Note to reporters: Through its feeding center and warehouses in Haiti, Food For The Poor feeds more than 20,000 destitute Haitians every day. Food For The Poor also regularly supplies food to thousands of schools, orphanages, churches, hospitals and other groups on the island. ATLANTA, Ga. (April 8, 2008) -Food For The Poor’s inaugural Atlanta […]
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Food Shortage Critical in Haiti
-URGENT APPEAL- – MEDIA ALERT- COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 8, 2008) – Food For The Poor, one of the largest relief and development agencies working in Haiti, is calling for donations to increase food shipments to Haiti in order to alleviate the violent situation created by rising food prices and widespread poverty. News reports from […]
His Eminence Oscar Andres Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. Joins Food For The Poor, Inc. Board of Directors
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 25, 2008) – Food For The Poor, Inc. has announced the appointment of His Eminence Óscar Andrés Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to its Board of Directors. A native of Honduras, Cardinal Rodríguez formerly presided as the bishop of Honduras, served as the President of the Episcopal Conference […]
Food For The Poor Delivers Easter Baskets
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 20, 2008) – Food For The Poor again reached out to South Florida’s less fortunate children this Easter. Through the generosity of the employees, Easter baskets have been assembled for children living in The Salvation Army shelters in Broward County, The Center for Family Services of Palm Beach County in West […]
Kids Turn Loose Change into Positive Change for Easter
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 20, 2008) – Forget the chocolate bunnies and the marshmallow Peeps. For the kids at one Delaware school at least, Easter is all about real, live baby chicks …and piglets …and a goat too. At Christ the Teacher Catholic School in Newark, the students are saving their allowances, searching for loose […]
Food For The Poor pays prisoners fines in time for Easter
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 20, 2008) – Food For The Poor, the foremost relief and development agency in the Caribbean, provides for the release of inmates who have been convicted of minor offences and do not have the funds to pay their fines. This program arranges for the prisoners to be released during the Christmas […]
Fighting Hunger One Step at a Time
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 12, 2008) – Food For The Poor’s annual 3-2-1 Fun Walk is just weeks away but there’s still time to sign up for what promises to be a fun-filled day. The recipe for the 3-2-1 Fun Walk is simple: walk 3 miles 2 feed 1 family. Just log onto www.foodforthepoor.org/funwalk, register, […]
Soldier in Iraq Fighting War on Poverty
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 12, 2008) – Many 20-somethings prefer to spend their modest income on things like cars, computers, and clothes. But Rojelio Pelayo, a soldier stationed in Iraq, is anything but an average 20-something. He recently gave away most of his paycheck so he could help a family he’s never met and probably […]
A tropical breeze to sweep Atlanta – positively changing lives
ATLANTA, Ga. (March 11, 2008) – Food For The Poor’s inaugural Atlanta event Catch a Tropical Breeze to honor Atlanta’s 104.7 FM The FISH and morning team hosts, Kevin Avery and Taylor Scott, will be held April 19 at The Omni Hotel at CNN Center. Proceeds from the event will be used to build Food […]
Thousands Dying from Water Crisis
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 11, 2008) – When drought conditions hit South Florida, flowers wilt, grass turns brown, some residents grumble about having to put up with watering restrictions, and it’s a story that often leads the nightly newscast. But thousands of children die every day because they lack access to clean, safe drinking water […]