Archives: Press Releases

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 16, 2022) A birthday tribute to a beloved employer will provide homes for impoverished families in Haiti, thanks to the generosity of employees of Lou Bachrodt Automotive Group, who made a $30,000 donation to Food For The Poor on Wednesday. The employees made the contribution in honor of Lou Bachrodt, who celebrated […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 13, 2022) A delegation of nearly 40 interdenominational clergy speakers from across the country gathered in South Florida June 7-9 to participate in the Food For The Poor Clergy Speakers’ Convocation 2022. After three years of no in-person clergy gathering due to COVID–19, this year’s hybrid event was at FFTP headquarters. The […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 8, 2022) As families living in poverty face rising food insecurity this year, Food For The Poor is raising funds to provide 10 million meals through its annual National Celebration – We Are One on Thursday, Aug. 11. The virtual event, an evening of unity and inspiration that will be livestreamed from […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 7, 2022) Three vulnerable communities in Honduras devastated after back-to-back hurricanes in 2020 are closer to a permanent solution for safe water to flow from household taps, thanks to Food For The Poor donors and Water Mission moving in concert to change lives. The charity and Water Mission responded immediately after Hurricanes […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 6, 2022) More than 1,000 volunteers are needed to help Food For The Poor pack lifesaving MannaPack rice meals for families in Ukraine on July 23 at FAU Arena in Boca Raton. The charity is teaming up with longtime partner Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) to host Join The Pack Ukraine. The […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 3, 2022) Vivian Borja is Food For The Poor’s new Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, leading communications and all marketing and digital channels for the charity. Borja comes to FFTP with more than 15 years of experience in integrated marketing campaign development, digital advertising, communications planning and analytics. “We’re excited […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 25, 2022) With hurricane season starting in one week, Food For The Poor is preparing to assist the countries it helps in the Caribbean and Latin America in case they are hit by a storm. On Wednesday, June 1 – the first day of hurricane season – the charity will host a […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 17, 2022) As Food For The Poor ended 2021 and began to plan for its 40th anniversary in February 2022, deadly disasters, a global pandemic, and other crises disrupted people’s lives in the Caribbean, Latin America and in the United States. Through it all, thanks to the generous support of its donors, […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 10, 2022) Palm Beach teen Rafe Cochran once again successfully merged his two passions – playing golf and helping the less fortunate – by bringing people together to compete in the annual charity golf tournament that bears his name. On Friday, May 6, 24 foursomes participated in the sixth annual Rafe Cochran […]

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 5, 2022) Parenting has never been easy, especially for those in developing countries. Mothers are frequently the sole breadwinners for their families in many of the poverty-stricken Caribbean and Latin American countries helped by Food For The Poor. This Mother’s Day, caring donors can honor and celebrate their mothers’ lives by also […]