Supporting the Long-Term Recovery of Greater Pine Island
Following Hurricane Ian, the greater Pine Island community on Florida’s Southwest Coast was devastated. Since that time, our Pine Island community has been hit with multiple natural disasters including Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton.
After Hurricane Ian, to improve coordination, reach, effectiveness and efficiencies of the many local and national nonprofit groups, we created the Greater Pine Island Alliance (GPIA). Our organization serves as a coordinating entity and to maximize the return on recovery investment, align with preferred nonprofit practices, and improve organizational effectiveness.
The GPIA is focused on helping the residents of Matlacha Isles, Matlacha, Pine Island Center, St. James City, Pineland and Bokeelia rebuild their homes and their lives.
Since its inception, the Greater Pine Island Alliance has been busy assisting survivors in our community. After each disaster, the GPIA helped coordinate and execute response efforts and is now currently helping many of our friends and neighbors who are still in the process of rebuilding and repairing their homes, as well as navigating their recovery process.
In 2024 alone, we had a total of 6,240 volunteer hours donated to our community and in 2025 we have already surpassed that number. We have completed 96 cases since Helene and Milton, we still have 111 active cases, and we continue to receive help requests each week.
Pine Island Nonprofit Seeks Skilled Laborers – Follow the link to the full Fox4 Report
The Greater Pine Island Alliance is in need of skilled laborers to volunteer to work alongside and teach unskilled laborers. "It is a skill, and it is an art form to put someone's home back [...]
Secretary of Commerce Meeting
Meeting with Florida Secretary of Commerce The Greater Pine Island Alliance (GPIA) arranged for members of the local business community to meet with Florida Secretary of Commerce J. Alex Kelly to discuss business [...]
June 2024 Meeting Minutes
Minutes | GPIA Monthly Meeting | 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2024 | Pine Island Community Church Call to Order Aaron Barreda, Co-Chair Survivor Testimonial Robert Mann & Jodi Dahl shared their story [...]
