Food For The Poor’s Hope Fest Invites Community to See Charity Up Close on Saturday
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 1, 2025) – Food For The Poor (FFTP) is welcoming the South Florida community from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday for Hope Fest, an event with building tours, children’s activities, food trucks, and mission-driven fun.
The event will take place at the charity’s Coconut Creek headquarters, 6401 Lyons Road. Admission is free with the donation of a canned good to support children in need.
Hope Fest serves as the kickoff to a week of compassion and community engagement that will culminate on Food For The Poor Day, Wednesday, May 7, when FFTP will rally support to provide more than 400 life-changing pediatric surgeries for children in Honduras.
“Hope Fest is about bringing our community together to laugh, to learn, and to live out what generosity looks like in action,” FFTP President/CEO Ed Raine said.
Guests at Hope Fest will have the opportunity to:
- Collect stamps at activity stations to enter a drawing for a mission trip experience.
- Explore virtual reality booths that transport them into the communities FFTP serves.
- Enjoy behind-the-scenes tours of the charity’s warehouse and headquarters to see the scale and heart behind the work.
Hope Fest sponsors include Aflac, BKS, Virtual Arcadia, Brits Boards, Koffeeology, and El Bodegón Supermarkets.
To register for Hope Fest, go to foodforthepoor.org/hopefest.
This marks the second consecutive year for Food For The Poor Day, officially recognized by the Coconut Creek City Commission for the charity’s significant contributions to the local and international community.
Now in its 43rd year, FFTP has operated from its 120,000-square-foot Coconut Creek headquarters and warehouse since January 15, 2007.
Over the course of its history, FFTP has provided over $18.5 billion in aid, shipped 103,260 tractor-trailer loads of essential supplies, and built nearly 96,000 homes for families in need. The charity also supports 8,469 children living in 88 children’s homes through its Angels Of Hope child sponsorship program across several countries, including Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Colombia, and Peru.
Funds raised for Food For The Poor Day will directly support children like Maria Jose, a fourth-grader in Honduras suffering from an inguinal hernia. Through a collaboration with World Pediatrics and CEPUDO, FFTP plans to provide 445 specialized surgeries across nine hospitals in Honduras.
Visit foodforthepoor.org/sharehope to learn more.
“We know that health fuels dreams,” Raine said. “That’s why we’re inviting people to come celebrate with us, then turn that joy into impact. Because when you help a child heal, you give them more than medical care, you give them their future.”
About Food For The Poor
Food For The Poor, one of the largest international relief and development organizations in the nation, does much more than feed millions of hungry children and families living in poverty primarily in 15 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. This interdenominational Christian ministry provides emergency relief assistance, water, medicine, educational materials, homes, support for vulnerable children, care for the aged, skills training and micro-enterprise development assistance. For more information, please visit foodforthepoor.org.
Michael Turnbell
Communications
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