Monthly Program Update - Florida (December 2020)

FLORIDA HURRICANE RELIEF UPDATE DECEMBER 2020

TOTAL PROGRAM IMPACT

34 14

LIVES IMPACTED VOLUNTEERS

612

VOLUNTEER DAYS

22

JOBS COMPLETED

Current Activities Despite a reduced number of volunteers and delays due to a COVID-19 quarantine period, our team has safely completed six homes and begun work on the next eight homes.

Our focus is the non-structural interior work in homes affected

by Hurricane Michael; we are working closely with the North Florida Inland Long Term Recovery Group (NFLTRG) to meet this objective. We’re also partnering with United Methodist Committee of Relief (UMCOR) to replace trailers damaged by the hurricane with full home rebuilds in an effort to ensure the resiliency of the Jackson County community.

Community Stories Luvenia Jennings and her family have been living in her farm house for 30 years. When Hurricane Michael hit in 2018, there were so many trees down on Luvenia's property that a side of the house was completely blocked and they couldn't get in or out of the back. Two years after the storm, work is still needed to make the home safe. We’re rebuilding several rooms, and have been enjoying saying hello to Luvenia’s cows during work breaks!

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Disaster Profile On October 10, 2018 Hurricane Michael slammed into Mexico Beach, Florida as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained wind speeds of 160 mph. With record-breaking wind speeds, Michael was both the strongest storm to make landfall in the continental US (since Hurricane Andrew in 1992) and to ever hit the Florida Panhandle.

Tracking across the Southeastern United States, winds plunged 1.4 million residents into complete darkness in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas. Communities across the region were devastated, with full towns in the Panhandle demolished beyond recognition.

Our Work Thanks to the support of our partners, donors, local community and volunteers from all over the world, we have been cultivating a powerful impact in Florida since October 2018. Initially, we focused on response efforts (chainsawing, debris removal and residential flood cleanup) before officially transitioning to a recovery program from June 2019 to January 2020 when we carried out muck and guts, mold sanitation and rebuild work on affected homes. Our current program, October 2020 to April 2021, supports the long-term recovery of another 40 families in Jackson County.

About All Hands and Hearts We effectively and efficiently address the immediate and long-term needs of communities impacted by natural disasters. We communicate directly with local leaders and community members and then deploy our unique model of engaging volunteers to enable direct impact, helping to build safer, more resilient schools, homes and infrastructure.

We have earned a 4-star rating by Charity Navigator six years in a row and a Perfect 100. Less than one percent of rated nonprofits have received this distinction for financial and operational efficiency.

Our Partners in Florida

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