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Remembering Bethann

Remembering Bethann

November 22, 2021April 17, 2019 Victoria Green

Tricia Lujambio, Director of our Angels of Hope Child Sponsorship Department, remembers a loving donor, Bethann. Bethann’s voice was a familiar one. She would call a couple times each month with questions about her sponsorship of two girls, Nouphie and Lovely of Haiti. Oftentimes, I knew that Bethann already knew the answer to her question […]


Provide the Gift of Education

Provide the Gift of Education

November 22, 2021August 27, 2019 Victoria Green

It’s easy to provide school supplies for kids in need in Latin America and the Caribbean! Click www.foodforthepoor.org/backtoschool to shop our Amazon Wish List, and you can choose from among several critically-needed items, such as pencils, backpacks and notebooks. We will deliver the supplies to children in need in the countries we serve. Kaleda Crandon, […]


A Mother’s Legacy Honored Through Education

A Mother’s Legacy Honored Through Education

November 22, 2021February 3, 2016 Amber Noe

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 […]


Givers Get Something, Too!

Givers Get Something, Too!

November 22, 2021November 25, 2019 Victoria Green

Six-year-old Junior couldn’t have been more thrilled to open a backpack stuffed with folders, notebooks, pencils, Crayola markers and highlighters that came to him and 28 other boys at an Angels Of Hope children’s home in Guyana from more than 2,000 miles away. This past year, employees at Bankers Healthcare Group filled 400 backpacks with […]


Sisters Reunited

Sisters Reunited

November 22, 2021May 17, 2016 Victoria Green

Before they were reunited at an Angels Of Hope orphanage in Guyana, Devine and her sisters had little hope for the future. The girls were physically abused by their parents and often witnessed them using drugs. Forced to care for themselves, Devine’s 5-year-old sister, Destyne, would rummage through trash bins for food to fill her […]


Help a Child in Need of School Supplies

Help a Child in Need of School Supplies

November 22, 2021July 31, 2020 Jeanne Villena

It’s easy to provide school supplies for kids in need in Latin America and the Caribbean! Click www.foodforthepoor.org/backtoschool to shop our Amazon Wish List, and you can choose from among several critically-needed items, such as pencils, backpacks and notebooks. We will deliver the supplies to children in need in the countries we serve. “School supplies […]


Orlando Mission Traveler Shares Hugs, Toys with Peers in Haiti

Orlando Mission Traveler Shares Hugs, Toys with Peers in Haiti

November 22, 2021September 23, 2016 Victoria Green

By Michael Turnbell They may live worlds apart. But for a day, a simple soccer ball brought together Georgos Jusakos with boys his age at an orphanage in Haiti. Georgos, 13, an 8th grader who lives in Orlando, traveled to Haiti in August with his mother, Luz, and several other donors from the Orlando area […]


Sonali – A Champion for the Poor

Sonali – A Champion for the Poor

November 22, 2021August 20, 2020 Jeanne Villena

Sonali Surve has been a dedicated supporter of Food For The Poor since 2013. Sonali has been collecting food to help families in need for years. Every July, she continues this tradition. Even during the hot days of summer, she relentlessly collects food items despite the challenges it can bring. Sonali has inspired people like […]


Mesi, Haiti

Mesi, Haiti

November 22, 2021July 28, 2017 Victoria Green

By Hannah Griffith, a young parishioner from the Church of the Nativity in Burke, VA, who recently returned from a mission trip to Haiti with Food For The Poor. Often times we think of communication and connection going hand-in-hand, but what happens when communication is limited? Many of us wondered how we would share the […]


Everyday Hero: Rory Mercurio

Everyday Hero: Rory Mercurio

November 22, 2021April 24, 2012 Megan

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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