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Mission Trip to Haiti: Gathered Up by Their Love and Joy

Mission Trip to Haiti: Gathered Up by Their Love and Joy

November 22, 2021May 10, 2023 FFTP

Fr. Tony Palazzolo, a Food For The Poor Speaker, recently returned from leading a Mission trip to Haiti, and he shared his reflections on the experience. This was one of the most memorable Mission experiences for me personally. Why? Because of the dramatic change/improvement we experienced in [the village of] La Fosse from the previous […]

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

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

November 22, 2021May 10, 2023 FFTP

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 […]

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Hope in Haiti

Hope in Haiti

November 22, 2021May 10, 2023 FFTP

By Michael Turnbell   In Haiti, little things make a huge impact. The joy of a child seeing his or herself in a picture for the first time. A new soccer ball. A piece of candy. New shoes or a beautiful handmade dress with a matching doll. Most of the time, just the gift of […]

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A Letter to Guatemala

A Letter to Guatemala

November 22, 2021May 10, 2023 FFTP

Last month, Sarah Stachak traveled with us on a “Journey of Hope” to Guatemala. Her trip inspired her to write this heartfelt letter. Dear Guatemala, Gracias por abrir mis ojos a su cultura, gente hermosa y recordándome cuáles son las verdaderas prioridades: survival, family and faith. The day our mission team flew to Guatemala, the […]

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My Journey to Guyana, Land of Many Waters

My Journey to Guyana, Land of Many Waters

November 22, 2021May 10, 2023 FFTP

Leann Chong, our Director of Missions & Travel, is excited to lead our first group mission trip to Guyana from March 6-11, 2017. On my first trip to Guyana, the “Land of Many Waters,” I followed the advice I give to all mission trip participants: travel without any expectations, but go with an open heart […]

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A New Kind of Retirement

A New Kind of Retirement

November 22, 2021May 10, 2023 FFTP

A trip to Jamaica with loving donors and retirees inspires Food For The Poor’s Director of Public Relations, Kathy Skipper. What does retirement look like to you? Is it a permanent vacation, a part-time job, volunteer work? I’m 60 now and I think a lot about how retirement might shape up for my husband and […]

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“You can’t stop yourself from smiling back!”

“You can’t stop yourself from smiling back!”

November 22, 2021May 10, 2023 FFTP

Anitra Parmele, an on-air fundraiser in Food for the Poor’s Media Department, has seen how two donors’ creativity and generosity touches the children Food For The Poor serves. From adults to toddlers, the brightly colored dolls with the engaging grins invariably elicit a consistent response. Like so many, Alice Marino, Director of Media Marketing, was […]

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Haiti Diary: After the earthquake

November 22, 2021May 10, 2023 FFTP

THE BEGINNING About two hours before the “sinister” hit Haiti, I was on my way to the Miami Airport to take a flight to the Dominican Republic (DR) to meet with the country’s president. On my way there, I received a call advising that he would not be able to meet with me. I decided […]

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Guatemala — After the floods

November 22, 2021May 10, 2023 FFTP

In early June 2010, after severe flooding occurred in Guatemala, a small team from Food For The Poor (FFP) – including Alice Marino, Director of Marketing, and Mark Khouri, Director of Goods In Kind – traveled with me there to meet with our partners, Caritas Arquediocesana. The purpose of our trip was to visit some […]

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Tales from Haiti: A boy and his stubborn goat

Tales from Haiti: A boy and his stubborn goat

November 22, 2021March 21, 2023 FFTP

Q. Who will win this tug-of-war: the boy or the goat?   I spotted this boy yanking — one by one — his families’ two goats from the village’s pen to his home. The goats were gifts from Hope For Haitians, a charitable group that has built six villages in Cap-Haitien, Haiti. For families like […]

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