Keys Rally for Jamaica: 24-Hour Relief Drive Launches at Fly-KeyWest

Donations of tarps, ropes, rice, baby formula, and toiletries are being collected at Fly-KeyWest Helicopter Tours to support Jamaica’s recovery efforts.

Key West has had a long history of helping island neighbors devastated by storms, including in the Bahamas and Cuba. / CONTRIBUTED

A local relief drive is underway to assist Jamaica following the recent hurricane, with organizers calling for urgent donations of tarps, ropes, bulk bags of rice, baby formula, and toiletries.

Supplies can be dropped off 24 hours a day at Fly-KeyWest Helicopter Tours, located at 3471 S. Roosevelt Blvd. in Key West.

Organizers said the collected items will be flown directly to impacted areas in Jamaica to support families who have lost homes and access to basic necessities.

“Every tarp, every bag of rice, and every can of formula makes a difference,” organizers said in a statement Monday. “Our neighbors in Jamaica need help now — and the Keys always rise to the occasion.”