COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 26, 2010) – Students and faculty from St. Joseph Academy Catholic High School in Jacksonville, Fla., traveled to Jamaica last month on a house building trip with the international relief and development organization Food For The Poor. “Our mission is not for the people overseas—our mission is for the people in […]
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Royal Unibrew Donates Container of Vitamalt to Haiti
The makers of Vitamalt®, serving the nutritional needs and providing refreshment throughout the Caribbean for nearly 50 years, donated a full shipping container of Vitamalt alcohol-free malt beverage as earthquake relief to the people of Haiti. Once the earthquake hit, René Vestergaard, Commercial Director for Royal Unibrew Caribbean Ltd., reached out immediately to the Haitian […]
Broward Health Professionals Travel to Jamaica to Educate on Palliative Care
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 19, 2010) – Medical professionals from Broward Health System will travel to Jamaica in April to participate in an educational seminar on palliative and curative aspects of cancer care for doctors and nurses at the Hope Institute, a small oncology hospital in Kingston. Food For The Poor, an international relief and […]
Food For The Poor Focused on Aid, Efficiency
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 19, 2010) – The nation’s largest international relief and development agency continued to provide more than $1 billion in aid to the poor in the Caribbean and Latin America in 2009. “We are grateful to our donors for their generosity and for understanding that the needs of the poor do not […]
Hormel Foods Donates Critical Food To Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 13 , 2010) – Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL) will donate high-protein products to Food For The Poor to help meet the critical needs of those left hungry and sick after the January earthquake in Haiti. Those who survived the earthquake now face the prospect of living with scarce food resources, […]
Three Months After Haiti Earthquake: Rebuilding
Building schools The Haitian government and aid groups estimate that more than 95 percent of the schools in Port-au-Prince were destroyed by the Jan. 12 earthquake. With that knowledge and a list from the government that says at least 600 schools are urgently needed, Food For The Poor has made building schools a priority. The […]
Race to the Rainy Season in Haiti — Students For The Poor live on campus for a week as a tribute to the poor
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 12, 2010) – Today members of Lynn University’s Students For The Poor braved the rain as they prepared to sleep outside on campus this week to call attention to the deplorable living conditions of the destitute. With the start of the rainy season in Haiti compounded by hundreds of thousands left […]
Committee Races to Raise Final Quarter for Quake-torn Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 9, 2010) – The poorest of the poor are not invisible to those living on Boca Grande. It is obvious that residents of the island, known for its great fishing and old-Florida charm, have heard the cries from the people in Haiti. Now, the Boca Grande Friendship Village Committee is striving […]
Miami-Dade Employees Give Up Vacation Time for Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 9, 2010) – Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez and the County Commissioners made a special presentation on Tuesday to Food For The Poor of the funds raised by employees through the donation of vacation and holiday time. In addition to internal fundraising, county employees donated more than 2,600 hours to help […]
Two of the Largest Team Up for Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 31, 2010) – When Pat Tracy challenged his employees to raise money to help Food For The Poor rebuild Haiti after the devastating earthquake rattled the country in January, employees at Dot Foods in Illinois generously opened their wallets for the cause. Tracy, who is chairman of the largest food redistributor […]