The following information is provided for those who wish to assist the Surfside community impacted by the devastating collapse of the Champlain South Condominium building.
SUPPORT SURFSIDE
The Miami Heat, the Miami Heat Charitable Fund, the Coral Gables Community Foundation, the Key Biscayne Community Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and The Miami Foundation have partnered to create a hardship fund for those impacted by the Surfside building collapse. This hardship fund will allow residents both locally, and nationwide, to give toward relief efforts.
Support Surfside Donations
GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUND
The Greater Miami Jewish Federation has teamed up with Jewish Community Services of South Florida, and Mishkan Miami, the Jewish Connection for Spiritual Support to provide financial assistance, chaplaincy support, crisis counseling and social services. The federation says that 100 percent of funds collected will be used to provide assistance to those affected. Checks with the notation “Surfside Building Collapse” can be mailed to: Greater Miami Jewish Federation, 4200 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33137.
For more information about the Greater Miami Jewish Federation’s special relief funds, call 305-576-4000.
OPERATION HELPING HANDS
Operation Helping Hands is a partnership between United Way of Miami-Dade and the Miami Herald/el Nuevo Herald that was created in 1998 in the aftermath of hurricanes Mitch and Georges. Since then, it has been reactivated in response to disasters and other emergency situations such as the COVID-19 global pandemic and now, the aftermath of the building collapse in Surfside.
Here’s how to support and assist families with their short- and long-term recovery needs:
Operation Helping Hands donations
AMERICAN RED CROSS
The American Red Cross is at the scene of the collapse helping authorities with rescue efforts. It offers several online and mail options for donating. To donate online visit https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation.html. For those who want to donate by check or to a specific cause, there is a donation form that must be printed and sent to: American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37839, Boone, IA 50037-0839. To donate by phone or to get assistance with your donation, call 1-800-HELP NOW (1-800-435-7669). For Spanish, call 1-800-435-7669, and for a TDD operator call 1-800-220-4095.