Help ACE Bring Hope to Jamaica After Hurricane Melissa
Support immediate relief for Jamaica's families in crisis following the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa. Donate NowA record-breaking Category 5 hurricane has torn through Jamaica, leaving massive damage in its wake—trees and structures down, widespread flooding, and countless families in need. Our team at American-Caribbean Experience (ACE) is on the ground, actively supporting those most affected and beginning the long process of rebuilding lives and communities.
Your Donation Provides:
- Relief Supplies
- Food
- Clean Water
- Shelter
- Hope
to those who need it most in northern Jamaica. Thank you for choosing to be the hands and feet of Jesus Christ in a time of crisis by partnering with American-Caribbean Experience, dedicated to serving the people and nation of Jamaica for over 35 years.
ACE is a 501c3 non-profit organization, and all donations are 100% tax-deductible. Annual giving statements are mailed out at the end of the year.
WE ARE a Christ-based outreach ministry dedicated to community transformation in the parish of St.Mary, Jamaica through strategic initiatives in education, enterprise, healthcare, and discipleship.
HOW DO WE DO IT? ACE enables volunteers to join in its outreach through a variety of hands-on experiences. Individuals and groups from all over the world come to volunteer their talents and know-how, which helps provide self-sustaining solutions to local problems, and in turn, empowers the people of St. Mary, Jamaica.
WHAT IS OUR IMPACT? With more than 30 years experience working in Jamaica and a deep understanding and passion for the country, ACE serves as a model for successful community outreach. Additionally, while making a direct impact during their time in Jamaica, volunteers often return home with a new understanding and passion for service which results in continued ministry to those in need throughout the globe.
Marla Fitzwater, Founder and Executive Director of ACE, arrived on the island in 1988 coordinating short-term mission teams to work in Jamaica. Her work began to form what is now ACE.
During the early years, Marla quickly observed that those receiving the primary benefit from volunteer efforts were actually the people and organizations who were serving. These visitors were touched by the experience and inspired to continue serving others upon returning home. Ironically, the local community had not experienced any long lasting change. Despite the projects and improvements, the community inevitably returned to a poverty state physically, mentally and most of all, spiritually. She also learned that poor healthcare and lack of education was a reality and that without improvements in those two basic areas, people just wouldn’t have a chance to grow and flourish the way God intended.
Through these tough lessons, the strategy for ACE’s outreach was born. To this day, our ministry focuses in four main areas of Impact: education, healthcare, enterprise, and discipleship.
About the Scriptures
We believe the entire Bible is the inspired Word of God and that men were moved by the Spirit of God to write the very words of Scripture. Therefore, we believe the Bible is without error.
About God
We believe in one God who exists in three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe that Jesus Christ is the second member of the Trinity and (the Son of God) who became flesh to reveal God to humanity and to become the Savior of the lost world.
About Humanity
We believe that all people were created in the image of God to have fellowship with him but became alienated in that relationship through sinful disobedience. As a result, people are incapable of regaining a right relationship with God through their own efforts.
About Salvation
We believe that the blood of Jesus Christ, shed on the cross, provides the sole basis for the forgiveness of sin. Therefore, God freely offers salvation to those who place their faith in the death and resurrection of Christ as sufficient payment for their sin.
About the Christian Life
We believe all Christians should live for Christ and not for themselves. By obedience to the Word of God and daily yielding to the Spirit of God, every believer should mature and be conformed to the image of Christ.
About the Church
We believe that the church is the body of Christ, of which Jesus Christ is the head. The members of the church are those who have trusted by faith the finished work of Christ. The purpose of the church is to glorify God by loving him and by making him known to the lost world.
Donate to ACE’s Hurricane Relief Efforts
The preferred method for donations is Zelle. Zelle allows you to safely and easily transfer money through your trusted banking app or the Zelle app, incurs no transaction fees, and is almost instantaneous.
To make your donation via Zelle, please:
• Access Zelle via your bank or the Zelle app.
• Use accounting@acexperience.org as the recipient email address.
• Enter the amount you want to donate/send, and the money will go directly into ACE’s bank account, typically in minutes.
• In the comment section, you can note how you’d like your payment allocated (i.e., hurricane relief).
- IMPORTANT: please email your contact information to office@acexperience.org so that we can mail your tax deduction statement!
If you do not have access to Zelle, you can donate using the form below.
Please note that ACE is charged a 4% fee for all credit/debit card donations. If you wish to ensure that a specific amount go toward the program or sponsorship you have chosen, please factor in this fee or send your donation via mail. Thank you for your support!