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"It's easy to get bogged down in your individual needs, and we all do, but I think our community does a fantastic job of coming together and I'm proud to be a part of that collaboration."
So says Jeannine Joy, president and CEO of the United Way of Lee, Henry and Glades, in explaining the group's efforts in the wake of Hurricane Milton.
The Category 1 storm, which made landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast on Aug.
20, destroyed homes, uprooted trees, and left debris strewn across roadways.
"We're trying to resource more things that we know people are going to need and get them into our area and out to people as we need them," Joy tells the News-Press.
The United Way has raised more than $1.3 million in goods and in-kind donations since the storm, and is looking for volunteers to help distribute meals, clean up, assist with home clean-up, and more.
"Monetary donations allow our agencies and United Way to change as the needs change in the community," Joy says.
"We're approaching the $100,000 mark on gift cards that we've gotten out already."
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New Age of Philanthropy: #GivingTuesday
A part of a series produced by The Huffington Post in celebration of #GivingTuesday, which will take place this year on December 3, Kathy Calvin and Henry Timms vouch that we are living in a new era of philanthropy.
