If you have been spared the wrath of Hurricane Ian, there are lots of opportunities to give your time or make donations to help others.
Metropolitan Ministries: "Chef José Andrés and his World Central Kitchen team aim to prepare 15,000 hot meals and 10,000 cold meals every day as needed using the Metropolitan Ministries commercial kitchen as their main distribution hub. They will also support local hunger relief programs while they are here. The organization’s main hub at 165 E Frances Ave. in Tampa has food boxes, bottled water and power for phone charging. To help, sign up to volunteer at metromin.org. You can also go there to find out how to donate nonperishable food items, bottled water or to donate to the Hurricane Relief Fund.'