COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 2, 2022) Volunteers packed 2,016 hygiene kits and 2,080 women’s care kits Saturday at Food For The Poor’s first Hearts United Community Day. Energized by music and motivated by a desire to give back, nearly 140 volunteers gathered in FFTP’s Coconut Creek warehouse to pack the kits and sort donations to help […]
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Hurricane Preparedness Week: FFTP Pre-Positions Supplies Before Disaster Strikes
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 28, 2022) With the start of National Hurricane Preparedness Week, May 1 – 7, just days away, Food For The Poor is preparing to position critical relief supplies to help its in-country partners respond if a storm, earthquake or other disaster strikes. Forecasters are bracing for an above-average 2022 hurricane season, which […]
Hands On: Volunteers Pack Disaster Kits at FFTP’s Hearts United Community Day
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 27, 2022) Volunteers often look for a hands-on way to give back. This Saturday, they’ll be able to do just that at Food For The Poor’s first Hearts United Community Day. Up to 150 volunteers are anticipated at FFTP’s Coconut Creek warehouse, 6401 Lyons Road, to pack hygiene items and sort donations […]
Rafe Cochran Golf Classic: Foursomes are Forming to Join the Fun
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 20, 2022) With 16 foursomes already registered, excitement is building for the sixth annual Rafe Cochran Golf Classic, scheduled for Friday, May 6, at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. “We’re really happy to have so many golfers already signed up to join us this year, and we expect more […]
Holy Week Tradition Lives On: FFTP Pays Fines for Nearly 200 Nonviolent Offenders
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 14, 2022) Extreme overcrowding and the lack of access to adequate food, water and health care are among the inhumane conditions that prisoners in countries helped by Food For The Poor must endure, often for many years. Many people imprisoned for stealing to feed their families and committing minor crimes are unable […]
Boca Grande Hope For Haitians Reaches Goal to Build 50 Homes
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 12, 2022) Boca Grande Hope For Haitians has reached its fundraising goal to build 50 homes and a community center in Périgny, Haiti, bringing hope to families who lost almost everything after a devastating earthquake last August. Construction is underway on the first 20 of those new homes. Longtime committee co-chairpersons Ben and […]
Hearts United Community Day: Food For The Poor Brings Volunteers Together to Pack Disaster Relief Kits
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 11, 2022) Food For The Poor is launching a new volunteer program in conjunction with National Volunteer Week and just in time for the charity’s first community-wide packing event on Saturday, April 30. Hearts United Community Day will bring together volunteers from churches, businesses and schools to pack hygiene items into disaster relief […]
Rafe Cochran Golf Classic Swings into Sixth Year: Palm Beach Prodigy Tees Up to Help Those in Need
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 7, 2022) Palm Beach resident Rafe Cochran is wrapping up his junior year in high school, and already he has achieved more as a golfer and a philanthropist than many people twice his age. The 17-year-old is preparing to host the sixth annual Rafe Cochran Golf Classic on Friday, May 6, this year at […]
Taiwan Foundation Donates Medical Equipment to FFTP – Food For The Poor Welcomes Director General Amino Chi
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 4, 2022) Patients in Haiti soon will have a better quality of life, thanks to a generous donation of wheelchairs and orthopedic equipment from the Cao Zhong Zhi Foundation of Taiwan. Today, to assist the Cao Zhong Zhi Foundation with the donation, a delegation from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office […]
FFTP-Haiti Executive Director Bishop Ogé Beauvoir Retires: Seven Years of Inspired Leadership and Dedicated Service
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 31, 2022) When Bishop Ogé Beauvoir joined Food For The Poor-Haiti as executive director in 2015, Haiti was still recovering from a devastating earthquake in 2010. More than 100,000 people were left homeless, living in camps scattered throughout the Port-au-Prince region after the earthquake. Forty-seven percent of the population suffered from […]
