COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 9, 2025) – As 2025 draws to a close, Food For The Poor (FFTP) is inviting donors to help families move beyond day-to-day survival toward lasting stability with a gift to the charity’s “Countdown to Transformation 3X Match” year-end campaign. For families like Merary’s in Honduras, food security is the first […]
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United for Relief Concert to Support FFTP’s Hurricane Melissa Recovery Efforts in Jamaica
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 8, 2025) – A powerful lineup of reggae legends and rising stars will come together December 13 and 14 for United for Relief, a two-day benefit concert at the Sarasota Fairgrounds to support Food For The Poor’s (FFTP) emergency response and long-term recovery efforts in Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa. The event […]
FFTP Donors Provide More Than 8.5 Million Meals on Giving Tuesday
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (December 5, 2025) – Food For The Poor (FFTP) supporters delivered extraordinary generosity this Giving Tuesday, contributing enough funds to provide more than 8.5 million lifesaving meals for children and families in Latin America and the Caribbean. This year’s Triple Tuesday campaign, made possible through a generous match from Feed My Starving […]
Rafe Cochran Golf Classic Raises Funds to Provide Greater Access to Education, Rebuild Schools Hit by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Nov. 26, 2025) – The Ninth Annual Rafe Cochran Golf Classic, held each year in partnership with Food For The Poor (FFTP), brought 25 foursomes together on Nov. 24 at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., with one purpose – to give children in Jamaica greater access to education. […]
Food For The Poor Marks One Month Since Hurricane Melissa’s Devastating Strike on Jamaica, Delivering One of the Largest Emergency Responses in its History
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Nov. 25, 2025) – Almost one month after Hurricane Melissa carved a path of destruction across Jamaica, Food For The Poor (FFTP) continues to lead one of the most extensive humanitarian responses in the charity’s 43-year history, providing life-saving assistance as the country begins the difficult shift from emergency relief to early […]
FFTP Launches “Triple Tuesday” Campaign for Giving Tuesday, Offering Donors Three Times the Impact
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Nov. 25, 2025) – Food For The Poor (FFTP) is inviting supporters to take part in Giving Tuesday on Tuesday, Dec. 2, when every gift made to the charity will be matched with $3 worth of food to help children and families facing severe hunger and hardship. This year’s Triple Tuesday campaign, […]
Volunteers Pack Thousands of Meals at Join The Pack Jamaica to Help Families Recovering from Hurricane Melissa
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Nov. 24, 2025) – More than 700 volunteers took part in Food For The Poor’s Join The Pack Jamaica at Community Christian Church in Tamarac, packing 124,416 MannaPack meals over two days to support families recovering from Hurricane Melissa, in partnership with Feed My Starving Children (FMSC). The event brought FFTP and […]
Rafe Cochran Golf Classic and FFTP to Support Education and Hurricane Relief in Jamaica
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Nov. 18, 2025) – As Palm Beach County native Rafe Cochran prepares to tee off for the annual golf tournament that bears his name, his focus is squarely on helping the people of Jamaica recover from the impact of Hurricane Melissa through his longstanding partnership with Food For The Poor (FFTP). The […]
FFTP CEO Visits Local Charity to Present Donations in Support of Annual Thanksgiving Meal Distributions
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Nov. 17, 2025) – An annual tradition of Food For The Poor (FFTP) supporting two South Florida charities in their Thanksgiving meal distributions to families in need once again took place in the field on Monday, when FFTP President/CEO Ed Raine made the drive to West Palm Beach, Fla., to present the […]
Join The Pack Jamaica: FFTP Needs Volunteers to Pack 140,000 Meals
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Nov. 14, 2025) – Food For The Poor (FFTP) is calling on the South Florida community to volunteer for Join The Pack Jamaica, a large-scale emergency meal-packing event aimed at helping families devastated by Hurricane Melissa. The charity, in partnership with Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) and Community Christian Church in Tamarac, […]