COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Aug. 26, 2024) – Sheila Hanlon Ravindran is Food For The Poor’s (FFTP) new Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Ravindran is responsible for driving the charity’s information infrastructure, technology strategy, and digital transformation. Ravindran, who lives in Davie, Fla., joins FFTP’s executive leadership team with more than 30 years of […]
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FFTP’s We Are One Event Continues Push to Raise Funds for 10 Million Meals
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Aug. 19, 2024) – Food For The Poor’s (FFTP) push to provide 10 million meals continues following the fifth annual National Celebration – We Are One, which was livestreamed Thursday from the charity’s Coconut Creek headquarters. With rising food insecurity exacerbated by economic challenges and natural disasters, the need for support has […]
The Power of an Encounter: Haiti’s Interim Prime Minister Addresses Webinar Hosted by FFTP
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Aug. 16, 2024) – Garry Conille, interim Prime Minister of Haiti, was among the speakers during The Power of an Encounter, a digital workshop hosted Tuesday by Food For The Poor (FFTP) in partnership with the Episcopal Parish Network (EPN) and the South Florida Haiti Project (SFHP). Clergy and laity from across […]
Blanca to Perform at FFTP’s We Are One With Goal to Deliver 10 Million Meals
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 30, 2024) – Contemporary Christian singer Blanca will give a special performance for Food For The Poor’s fifth annual National Celebration – We Are One, a virtual event with a goal to deliver 10 million meals to hungry children and families in Latin America and the Caribbean. The event will be […]
World Evangelical Alliance Approves Food For The Poor as a Partner
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 25, 2024) – Food For The Poor (FFTP) is proud to announce its approval as a partner of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA). The WEA is a network of churches in 143 countries that have joined to give a worldwide identity, voice, and platform to more than 600 million evangelical Christians. […]
Hurricane Beryl Relief: Volunteers Help FFTP Pack Emergency Relief Aid for Jamaica
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 15, 2024) – With their hearts and minds focused on helping the people of Jamaica, more than 100 volunteers donated their time on Saturday at Food For The Poor (FFTP) to pack disaster hygiene and women care kits for families in Jamaica recovering from Hurricane Beryl. As reggae music played in […]
Nativity Catholic Church’s Operation Starfish® Donation to FFTP Supports Construction of New Homes in Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 12, 2024) – Today, during a moving prayer service and celebration, Nativity Catholic Church, of Burke, Va., presented Food For The Poor President/CEO Ed Raine with a donation of $450,000 to support projects in Latin America and the Caribbean through the church’s Operation Starfish® campaign. The donation will fund the construction […]
FFTP’s Ed Raine Addresses United Nations on Sustainable Development and Partnerships
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 11, 2024) – Food For The Poor (FFTP) President/CEO Ed Raine addressed a United Nations forum in New York City on Monday and highlighted the charity’s sustainable community development efforts and its longstanding partnership with the Sovereign Order of Malta. “It is an honor to be invited to speak at the […]
FFTP Partners With Cedella Marley for Hurricane Beryl Response
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 10, 2024) – Food For The Poor (FFTP) is partnering with Grammy Award-winning artist Cedella Marley to raise funds to help survivors of Hurricane Beryl with repairs or replacement of thousands of Zinc roofs damaged and destroyed by the Category 4 storm, which swept across Jamaica and several other Caribbean Islands […]
Media Alert: FFTP Responds to Hurricane Beryl
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 4, 2024) – Food For The Poor (FFTP) is assessing needs and responding with emergency relief supplies in Jamaica to help families affected by Hurricane Beryl, which blew off roofs, knocked out power and battered the country with intense wind and rain on Wednesday. In the days before Beryl approached, FFTP-Jamaica prepositioned […]