COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 9, 2010) –When most people think of Trinidad, located at the southern end of the Caribbean chain of islands, images of people draped in exotic colored costumes parading down the street to pulsating rhythms often comes to mind. Trinidad is also a country peppered with mountains and tranquil beaches. But like […]
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Food For The Poor’s Christmas Catalog Offers Gifts of Love For Those Who Have Everything and Those Who Have Nothing
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 8, 2010) –In today’s current economy, the South Florida-based humanitarian organization Food For The Poor offers unique gift ideas that will continue to provide comfort and joy long after Christmas has passed. Food For The Poor’s gift catalog is filled with opportunities to change lives in this season of love and […]
From Louisiana, With Love: Child Sends Shoes to Girl in Honduras
(l-r) Taylor, Dustin, Gwen and Bailey Guillotte COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 8, 2010) – When little Bailey Guillotte heard a Food For The Poor speaker talk about barefoot girls climbing rocky Honduran hillsides to fetch water for their families, the solution seemed simple to her. Bailey, 4, handed her pair of black patent shoes to […]
Food For The Poor’s Boca Raton Gala to Build ‘Dreams Across the Sea”
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 7, 2010) –South Florida residents are invited to attend Food For The Poor’s Boca Raton Gala Dreams Across the Sea at the Boca West Country Club on Saturday, Feb. 5. Proceeds will be used to meet the dire housing needs of developing countries in the Caribbean and Latin America. Rene Mahfood […]
Charity Spends Tens of Millions in Relief for Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 06, 2010) –Since the Jan. 12 earthquake left Haiti in dire straits, there have been many reports of what’s not being done to meet the country’s needs. News about the Caribbean nation slowed to a crawl soon after the quake and resurfaced only when the cholera outbreak and Hurricane Tomas threatened […]
Former WNBA Star Awarded for Making a Slam Dunk for Education
Simone Edwards on the court COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 3, 2010) For nearly a decade, Simone Edwards dominated the sport of women’s basketball, where she was known by many as the ‘Jamaican Hurricane’ and finished as the team’s all-time leader in rebounds. When Edwards played in the WNBA for the Seattle Storm, she captured the […]
WLRN Campaign Helps Haiti’s Children
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 2, 2010) –For the second time this year, Friends of WLRN has reached out to Food For The Poor by hosting a distinctive fundraising drive that will benefit the nonprofit organization. When radio listeners support WLRN through the station’s fund drive, Friends of WLRN will in turn donate a portion of […]
Palm Beach Philanthropists Prepare for Food For The Poor’s Fine Wines & Hidden Treasure’s gala
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 1, 2010) –Food For The Poor’s eighth annual Palm Beach gala, Fine Wines & Hidden Treasures will be held Sunday, January 30, 2011, at The Breakers, Palm Beach. The annual event is chaired by distinguished Palm Beach philanthropists Robert G. and Arlette Gordon (Grand Honorary Chairpersons), and Elizabeth Bowden (Gala Chairwoman). […]
Taiwan Official Visits Food For The Poor
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Nov. 29, 2010) –The new Director General of the Taipei Economic Cultural Office in Miami visited the Food For The Poor headquarters on Nov. 24 to offer support of the work that the organization is doing for the poor, especially in Haiti. Director General Ray Mou and Food For The Poor President/CEO […]
We Did It! Boca Grande Builds a Village in Haiti
The project under construction COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Nov. 22, 2010) –The Boca Grande Friendship Village Committee set an aggressive goal of building an entire village in Haiti, and it couldn’t have come at a better time for the struggling country. More than 200 mothers, fathers and children have moved into 40 two-room homes in the […]