COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Aug. 30, 2023) – As families in the Caribbean and Latin America face rising food insecurity, Food For The Poor’s fourth annual National Celebration – We Are One aims to raise enough funds to provide 10 million meals. The virtual event will be livestreamed from the charity’s Coconut Creek headquarters at 7 […]
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Delray Beach Church Packs Food Kits With FFTP To Help Fellow Haitians
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Aug. 29, 2023) – Motivated by a desire to help their fellow Haitians in desperate need, Bethel Evangelical Baptist Church opened its doors Saturday to work with Food For The Poor (FFTP) and pack 658 family food kits. The kits consist of enough food to feed an average family of four for […]
Food For The Poor Prepares for Tropical Storm Franklin in Haiti and the Dominican Republic
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Aug. 23, 2023) Food For The Poor (FFTP) is preparing for an anticipated urgent need for aid in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, as Tropical Storm Franklin made landfall Wednesday morning on Hispaniola, an island shared by both countries. Moving at about 10 miles an hour with windspeeds of 50 miles an hour, […]
World Humanitarian Day: Donor Embodies Essence of the Day With Heartfelt Donations to FFTP
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Aug. 18, 2023) One look at Baby Marcela, of El Progreso, Guatemala, and Amy Sanchez was smitten. Marcela reminded the longtime Food For The Poor (FFTP) donor of her daughter, whom she had adopted from Guatemala two decades earlier. “She is just precious,” Sanchez said. “My daughter, Isa, had those big brown eyes […]
International Youth Day: Church Youth Group Personifies the Purpose of Giving With Donations to FFTP, Other Charities
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Aug. 11, 2023) Ask 10-year-old Henry Guertin what he wants to be when he grows up and he doesn’t hesitate. “I want to be president of the United States,” he said. “Then I can help Food For The Poor.” Henry speaks from personal experience. Alongside his 7-year-old twin sisters, Ava and Olivia Spence, […]
World Youth Day: Food For The Poor Celebrates the Energy and Passion of Young People
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Aug. 3, 2023) – Food For The Poor (FFTP) is commemorating World Youth Day, paying tribute to young people who have made a difference through their work with the charity to help those in need in the Caribbean and Latin America. World Youth Day is a massive gathering of Catholic youth from all […]
Crisis in Haiti Escalates: FFTP Prepares for Large Scale Response, Packs Thousands of Food Kits
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 31, 2023) With conditions deteriorating in Haiti amid a new wave of gang violence and kidnappings, Food For The Poor (FFTP) has been able to distribute aid and is preparing to respond on a much bigger scale. Today, FFTP is more than halfway to meeting its goal of packing 14,000 emergency […]
Join The Pack: Help FFTP Pack Meals for Hungry Families in Honduras
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 13, 2023) Food For The Poor (FFTP) is inviting volunteers to Join The Pack and help provide 100,000 lifesaving MannaPack rice meals for families living in poverty in Honduras. Working with its longstanding partner, Feed My Starving Children (FMSC), the charity will host the event on Saturday, Oct. 7, at Advent Lutheran […]
FFTP Shares Expertise in Mock Disaster Drill at FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 11, 2023) As the world faces an increasing number of disasters requiring quick response, Food For The Poor (FFTP) will put its experience and expertise to the test during a field exercise with other organizations at Florida International University’s Biscayne Bay Campus in North Miami. The four-day event kicks off Thursday and […]
Key Food Owners Provide Gifts for Turkey and Ukraine Relief
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 20, 2023) Food For The Poor’s (FFTP) efforts to help families recovering from the Turkey earthquake and the war in Ukraine received a huge boost, thanks to longtime donors to the charity. Eliza Diaz presented two checks on Monday for $30,000 each to FFTP Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Mark […]