COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 29, 2025) – Nearly five years ago, a baby was born on New Year’s Eve in Guatemala with little chance of reaching her first birthday. Baby Marcela, affectionately known as “Marcelita,” had a rare, life-threatening heart condition requiring surgery that was unavailable in Guatemala and beyond her family’s financial reach. That […]
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FFTP Brings Christmas Freedom to Nonviolent Prisoners Through Prison Ministry Program
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 23, 2025) – As Christians around the world celebrate the birth of Christ and the promise of redemption, Food For The Poor (FFTP) is helping extend that promise in a tangible way this Christmas by restoring freedom to seven nonviolent offenders through its longstanding Prison Ministry Program. For more than two […]
Food For The Poor Earns Four-Star Rating From Charity Navigator
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 19, 2025) – Food For The Poor (FFTP) has earned a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator, the highest possible rating from the nation’s top evaluator of nonprofit organizations. This rating designates Food For The Poor as an official “Give with Confidence” charity, indicating that our organization is using its donations effectively based […]
Food For The Poor Launches Year-End “Countdown to Transformation – 3X Match” to Provide Food for Families In Need
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 […]
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 […]