Our response
What we did, storm by storm
These pages are a permanent record of our disaster response: what happened, what we did, who we reached, and what we learned.
October 2026 · active
Hurricane Isaias
Forecast for the northern Gulf Coast. What we can do from Tampa, and what we can’t.
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September 2024
Hurricane Helene
The storm that changed the direction of this organization and led us into disaster response.
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October 2024
Hurricane Milton
Thirteen days after Helene. Emergency lodging for more than 20 people, free phone plans, and dozens of roof and property surveys across Tampa Bay.
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2025 · concluded
Hurricane Melissa
Lanterns for Jamaica extended our disaster-relief work beyond Florida through supply drives and verified partners. The campaign has since concluded.
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The record
The totals so far
50+
individuals and families assisted
Helene and Milton, 2024
20+
placed in emergency lodging
in the days before Milton made landfall
$0
operating budget that year
delivered entirely through partnerships
20,000+
neighbors who came to the light show
raising ~$50,000 for local charities
Why
Why these pages exist
A lot of the work small nonprofits do ends up documented only on social media, where old updates can be difficult to find later.
We want families, partners, donors, and grantmakers to be able to see what happened and what FLP actually did. So each major response gets a permanent page here.