(Coconut Creek, FL – June 15, 2009) – Food For The Poor, the largest international charity in the United States, is commemorating nearly two decades of service to the poor in Guyana. Food For The Poor began working in Guyana on June 3, 1991, delivering food and other basic items to Guyana’s poor. Since then, […]
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Food For The Poor delivers life vests to fishermen
(Coconut Creek, FL – June 11, 2009) – In an effort to help reduce the number of fishermen lost to the sea, Food For The Poor is distributing hundreds of life vests to boat captains and their crews throughout Jamaica. The Florida-based nonprofit Food For The Poor recently sent 1,850 of the life-saving flotation devices […]
Jamaican farmers donate part of bean crop to Food For The Poor
(Coconut Creek, FL – June 9, 2009) – Bean fields and bean stalks have graced both great literature and children’s fables, and now a simple red bean plays a starring role in a miracle story in Jamaica. The story features small bean seeds, a gift to grateful farmers who planted them in rich soil and […]
Food For The Poor’s Operation Starfish Program
(COCONUT CREEK, Fla. June 2, 2009) – Eleven years ago at Church of the Nativity in Burke, Va., Father Richard Martin asked his parishioners to help build houses for Haiti’s destitute by saving 50 cents a day per family during Lent. The initial 2,500 families responded enthusiastically to Fr. Martin’s idea and surpassed their fundraising […]
A man’s legacy unites a community – Father Chuck’s Challenge
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 26, 2009) – Twenty-seven members of the greater Philadelphia community traveled this month to Nicaragua with Monsignor Francis X. Schmidt and Food For The Poor to dedicate two self-sustaining villages in La Rica, Nicaragua. When Frances’ Village and Father Michael McGivney’s Village are complete there will be 200 homes, latrines, a […]
Another deadly crossing calls attention to Haitis plight
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 14, 2009) —A capsized boat, an urgent Coast Guard response and bodies gently transported to a temporary morgue set up on a South Florida beach on Wednesday were more reminders of the increasingly desperate situation in Haiti. “Our hearts go out to the Haitian community in South Florida, and to the […]
Change a life this Mother’s Day on any budget
Coconut Creek, Fla. (May 5, 2009) —On Mother’s Day, we all want to be able to give Mom something that she will cherish – something that will touch her heart. This year, delight Mom with a thoughtful gift given to the poor in her honor. Give her 100 chicks to help prevent the devastating effects […]
Time running out for Haiti’s poor
Coconut Creek, FL (May 5, 2009) —A new crisis is looming in Haiti, where four devastating storms tore through the tiny island nation in the span of a month last year, and a leading charity says thousands of destitute Haitians face starvation. According to Angel Aloma, Executive Director of the Florida-based charity Food For The […]
Deerfield Beach and Lighthouse Point Chamber members broaden their global awareness
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 30, 2009) – Members of Deerfield Beach and Lighthouse Point Chamber of Commerce visited Food For The Poor recently for a special event. The Deerfield Beach Chamber of Commerce and Food For The Poor have had a relationship for many years. In January 2007, Food For The Poor’s headquarters relocated from […]
Good Morning America to honor Food For The Poor donor for house-building efforts in Jamaica
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 1, 2009) – Former waitress Barbara Gilbert who raised money to build Food For The Poor villages in Jamaica, with the help of many Jacksonville residents, has been named a semifinalist in “For All the Ways You Care” contest. She will appear Monday, May 4, on “Good Morning America” as one […]