American actress and pop sensation, Jennifer Lopez has offered to raise $1 million for Puerto Rico as she helped launch an aid by New York state to support the hurricane-battered US island on Sunday.
Lopez, born in New York City to Puerto Rican parents, said she was donating the money to assorted charities and would work with fellow Latin stars to do more after Hurricane Maria killed at least 33 people in Puerto Rico and Dominica just after the devastation of mega-storm Irma. “This was the strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in nearly 20 years and the damage is horrible,” Lopez told a news conference with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
“We urgently need to dedicate attention and support to Puerto Rico and the Caribbean through donations and any help,” she said in Spanish. Lopez, who is dating baseball legend Alex Rodriguez, said the couple were working with athletes to arrange two aircraft to deliver supplies. New York-based airline JetBlue also promised $1 million in-kind by transporting people and cargo for relief efforts.
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