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Leaving a Legacy of Love: FFTP Webinar Helps Donors Create Sound Estate Plans

Leaving a Legacy of Love: FFTP Webinar Helps Donors Create Sound Estate Plans

April 18, 2023April 19, 2023 FFTP

Creating an estate plan that clearly states your wishes for distributing your assets and your final arrangements is one of the most meaningful gifts you can give to your family and loved ones. This last gesture, which doesn’t always require an estate planning attorney, frees those you hold dear of the burden of trying to […]

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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, 2022March 21, 2023 FFTP

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.

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National Hispanic Heritage Month: A Time of Reflection and Appreciation

National Hispanic Heritage Month: A Time of Reflection and Appreciation

October 14, 2022May 9, 2023 FFTP

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.

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

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

August 18, 2022May 10, 2023 FFTP

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. […]

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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, 2022March 21, 2023 FFTP

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 […]

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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, 2022March 21, 2023 FFTP

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, […]

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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, 2021March 21, 2023 FFTP

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 […]

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A Mother’s Legacy Honored Through Education

A Mother’s Legacy Honored Through Education

November 22, 2021May 10, 2023 FFTP

By Amber Noe Nearly all the opportunities life has presented me are thanks, in large part, to the blessings of receiving a solid education. Yet, for so many, those opportunities are left unrealized; unfulfilled. Alas, how can a child have hope of putting pencil to paper, if he doesn’t know when he’ll be putting food […]

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Everyday Hero: Rory Mercurio

Everyday Hero: Rory Mercurio

November 22, 2021May 10, 2023 FFTP

Rory Mercurio considers himself blessed to earn a living driving a van for a large hotel to New York City’s LaGuardia Airport. So much so, that he decided he would donate a portion of his tip money to help the less fortunate, rather than use it for himself. “My main motivation… was my realization as […]

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Take a Mission Trip: Step into God’s Comfort Zone!

Take a Mission Trip: Step into God’s Comfort Zone!

November 22, 2021June 10, 2014 FFTP

“Leann Chong is Food For The Poor’s Missions & Travel Director. She does an awesome job of leading teams and connecting FFP supporters to the real people and places they are serving. Please enjoy this short reflection she wrote about the impact you can make through the gift of presence.” The motto of Food For […]

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