In the days after Hurricane Maria swept through Puerto Rico, leaving the island crippled and in the dark, San Juan-native Karla Peña, faced her own bleak reality. “My husband lost his job. The nonprofit pet rescue I ran was essentially out of business. And our Airbnb, which we counted on for money to live, obviously shut down,” she recalls. “I … Read More
Advisor News – Why Invest in a Resilient Great Miami
At our 50th anniversary Resiliency summit, Dr. Judith Rodin, president emeritus of Rockefeller Foundation, helped us understand how philanthropies and organizations can unite and invest in a city’s resilience. We saw this in action with a panel talk connecting strategies to post-Irma recovery and through Miami Marlins’ gift to the Miami Forever Fund. Also in this newsletter: Hurricane relief and … Read More
October News – Making Miami More Resilient After Irma
Recovery is an opportunity to rebuild more resiliently, Dr. Judith Rodin, president emerita of Rockefeller Foundation and Univ. of Pennsylvania, told a crowd of 150+ philanthropists, elected officials and local leaders at our 50th anniversary Resiliency summit. In her keynote, Dr. Rodin shared about cities that have adapted and bounced back stronger after adversity. Read more or watch the recorded … Read More
FEEDING A VILLAGE AFTER IRMA: VALENCIA GUNDER’S MIAMI STORY
I told everyone to meet us at the Community Emergency Operations Center at EcoTech. We scraped up what we could and went to the stores. We went to Publix for supplies and a local meat store. We got some hot dogs and a few bags of charcoal and I took the small grill from my house. We went into Liberty City and we started grilling and feeding people.
When we first got there, people were crying because they hadn’t eaten since before the storm, some for two to three days. Grown people were crying. Kids saw us coming and they ran up to us. They were happy to see us. They were blown away that we were giving away free food. We gave out hot dogs, chips and bottles of water, and then we went to Little Haiti and did the same. We set up on a corner and volunteers walked down the streets. For those who couldn’t walk up to us, we brought them food. There were elderly people who were too weak to get out of bed or even feed themselves, and volunteers fed them.
SEPTEMBER NEWS – AFTER IRMA: OUR COMMUNITY STARTS TO RECOVER
As Miami-Dade recovers post-Irma, we’ve been working with donors, partners and organizations to raise money for relief efforts here and throughout our region. The Hurricane Relief Fund at the Foundation supports nonprofits addressing food security, vulnerable populations, stable housing and other immediate to long-term needs for residents. “Many of our customers and communities across Florida are on the road to … Read More
EFÒ SEKOU POU SIKLÒN DORIAN: BAY KOUNYE A
Plizyè kominote afekte pa siklòn Irma. Nou envite w pou w sipòte Fon Sekou pou Siklòn Irma nan Fondasyon Miami an. Fon an pral ede gwoup yo ak efò sekou yo pandan y ap travay sou teren an pou ede fanmi yo, kominote yo ak biznis yo rebati epi refè.