Hurricane Recovery Fund will help with immediate relief for people impacted by the destruction of Hurricanes Milton and Helene.
Hurricane Milton made landfall October 9, 2024 near Siesta Key as a dangerous Category 3 storm with strong winds and heavy rains. Milton cut through the state as a Category 1 storm, leaving devastating impacts along Florida's Gulf Coast and spawning deadly tornadoes throughout the state, including in Palm Beach and Martin Counties. At least 16 people died in the storm and over 2 million people are without power. Nearly 1,000 people have been rescued so far, according to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, with thousands of personnel deployed across the state.
Hurricane Helene made landfall near Perry, Florida on September 26, 2024, as a powerful Category 4 storm bringing catastrophic storm surge, flooding and wind damage to Florida's Gulf Coast and Big Bend regions. The storm also ripped through the Southeastern United States, devastating regions of Georgia and the Carolinas. At least 231 people have died across six states. Hundreds of residents remain isolated due to widespread infrastructure damage, and thousands of customers remain without power with spotty communication service.
A drone image shows a flooded street due to Hurricane Milton in Siesta Key, Florida.
Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP/Getty Images
Marie Cook reacts to the damage to her home in the Binks Estates community after a tornado touch down around 5:30pm striking homes in The Preserve and Binks Estate among others in its path Oct. 09, 2024 in Wellington.
BILL INGRAM/THE PALM BEACH POST
Ways to Donate
BY PHONE
Call 561-655-1919
BY CHECK
Send check to Town of Palm Beach United Way with "Hurricane Recovery" in the memo.
44 Cocoanut Row, Suite M201
Palm Beach, FL 33480
ONLINE
Click the button below.
Hurricane Fund Distributions
The Hurricane Recovery Fund will be distributed to nonprofit agencies providing emergency assistance,
such as food, water, medical care and supplies, hygiene kits, and housing materials.
We are actively working to identify agencies providing direct support to residents in need.
Click agency name for more information.
HURRICANE MILTON
Update 10/11/2024: As the full impact of Hurricane Milton emerges, Americares response is underway. Americares reached out to 110 partner clinics across Florida to offer assistance prior to the storm. A response team was deployed to Florida, which arrived in Tallahassee Friday and will work its way down the Gulf Coast over the next few days to check in on partners and provide immediate support. The agency is preparing shipments of essential medicines, hygiene kits, and relief supplies, and is ready to provide emergency funding to restore health services and repair damaged health facilities.
Click here for more info.
HURRICANE HELENE
Update 10/11/2024: Since September 29, Americares has been responding to the widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Helene. Teams of emergency responders have been deployed to Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, where they've been able to make significant strides in relief efforts targeted at communities where little other help is available. Response efforts have primarily centralized around southwestern Georgia, the Asheville area of North Carolina, and eastern Tennessee, where the impacts were most devastating. Americares has shipped hygiene kits, antibiotics, and other critical supplies, launched Mobile Medical Units, installed high-capacity water filtration systems, supported emerging mental health needs, and provided emergency funding to several partner organizations.
Click here for more info.
Americares staff prepare relief supplies at Americares Global Distribution Center in Stamford, Conn., on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. Photo by Andrea Pane courtesy of Americares.
Across North Carolina, hundreds of roads were closed due to damage from flash floods, fallen trees or storm debris. Blocked roads made it impossible for many survivors to access needed aid, including clean water. Photo by Lisa Soszka Ross courtesy of Americares.
Updated 10/11/2024: Catholic Charities will offer disaster recovery case management in response to people negatively impacted by Hurricane Milton related tornado damage within the 5 county areas of Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, Okeechobee, and Palm Beach. This recovery will include assistance with the following: completing disaster assessment/needs identification, temporary housing, food/clothing/gift cards, recovery planning, referrals for mental health/trauma assistance, navigation of FEMA application process/SBA, loan applications, transportation, furniture replacement, and transportation assistance.
Click here for more info.
Updated 10/11/2024: Convoy of Hope is on the ground in Sarasota, Florida, working with church partners and local emergency management to assess how to best serve the community and surrounding areas. Across the state, the agency has resourced several partners with relief supplies — such as hygiene kits, food, water, baby items, and cleaning products — to distribute in their communities. Hurricane Milton spun up several destructive tornadoes and caused flooding on the eastern side of Florida, putting millions of people in need of everyday necessities while electricity and water are out and businesses are closed. Convoy’s response will serve communities throughout the entire impacted area.
Click here for more info.
Photos contributed by Convoy of Hope
HURRICANE MILTON
Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) is mobilizing disaster response efforts for Hurricane Milton. Ground teams are pre-positioning near the expected landfall area near Tampa, allowing them to activate quickly and provide aid to those affected. GEM is coordinating its efforts with local, state, and federal authorities.
Click here for more info.
HURRICANE HELENE
Updated 10/11/2024: The Global Empowerment Mission team is on the ground with basecamps established in Perry, Florida and Asheville, North Carolina. From these locations, the team is providing large scale distributions of aid to community members. This includes water, ice, food, cleaning supplies, tarps, pet supplies, hygiene supplies, medicine, Starlink devices, and more. Vehicles stationed at each basecamp are taking supplies to more rural regions and to those without vehicle access. The agency has provided 35 semi truckloads and more than 50 helicopter deliveries of supplies to over 37,000 individuals so far, and will be on the ground supporting those affected indefinitely. The agency has also placed more than 131 individuals in free, short-term housing through Airbnb.org.
Click here for more info.
Photos courtesy of Global Empowerment Mission
HURRICANE MILTON
Updated 10/11/2024: World Central Kitchen's response to Hurricane Milton is underway. Teams are driving and flying to devastated areas with sandwiches and water, scouting for communities in need of support. WCK is providing free meals at several locations throughout Florida, including Fort Pierce.
HURRICANE HELENE
World Central Kitchen has relief teams in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. The agency is working shoulder-to-shoulder with local businesses to provide much-needed food and water aid to the regions. WCK is currently partnered with 50 local restaurants and food trucks, and has established two Field Kitchens to provide free meals. More than 170,000 meals have been distributed in just over a week. To reach those stranded when roads and bridges were destroyed by Helene, WCK is using two helicopters to deliver food that is then carried by truck, ATV, or by foot to final destinations. Five 6,200-gallon tankers of drinking water were recently delivered to Asheville, North Carolina. The trucks are capable of making multiple trips to Asheville in a 24-hour period, providing up to 100,000 gallons a day. This water is a lifeline to Asheville and surrounding communities, which have been facing an acute water shortage for days, due to infrastructure damage.
Click here for more info.
Photos courtesy World Central Kitchen
