COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 1, 2020) Today, Food For The Poor donated 350 protective suits through Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale to Pompano Beach Fire Rescue to help their workers prevent transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19). The protective suits were donated to Food For The Poor by Gleaning For The World, one of the charity’s partners. Around […]
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Boca Grande Keeps Promise, Helps Families in Haiti During Crisis
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 30, 2020) Weeks after the 11th annual Boca Grande Hope For Haitians reception in Boca Grande, Fla., on Feb. 4, a deadly pandemic has emerged. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) has taken root and is spreading fast. Boca Grande Hope For Haitians Chairpersons Ben and Louise Scott, who held the event with Food […]
Coronavirus: Food For The Poor Responds to Urgent Requests
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 26, 2020) Food For The Poor is ramping up its response to COVID-19 (coronavirus) in the countries it serves, based on urgent requests from its offices and partners. The charity has sent 26 shipments of supplies to seven countries. Last week, 20 pallets of urgently needed medical supplies were airfreighted to […]
World Water Day: Food For The Poor Provides Clean Water in the Bahamas
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 18, 2020) Many residents of Grand Bahama and Abaco still struggle to get access to clean water, more than six months after Hurricane Dorian flooded its well fields with salt water. But as nations observe World Water Day on Sunday, two purification units are providing relief and purifying as much as […]
Preparing for Coronavirus: FFP is Shipping Vitally Needed Supplies to Guyana, Haiti, Honduras and Jamaica
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 17, 2020) Today, Food For The Poor is sending 20 pallets of much-needed health supplies to Guyana, Haiti, Honduras and Jamaica to help children and families prevent transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19). Items being picked up today to be airfreighted this week include antimicrobial wipes, gloves, masks, protective suits, bars of soap, […]
Food For The Poor, Key Partners Ramp Up Bahamas Recovery
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 4, 2020) Food For The Poor is working with the Episcopal Church, the Baptist Church and the Catholic Church in the Bahamas as they each begin a large-scale rebuilding effort to help families whose homes were heavily damaged by Hurricane Dorian six months ago in September. After the catastrophic storm, donors […]
Boca Grande Hope For Haitians: Transforming the Lives of the Poor, One Home at a Time
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 21, 2020) The Boca Grande Hope For Haitians Committee is more than half way to reaching its fundraising goal for 50 homes. Thanks to the generous support of nearly 60 guests who attended the 11th annual Boca Grande Hope For Haitians cocktail and hors d’oeuvres reception at the Gasparilla Inn Beach […]
MSD Community Commemoration: Churches, Community Groups Join Food For The Poor to Pack Meals for Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 19, 2020) The Parkland community found healing through service Friday, as more than 600 volunteers gathered to pack 116,640 meals for starving families in Haiti. Food For The Poor partnered with the city of Parkland and Feed My Starving Children to hold the MSD Community Commemoration, a special food packing event […]
Food For The Poor Celebrates 38 Years of Love and Service for the Poor
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 11, 2020) Food For The Poor is a multifaceted organization whose donors have made a tremendous impact in the lives of hundreds of thousands of the poor in the Caribbean and Latin America. As Food For The Poor celebrates 38 years of compassion in action, the charity also will enter its […]
Food For The Poor Responds to Bahamas’ Urgent Need for Food
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 10, 2020) Food For The Poor is responding to an urgent need for food in the Bahamas for families still recovering from Hurricane Dorian and is asking for the South Florida community’s help. HeadKnowles, one of the charity’s partners in the Bahamas, is running low on food for displaced families in […]