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 […]
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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 […]
Food For The Poor Earns Four-Star Rating From Charity Navigator
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 7, 2023) Food For The Poor (FFTP) has earned a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator, the highest possible rating from the nation’s top evaluator of nonprofit organizations. This rating designates FFTP as an official “Give with Confidence” charity, indicating that the organization is using its donations effectively based on Charity Navigator’s criteria. […]
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 […]
FFTP Rushes Aid As Haiti Reels From Multiple Crises
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 15, 2023) Food For The Poor (FFTP) is rushing desperately needed aid to vulnerable families in Haiti as cholera cases are on the rise again after a one-two punch of flooding and an earthquake. FFTP’s team in Haiti is mobilizing food and relief kits from goods on the ground and items purchased […]
Nativity Catholic Church’s “Operation Starfish®” Donation Funds Construction of Homes and Schools in Haiti, Clinic in Honduras
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 14, 2023) Nativity Catholic Church in Burke, Va., marked its golden anniversary by donating more than $429,000 from its Operation Starfish® campaign to Food For The Poor (FFTP) to support the construction of homes and the expansion and improvements at two schools in Bas Fossé, Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, the site of the church’s […]