COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 31, 2012) — Palm Beach philanthropists Arlette Gordon (Honorary Chairwoman) and Elizabeth Bowden (Honorary Chairwoman) joined Paul Marino (Event Chairman) on stage at Food For The Poor’s ninth-annual Fine Wines & Hidden Treasures gala Sunday night to honor Arlette’s late husband, Robert G. Gordon, one of Palm Beach’s finest treasures. Proceeds […]
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Emilio Bonifacio Will Celebrate Youth Day in the D.R.
Bonifacio meets with orphans during a trip to the D.R. in December. COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 30, 2012) — Miami Marlins baseball star Emilio Bonifacio will travel to Puerto Plata on Jan. 31 to distribute baseball equipment and uniforms with Food For The Poor, the largest international relief and development organization in the United States. […]
Palm Beach County Students Organize a Benefit Concert for Nicaragua
WHAT: Students For The Poor Benefit Concert PROCEEDS: To build a Food For The Poor school in Chinandega, Nicaragua. WHERE: Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432 WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 11, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 25, 2012) — Embarking on a new way to involve South […]
Grammy Award-winning Reggae Star, Shaggy, Shines Light on Haiti’s Housing Needs
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 20, 2012) – The 2012 Grammy nominee and award-winning reggae artist, Shaggy, has partnered with the South Florida based-nonprofit Food For The Poor to help build homes in Haiti. Shaggy is scheduled to perform at Food For The Poor’s annual Building Hope Gala on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 at The Polo […]
School Campaign Celebrates Jamaica’s Golden Anniversary
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 19, 2012) — Jamaica, the Caribbean’s third-largest island, will be celebrating 50 years of independence from British rule on Aug.6, 2012. To mark this golden anniversary, Food For The Poor is launching the “Jamaica 50 Campaign” to build 50 schools in 50 months. The initiative will work like this: In August […]
Thousands of Meals are Heading to Haiti, Thanks to Lynn University
Lynn University and the Orlando-based food packing charity, Feeding Children Everywhere, donated 120 boxes of vacuum-sealed meals to Food For The Poor. COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 13, 2012) — More than 200 students, staff and volunteers packed Green Hall on the campus of Lynn University on the second anniversary of the Haiti earthquake. They were […]
Celebrating Hope Out of Tragedy: The Two-year Anniversary of the Haiti Earthquake
The Journey of Hope Memorial Village is now home to 42 families, many of whom are earthquake survivors from Cite Soleil. COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 11, 2012) — Forty-two families in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, are waking up in new homes, in a new community, and with new hope this morning. The Journey of Hope Memorial Village, […]
American Girl, Welcomed Home in Haiti, Plans to Build More Homes
Rachel Wheeler on NBC Nightly News COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 10, 2012) — In November, 12-year-old Rachel Wheeler and NBC’s Nightly News Chief Medical Editor, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, were welcomed to “Rachel’s Village” in the coastal village of Kay Piti in Leogane, Haiti. Residents of the village greeted Rachel like their favorite daughter – clapping […]
Boca Committee Members Committed to Building Hope in Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 10, 2012) — One way South Floridians can keep Haiti on the radar and continue to help the rebuilding progress is to attend Food For The Poor’s annual Building Hope Gala on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 at The Polo Club of Boca Raton. In November, seven committee members from the Boca […]
Miami Marlins Player Bonifacio Brightens Boys’ Home
Miami Marlins Player Emilio Bonifacio with a resident of the Hogar Escuela Santo Domingo Savio home. COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 27, 2011) — Orphans at the Hogar Escuela Santo Domingo Savio in the Dominican Republic received an early Christmas gift when Miami Marlins player Emilio Bonifacio surprised them on Dec. 14. The 120 boys at […]