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BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — A Boynton Beach nonprofit is stepping up to help those devastated by Hurricane Melissa, traveling all the way to Jamaica to provide medical care and support.

Living Well Community Care , founded by Dr. Joan Williamson, is a faith-based organization dedicated to serving communities in crisis. Dr. Williamson, a local family nurse practitioner who was born and raised in Jamaica, said her own experiences living through destructive hurricanes in the 1980s inspired her to create the non-profit.

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“When you have experienced poverty of your own, and now you see others going through the same thing, you put yourself in their position,” said Dr. Williamson. “And for

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