Organizations from the metro are doing what they can to help those affected by Hurricane Ian. Heart to Heart International already has a team in Florida. They left Tuesday, and another team will be hitting the road Thursday morning.The organization will send 10,0000 hygiene kits to Florida. Teams at Heart to Heart spent part of the day packing them into a mobile medical unit that will leave Thursday."Basic hygiene items in a disaster are really, really important When you are needing to run away from a hurricane to get someplace safe, you might not always remember to grab all your toiletries," said Dan Neal, vice president of operations for Heart to Heart International.Besides packing those kits, they also packed backpacks full of essentials for teams heading to the disaster zone.Disaster response manager Emily Schmidt just returned from Puerto Rico this week, where she helped with the response to Hurricane Fiona.She said it's important to be prepared for anything before teams go."We don't know how the storm is going to hit or where we are going to be sleeping. So, it's better to have everything on hand," Schmidt said.There are also medical teams and more assets on standby that will deploy if there's a need. For Heart to Heart, sometimes just showing up and helping is as important as the supplies they bring."It's really easy in a disaster to feel forgotten, so having an organization from Kansas City that in and of itself says, 'Hey, you're not forgotten,'" Schmidt said.Besides Heart to Heart, other organizations are also helping. The Community Blood Center was able to send some blood products to Florida. Due to an ongoing severe shortage in Kansas City, it could only provide 10% of what blood centers in Florida requested.