Profiles on Giving

Following the destruction caused by Hurricane Dorian, the Aguste family left the Bahamas and moved to Key Biscayne where they were welcomed into the community and were given a home.  The father of the family, Erick Aguste lost his arm trying to help get his family to a safe place during the hurricane, and was

Again today Key Biscayners Marta C. Sacasa Torres, Alexandra Torres, Cece Torres, Paloma Torres, Jennifer Stearns Buttrick, Vanessa Sanz de Acedo, Jane Mabel Morales, Kara Epstein Stearns Sharp, Amy Zambrano, Sl Winters, Sally Hudson Trapani Brody, Tatiana Costa Martinez, Brunella Barnett Rebessi, Zach Buttrick, and many other KB children took food and supplies to Bridge

Today Key Biscayners Monica Badash Campana and her sons were joined by Elaine DeRoode, Simone Marin, and a friend at the TREEmendous Miami, Inc. emergency native tree planting in Historic Virginia Key Beach Park.

Profiles on Giving: Key Biscayne Police Chief Charles Press helps deliver 400 pounds of ice to residents of Liberty City, Key Biscayne’s Sister City. Many residents are still waiting for power and other essential services after Hurricane Irma and are unable to return to work.

Key Biscayne residents returned to the beaches on Tuesday in a communal effort to begin what will be a long cleanup process. The Feldman, Buttrick, Campana, Podolla and Solano families, joined by longtime islander Manny Rionda, held an impromptu beach cleanup and collected an incredible amount of washed up debris. Later, the Feldman kids, Kennedy,

Costa Med owner Antonio Braschi hosted the Key Biscayne Police Department for lunch today at Costa Med and delivered meals to the Fire Department to thank them for their hard work and dedication to this community before, during, and after Irma.

Key Biscayner, Coach Tony Goudie, has helped support this community in the aftermath of Irma by offering a free camp for over 200 cooped up kids at the K-8. “Camp Irma” will be up and running until school Is back in session. Read more at The Islander. Photo credit The Islander.

Profiles on Giving: Staff at Bill Baggs State Park are hard at work clearing debris and chainsawing their way back into the park. They are working to ensure a safe and sanitary environment for Volunteers to come into the park in the coming days to help with clean up and restoration efforts. As of now

KB residents Toby Rohrer, Monica Larriva, and Daniel Larriva packed approximately 2,000 lunches. Christina Bracken, Naysbeli Hewitt, her daughter and friends. Helped to deliver the lunches to those in need post-Irma at Christ Fellowship Church in Downtown Miami.

KB residents Jennifer Buttrick, Vanessa Sanz, Kim Sandi Winters, Sally Brody, Zach Buttrick, Jane Morales, and Marcos Morales delivered collections of water, food, and supplies to Bridge to Hope and Farm Share in Homestead and the Redlands today. Claudine Coto, Abby Sharp and others helped to collect and sort donations. You can drop off donations