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.