When the skies clear above Jamaica and other Caribbean countries in Hurricane Melissa’s path, the recovery process will begin, and South Florida support will be heading toward the storm-struck islands.

7News cameras captured volunteers assembling cardboard boxes at the Global Empowerment Mission warehouse, located on Northwest 84th Avenue in Doral, Tuesday morning. The nonprofit has been hard at work for days getting resources together.

GEM hosted a news conference while they round up critical supplies to send off to Jamaica.

“As ourselves being the first ones there, [we’re] trying to make sure that we are there to help people who are going through a tough time,” said Billy Richardson, GEM’s Director of U.S. Warehouses.

Among those who attended the news conference was Miami-Dade Mayor

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