{"id":325115,"date":"2026-06-30T20:39:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/325115\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T20:39:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:39:21","slug":"donations-pour-in-at-south-florida-mission-center-to-help-venezuela-earthquake-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/325115\/","title":{"rendered":"Donations pour in at South Florida mission center to help Venezuela earthquake victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">DORAL, Fla.  \u2014 People from across the United States are coming together in South Florida to send help to Venezuela, with donations pouring into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalempowermentmission.org\/mission\/venezuela-earthquakes\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.globalempowermentmission.org\/mission\/venezuela-earthquakes\/\">Global Empowerment Mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/06\/30\/llegan-numerosas-donaciones-al-centro-misionero-del-sur-de-florida-para-ayudar-a-las-victimas-del-terremoto-de-venezuela\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/06\/30\/llegan-numerosas-donaciones-al-centro-misionero-del-sur-de-florida-para-ayudar-a-las-victimas-del-terremoto-de-venezuela\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Back-to-back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/topic\/Venezuela\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/topic\/Venezuela\/\">earthquakes in Venezuela<\/a> have killed nearly 1,500 people and left thousands injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Cars lined up early Tuesday as people dropped off supplies, with some traveling hundreds of miles to contribute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Justo Piaero drove from Raleigh, North Carolina, making the two-day trip to be the first person in line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As a Venezuelan, Piaero said seeing videos from his home country has been devastating, and he wanted to find a way to help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a trip that I never like to do, but it\u2019s something we have to do. We have to help the people in need, and this is total disaster in my country,\u201d Piaero said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The effort in Doral brought together volunteers and donors who said they were moved to help in any way they could.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Rosalina Castro, a volunteer, said she felt she needed to do something after seeing the suffering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m heartbroken still I felt the need to come out and do something at least something so small is coming to move pallets and water,\u201d Castro said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Volunteers spent hours moving boxes and supplies through the South Florida heat, saying the work was powered by a desire to support people in need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">For donor Cristy Paulick, seeing the community come together was emotional.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s heartbreaking, it breaks my heart, but I\u2019m happy to see everybody coming together to do this it\u2019s heartfelt and heartwarming as well,\u201d Paulick said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Organizers said the donations represent more than just supplies \u2014 they represent hope for people affected by the crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><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\/\\\">Click here<\/a> for more information on multiple drop-off locations across South Florida collecting goods and supplies for victims.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DORAL, Fla. \u2014 People from across the United States are coming together in South Florida to send help&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-325115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325115","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=325115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}