Overview
- Volunteer-run collection points in Central and South Florida, including a Port Orange restaurant and El Arepazo in Doral, are actively receiving and sorting donated items.
- Organizers say first-aid supplies and medications are the most urgent donations because they can be shipped and used faster than bulk goods.
- Volunteers plan to work around the clock through the weekend to box and organize supplies ahead of a planned consolidation and preparation step on Monday.
- Many local families remain anxious and are searching for relatives in Venezuela, and that worry is driving sustained community turnout and volunteer effort.
- Local outlets published lists of official drop-off locations for clothing, nonperishable food, hygiene items and medical supplies so donations can be routed to a central shipment point.