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How Food For The Poor is Fighting Poverty: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

How Food For The Poor is Fighting Poverty: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 RKD Digital

Over the last month, Food For The Poor has taken great pride in acknowledging National Hispanic Heritage Month with articles about developments in the Hispanic countries where the charity works and with social media posts featuring FFTP team members of Hispanic descent and their passion for service.


National Hispanic Heritage Month: A Time of Reflection and Appreciation

National Hispanic Heritage Month: A Time of Reflection and Appreciation

October 14, 2022October 15, 2022 RKD Digital

Over the last month, Food For The Poor has taken great pride in acknowledging National Hispanic Heritage Month with articles about developments in the Hispanic countries where the charity works and with social media posts featuring FFTP team members of Hispanic descent and their passion for service.


Giving Back: Volunteers Help FFTP, Build Connections, Make Memories

Giving Back: Volunteers Help FFTP, Build Connections, Make Memories

August 18, 2022August 18, 2022 RKD Digital

Food For The Poor’s Volunteer Program continues to grow. Last month, more than 450 volunteers representing South Florida churches, businesses and community-minded individuals helped the charity assemble 116,640 MannaPack meals for families in need in Ukraine. Florida Atlantic University Owls women’s volleyball team was eager to pack meals at FAU Arena, its home gymnasium court. […]


A Servant’s Heart: Indiana Donor Honors Memory of His Mother with Homes in Honduras

A Servant’s Heart: Indiana Donor Honors Memory of His Mother with Homes in Honduras

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 RKD Digital

Longtime donor Tim Thoman was looking for a meaningful way to honor his late mother, Joyce Thoman, who died last year. He found it by stepping in to complete the funding for 20 homes in Villanueva, Honduras, for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Community Commemoration project. All 20 two-bedroom concrete homes were completed earlier this year […]


MannaPack rice meals provided to Ukraine families by Feed My Starving Children

MannaPack rice meals provided to Ukraine families by Feed My Starving Children

April 18, 2022May 9, 2022 RKD Digital

As a Christian ministry, prayer is at the front and center of all that we do. We offered prayer for the people of Ukraine and we invited you to pray with us. But we also have been anxious to explore other options to help. Food For The Poor is working through Feed My Starving Children, […]


A Loving Legacy: FFTP Partner Donates Toys in Memory of Beloved Employee

A Loving Legacy: FFTP Partner Donates Toys in Memory of Beloved Employee

November 22, 2021 RKD Digital

By Michael Turnbell Steve Bryant loved kids. That love and his passion for serving others soon will bless thousands of children in the Caribbean and Latin America. A longtime employee of Gleaning For The World, a Food For The Poor partner, Steve was especially fond of the organization’s Teddy Bear Brigade that collects stuffed animals […]


Hungry Eyes Team Packs Meals with a Heart for Haiti

Hungry Eyes Team Packs Meals with a Heart for Haiti

November 22, 2021July 14, 2016 Victoria Green

Food For The Poor donor and Join The Pack team captain Julie Steere shares her experience of our recent meal packing event. Nearly 300 starving children in Haiti will receive food every day for a year from Food For The Poor, thanks to volunteers who packed 101,088 lifesaving meals during the charity’s first Join The […]


Partnerships

Partnerships

November 22, 2021April 29, 2013 Robby

Partnerships are an absolute key ingredient in making the work of Food For The Poor efficient and effective.


Young Adults Travel to Haiti to Continue their Parish’s Mission

Young Adults Travel to Haiti to Continue their Parish’s Mission

November 22, 2021July 18, 2016 Victoria Green

Today, Brooke Engelbrekssten and 10 other students are leaving for a five-day mission trip to Haiti. Brooke’s group is part of a new college ministry program at the Church of the Nativity in Burke, Virginia. Having an 18-year relationship with Food For The Poor, Nativity has special ties to giving to the poor, especially to […]


Building hope in Jamaica

Building hope in Jamaica

November 22, 2021May 17, 2013 Robby

Since 2001,  Craig Ruppert and Chris Davitt — along with a tremendous amount of faithful family and friends — have partnered with Food For The Poor to build four schools, 165 housing units, and a home for the elderly. They’ve also made possible a sustainable fishing village project and two clean water initiatives. A couple months […]


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