COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Nov. 28, 2018) Grammy Award-winning artist Shaggy and his wife, Rebecca Packer Burrell, will be honored with the Ambassador For The Poor Award at Food For The Poor’s 24th annual Building Hope Gala on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. The couple is being recognized for the […]
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Piqua Family Helping Haiti with Annual Home for the Holidays Reception
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Nov. 26, 2018) Life for dozens of families in Savann Kabrit, Haiti, is looking brighter after receiving homes and an opportunity to escape the cycle of the poverty, thanks to the generosity of Ben and Louise Scott, Hope For Haitians and Food For The Poor. “I am feeling joy, I feel like […]
48 Homes in 48 Hours: Food For The Poor Sets Goal for #GivingTuesday
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Nov. 19, 2018) On Nov. 27, Food For The Poor’s #GivingTuesday fundraising goal will be to raise enough funds to build 48 homes in 48 hours for poor families in the countries where the charity serves. Your support on #GivingTuesday will help families like Nadine and her four young children to have […]
Palm Beach County Pastor Prepares to Feed Families in Need for Thanksgiving
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Nov. 15, 2018) Thanksgiving is one week away, and Pastor Norman “D.C.” Perkins has been working on a plan to help feed families in need in West Palm Beach. Today at Food For The Poor headquarters in Coconut Creek, Perkins received a check to buy 350 turkeys that will help with the […]
The Gift of the Widow’s Mite: Minnesota Third Grader Sells Pumpkins to Help the Poor
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Nov. 14, 2018) An 8-year-old boy with a heart for the poor in southeastern Minnesota is on a mission to help destitute families in Latin America and the Caribbean. Jaxton Heibel, a third-grader in Preston, Minn., about 120 miles southeast of the Twin Cities, is turning his family’s pumpkin patch into a […]
Needle and Thread Sews More than Fabric in Honduras
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Nov. 5, 2018) Life for the poor in Honduras is not easy, but it’s nearly impossible for young girls living in impoverished conditions in the country’s mountainous and rural regions to achieve more than a basic education. The Sisters of Maria are working hard to change that by reaching out to the […]
Food For The Poor’s Gift Catalog Inspires Grandparents to Give Gifts in Grandchildren’s Names
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Oct. 26, 2018) Blessed with 15 grandchildren, Howard and Betty Barber were faced with the dilemma of how to choose unique gifts for 15 different personalities at different ages. The Barbers became inspired to do something more meaningful after a member of Food For The Poor’s Speakers Bureau visited their church in […]
Food For The Poor Responds to Hurricane Michael
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Oct. 23, 2018) Food For The Poor is working with trusted partners to provide disaster relief to families suffering from Hurricane Michael in the Florida Panhandle. The charity has received two tractor-trailer loads of relief items from Matthew 25: Ministries, including food, water, personal hygiene products, blankets, cleaning supplies and paper products, […]
FFP Donors Provide Hope, Answer Prayers for Guatemalan Families
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Oct. 15, 2018) In the hills of Loma Larga in Guatemala, the floors of the two dilapidated shacks shared by Flor’s family of six are dirt. Outside, the skies are bright and blue, but inside it’s dark like a closet. The community only has access to water every 25 days, which means […]
Food For The Poor Partners with U.S. Southern Command to Assist Venezuelan Migrants
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Oct. 10, 2018) Food For The Poor is working with the United States Southern Command on a medical assistance mission to relieve pressure on host nation medical systems partly due to an increase in Venezuelan migrants and also to assist vulnerable communities. U.S. Southern Command is dispatching a hospital ship – the […]