HURRICANE MICHAEL Storm Impact and Relief Efforts

Takeaways • TCC sustained significant damage to trees and minor damage to roofs at main campus, the Center for Innovation and the Florida Public Safety Institute. • We are now focused on providing assistance to those still affected – students, faculty and staff, as well as Chipola College and Gulf Coast State College.

Relief Efforts and Resources Students Faculty & Staff Neighboring Additional Assistance • #EagleRelief Service • Human Resources Community Colleges Provided Learning Project Providing authorization to • Florida College System • Florida Public Safety Institute A student-led drive in increase OPS hours limit and TCC has extended an is serving as a staging site partnership with the TCC flexibility on personal and open offer of assistance for multiple state agencies. Foundation to benefit those administrative leave. to Gulf Coast State College • The Lifetime Sports Complex communities hit hard by the • Personal Assistance and Chipola College in was set up as a host shelter storm. Any faculty or staff member coordination with FCS for the Red Cross. Chancellor Madeline • Eagle’s Nest Food Pantry still affected by the storm • Warehouse space has been Pumeriega. Providing non-perishable can contact the President’s made available for the food and toiletries to all Office to get help. • Food Shipment Florida Coalition for Children current students. • Employee Assistance Florida Public Safety Institute to provide relief to hundreds • Student Services Program (EAP) staff have partnered with of foster youth and their Assisting students with Employees and their foodservice distributors to families who have been counseling, discounted dependents also have provide nonperishable food impacted by the storm. items. bus passes, food stamp access to the EAP through • TCC is serving as a replacement, victim our provider Florida • Institutional Fundraising distribution point for advocacy, and referrals for State University for free, The TCC Foundation has donations from Florida campus and community confidential and convenient set up a fund to accept College System institutions. resources. services. donations on behalf of Gulf • AFC Hurricane Relief Fund Coast and Chipola while their The Association of Florida systems are down. Colleges are providing • Florida Developmental financial support up to $500 Education Association to AFC members. A fundraiser has been set up by Dean Sharisse Turner on behalf of the FDEA

Office of the President, Jim Murdaugh, Ph.D. tcc.fl.edu