US EditionDan Newlin Partners with Shaggy to Send Relief Flights to Jamaica After Hurricane Melissa
Dan Newlin and musician Shaggy are sending two jets with about 3,000 pounds of supplies to aid Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa's devastation.
- On Thursday, Florida attorney Dan Newlin launched relief flights from Orlando, Fla. to Jamaica, scheduling the first departure for 9 a.m.
- After Hurricane Melissa hit earlier this week, the Category 5 storm struck Jamaica with 185 mph winds, flattening homes and cutting power to nearly 80% of the island.
- Using two personal jets, Newlin's team loaded about 3,000 pounds of water, clothing, food and medicine, including donations from local physicians.
- Newlin's team plans multiple follow-up flights and is partnering with faith-based and community organizations to reach the hardest-hit areas, while also helping bring back Central Florida families stuck in Jamaica.
- Through the Make a Difference Foundation, Shaggy will lead distribution while Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness described widespread destruction, including Black River Hospital's total loss.
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Jamaican Shaggy is leading a relief effort after Hurricane Melissa devastated the island. The reggae singer is arranging for several flights from Miami to Kingston in the coming days, carrying hundreds of pounds of relief supplies, CBS News reports.
With a ton of supplies, Shaggy lands in Kingston - and tells Instagram how he wants to help people in St. Elizabeth after the strong hurricane "Melissa".
Samaritan’s Purse in Greensboro airlifts aid to Jamaica in response to Hurricane Melissa
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Samaritan's Purse in Greensboro sent much-needed disaster relief supplies and equipment to Jamaica Thursday morning as the island begins to recover from Hurricane Melissa. According to a press release, at 9:05 a.m. Thursday, Samaritan's Purse launched its 757 cargo plane carrying approximately 38,000 pounds of relief supplies and equipment, shelter materials, water filtration systems, medical supplies, solar lights and …
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