As Broncos guard Max Garcia prepares to face the Oakland Raiders on Sunday, his family and friends in Atlanta will be gathering to accept donations of canned goods and supplies for those devastated by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.
Garcia has family members living in Puerto Rico — an uncle and his wife,
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“It wasn’t really about us trying to locate them. It was them being able to get a phone line and being able to call,
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“Thankfully, after a few days he was able to contact us.”
In a social media message posted Saturday afternoon,
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The category 4 storm ravaged Puerto Rico on Sept. 20 and left more than a dozen dead, with the toll continuing to rise. Only a limited number of hospitals have power or are relying on generators,
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Garcia’s family and friends in Atlanta partnered with a local Puerto Rican restaurant to try to bring some relief to those in need.
“My mom has always been heavily involved in the community, so is my aunt, who owns a Puerto Rican dance company,” Garcia said. “We just felt like we should do something as a family and this is what we saw as a great opportunity. We’re just hoping to get a lot of support and help. A lot of people have been hitting me up already.”
The drive will be held at at 3781 Presidential Parkway in Atlanta from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Necessities including medicine, sheets and towels will be accepted. Trucks are on hand to deliver the goods to a Delta Cargo plane that is scheduled to fly to Puerto Rico on Monday., first-aid kits, water, diapers and baby formula, cots and sleeping bags, pet food
The NFL has also joined the Hurricane Maria relief efforts. During its “Thursday Night Football” broadcast on CBS and NFL Network,
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The New York Giants,
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Garcia has family members living in Puerto Rico — an uncle and his wife,
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“It wasn’t really about us trying to locate them. It was them being able to get a phone line and being able to call, and my uncle is taking care of my grandfather who is in a nursing home. So we didn’t know what was going on there. The nursing home wasn’t able to call us back.,” Garcia said. “It took a few days to hear back from my uncle,
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“Thankfully, after a few days he was able to contact us.”
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In a social media message posted Saturday afternoon, Garcia announced his grandfather died in his sleep.
The category 4 storm ravaged Puerto Rico on Sept. 20 and left more than a dozen dead, with the toll continuing to rise. Only a limited number of hospitals have power or are relying on generators, power could be out for months in some areas, exacerbating the crisis. Fuel is scare, and residents have had a difficult time trying to fly off the island because of damage to the Federal Aviation Administration’s radar.
Garcia’s family and friends in Atlanta partnered with a local Puerto Rican restaurant to try to bring some relief to those in need.
