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A fundraising campaign called Virginia for Jamaica was recently launched by Global Outreach Church, which is located in Virginia Beach near Mount Trashmore.
Organizers are seeking donations and hope to soon coordinate food shipments, as hundreds recover from Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm that killed at least 30 people in Jamaica and Haiti when it barrelled through the island on Oct. 29.
Damaging winds and floods left three-quarters of the residents without homes, food, water, power or phone coverage. Crops are submerged and fields destroyed. According to news reports, health officials issued a crocodile warning, cautioning that flood waters could drive the reptiles into residential areas. There are whole families living on the streets, with infants…