{"id":320694,"date":"2026-06-26T14:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/320694\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:58:12","slug":"helping-venezuela-miami-dades-tax-collector-opens-11-drop-off-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/320694\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Venezuela: Miami-Dade\u2019s tax collector opens 11 drop-off locations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0June 26, 2026 at 10:37 AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Updated:\u00a0June 26, 2026 at 10:57 AM<\/p>\n<p>lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HD4JFUFOY56IFAQEGYZ7JFHARE.jpg\"  width=\"5568\" height=\"3132\"\/>A man walks past a building damaged by earthquakes that struck Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, a day earlier, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo\/Jacinto Oliveros) (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) (Jacinto Oliveros\/AP Photo\/Jacinto Oliveros) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI \u2014 Dariel Fernandez was at the Global Empowerment Mission\u2019s warehouse on Friday morning in Doral determined to help Venezuelans. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Fernandez, Miami-Dade County\u2019s tax collector, announced that his office opened drop-off locations for donations that GEM is committed to delivering aid. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cPeople of Venezuela you are not alone,\u201d Fernandez<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/darielfernandez\/status\/2070504472967590227\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/darielfernandez\/status\/2070504472967590227\"> said <\/a>at the warehouse. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">GEM started operations at the warehouse after two 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes struck on Wednesday causing devastation in northern Venezuela. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Here is the list of the aid drop-off locations that open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Monday to Friday and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday:<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI BEACH: 100 16 St. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">CORAL GABLES: 224 Minorca Ave. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">DOWNTOWN MIAMI: 200 NW 2nd Ave. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">KENDALL: 11735 SW 147 Ave. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI CENTRAL: 3721 NW 7 St. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI GARDENS: 18326 NW 7 Ave. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">NORTHSIDE: 7900 NW 27 Ave. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIDWAY CROSSINGS: <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/yL2CuQQoXtnWo4v68\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/yL2CuQQoXtnWo4v68\">7795 West Flagler St. #82c<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"> CORAL REEF: 14652 SW 122 Ave. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FLORIDA CITY: 1448 North Krome Ave. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">HIALEAH GARDENS: 11093 NW 138 St. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Z37VJSIWBBGEXN3JLUNTH6BRWY.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"1000\"\/>Good News <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">For more information about the tax collector\u2019s efforts, <a href=\"https:\/\/mdctaxcollector.gov\/blog\/miami-dade-county-tax-collector-dariel-fernandez-joins-relief-efforts-for-earthquake-victims-in-venezuela\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/mdctaxcollector.gov\/blog\/miami-dade-county-tax-collector-dariel-fernandez-joins-relief-efforts-for-earthquake-victims-in-venezuela\">visit this page<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Related story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/06\/26\/how-to-help-south-florida-donation-drop-off-locations-to-help-venezuelans-after-earthquakes\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/06\/26\/how-to-help-south-florida-donation-drop-off-locations-to-help-venezuelans-after-earthquakes\/\">South Florida donation drop-off locations to help Venezuelans after earthquakes<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">More ways to help <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Related report: <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Andrea Torres\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/83a8effa-fc87-4940-96.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Andrea Torres<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0June 26, 2026 at 10:37 AM Updated:\u00a0June 26, 2026 at 10:57 AM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpandA man walks past a building&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-320694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}