Jacksonville-area organizations are mounting relief efforts to help victims of Hurricane Ian in Southwest Florida after the city escaped the brunt of the damage.

An estimated 68 people died as a result of the storm, which made landfall Sept. 28 as a Category 4 hurricane near Cayo Costa, and thousands more were left homeless or without power or water.

Some Northeast Florida groups are sending volunteers and supplies, some are fundraising.

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Here are several of the relief efforts:

• Goodwill of North Florida is seeking additional donated items to help their counterparts in Southwest Florida. Proceeds from the sale of the items will be sent to Goodwills in Southwest Florida. Donate at any of the 39 Goodwill locations across North Florida. To find a location, go to goodwilljax.org/find-location.

• Jacksonville-based Florida Baptist Convention's Disaster Relief Ministries has teams of volunteers preparing and cooking meals at nine feeding kitchens in Southwest Florida serving 160,000 meals per day. To donate, go to flbaptist.org/disasterrelief. 

• Jewish Federations of North America, including the Jewish Federation & Foundation of Northeast Florida, assembled a team of Jacksonville-area volunteers to purchase food items requested by the federations impacted by Ian. A truck with those items left Jacksonville Thursday for Fort Myers. To contribute, send a Venmo donation to Haley Trager at @Haley-Trager and select "Friends and Family" to avoid fees.  For information call Haley at (904) 477-7720. Also, the Jewish Federations have a Hurricane Ian Relief Fund at bit.ly/3EdPtMz.

• Jacksonville-based Firehouse Subs and its Public Safety Foundation donated $25,000 to the American Red Cross and have launched two fundraisers for Hurricane Ian victims. The foundation's annual First Responders Month fundraiser runs through the end of the month, collecting donations at the restaurants to raise $1 million for lifesaving equipment and resources for first responders. To donate online, go to firehousesubsfoundation.org/donate.

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• Rotary District 6970, which has 63 clubs in 12 Northeast Florida counties, is collecting donations for a Hurricane Ian Relief Program to help clubs in impacted areas. Donate via PayPal at bit.ly/3SPBHUs or send checks to Rotary District 6970 P.O. Box 47195, Jacksonville FL 32247 Please make checks payable to The York Foundation Inc.; refer to Hurricane Ian Relief.

• Keystone Heights United Methodist Church has sent a team of volunteers and supplies to Port Charlotte. To donate, go to account.venmo.com/u/KeystoneUMC.

• Celebration Jacksonville church is supporting partner Convoy of Hope, a faith-based organization in Missouri that responds to natural disasters and has sent a relief team to Florida. To donate, go to bit.ly/3fvhIvI.

• The Springs Church-Jacksonville, FL has sent a team and supplies to Southwest Florida. The church is also working with World Challenge and relief agencies to secure several tractor trailers full of more supplies. To donate, go to tscjax.com.

• Feeding Northeast Florida held six food and supply distributions in the Jacksonville area last weekend. Another 24 distribution locations are planned across the food bank's eight-county service area. Also, the food bank is part of a network of agencies that will send resources, such as water, food, and MREs, to other affected areas. To donate, go to feedingnefl.org.

• Jacksonville-based CSX Corp. contributed $200,000 to support relief and recovery efforts underway in the Florida and South Carolina communities affected by Hurricane Ian. American Red Cross will receive $150,000 of the contribution and Florida’s Disaster Fund will receive $50,000.

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• The Clay County Fair and the Clay County Sheriff's Office's donation drive began Monday for Southwest Florida. Only items on the donation list, which is at facebook.com/claycountyfair, will be accepted. The drop-off location is the fairground's log cabin at 2493 Florida 16, Green Cove Springs, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Cash donations via Venmo (ID ClayCountyFair) will also be accepted to buy supplies. The effort will target Pine Island, Matlacha, Arcadia, Harlem Heights, and other areas that are not getting much attention in the media.

• Lutheran Services Florida, which is based in Tampa but runs programs in Jacksonville, has launched its LSF Hurricane Ian Relief Fund to help employees who sustained significant damage or loss. To donate, go to bit.ly/3CudJsw.

• The North Florida affiliate of the American Red Cross supported evacuation shelters and, after the storm, sent community outreach teams to distribute supplies in impacted neighborhoods. Monday they went to neighborhoods in St. Johns and Putnam counties, providing snacks, water, and clean-up kits to residents in need. Volunteer teams will soon be sent to help out in Southwest Florida. To donate, go to redcross.org/local/florida/north-florida.html.

• As Ian approached, The Salvation Army of Northeast Florida deployed two of its leaders to Lakeland to help serve families as part of an Incident Command Team. The team includes a canteen that provides 1,500 meals per day, as well as spiritual support. To donate, go to salvationarmyusa.org/usn.

Send information about Northeast Florida-based relief efforts to bcravey@jacksonville.com.

bcravey@jacksonville.com, (904) 359-4109

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