Associated Press<\/a>. <\/p>\nJodi-Ann Crombie, owner of the Real Real Jamaica restaurant on the North Side, was born and raised in Jamaica. She said she is devastated by the storm\u2019s impact.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m lost,\u201d Crombie said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing that I can think of more than what our folks are going through.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crombie said she has not heard from her parents and grandmother, who live in Jamaica, since Tuesday morning. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe last time I spoke to them about 10 a.m. yesterday (Tuesday) morning. They did advise me that they are locked inside their bathroom,\u201d Crombie said. \u201cI was begging and pleading with them to stay safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crombie described some of the destruction in her hometown.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe schools and the church that we all attended there are completely demolished and destroyed,\u201d Crombie said. \u201cNothing at all is standing.\u201d <\/p>\n
To help with recovery efforts, Crombie and Tashana Taylor Brown created a nonprofit called the Jamaican Renaissance Initiative.<\/p>\n
The nonprofit and Partners for Youth Foundation, based in Florida, have collaborated to begin accepting donations to send directly overseas.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny kind of supplies can help,\u201d Taylor Brown said. \u201cPreferably nonperishable items because we don\u2019t know when the power will return. So, it\u2019s easier if we can get items that will last.\u201d<\/p>\n
Donations can be dropped off at Real Real Jamaica restaurant, located at 6828 San Pedro Ave. <\/p>\n
\u201cDiapers, medications, even if it\u2019s just a band-aid, clothes, food \u2026 We are willing and open to accept because our people back home are going to need everyone on board,\u201d Crombie said.<\/p>\n
The Associated Press contributed to this report. <\/p>\n
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