COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Sept. 17, 2018) Longtime partners Food For The Poor and Matthew 25: Ministries are teaming up to rush disaster relief supplies to help people in the hardest hit areas recover from Hurricane Florence. Food For The Poor has received three tractor-trailer loads of goods from Matthew 25: Ministries for the relief effort. […]
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Palm Beach Donors Raise Funds to Restore Fishing Villages in Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Sept. 13, 2018) South Florida families can combine their passion for the poor with their love for the sea to help fishermen in Haiti through Food For The Poor. This fall, the charity will sponsor a family-friendly day of fun on the water to raise funds for fishing villages in Haiti that […]
Building Abroad: Local Teen’s Passion Impacts Young Minds in Jamaica
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Sept. 6, 2018) Thirteen-year-old Rafe Cochran of Palm Beach, Fla., returned to school this week as an eighth-grader at Palm Beach Day Academy after opening his second school built in Jamaica through Food For The Poor. The new Runaway Bay All-Age School in St. Ann has six classrooms, an office for staff, […]
Hurricane Maria One Year Later: Dominica Rebuilds Homes, Schools Thanks to Food For The Poor Donors
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Aug. 28, 2018) Homes are being rebuilt. Schools are getting new roofs. Electricity once again powers lights and cooling fans. But all it takes is a summer squall to bring back vivid memories for those in Dominica who survived the fury unleashed by Hurricane Maria almost one year ago. Many businesses have […]
A Message on Compassion Touches Young Hearts: Louisiana Sisters Craft Colorful Hair Ties to Build Home in Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Aug. 15, 2018) Sisters Mia and Ava Cresap came up with a creative way to tie up funds to help a family in dire need. The sisters, 7 and 9, live on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain in Mandeville, La., and have decided to sell handmade hair ties to build a […]
400 Backpacks are Heading to Guyana, Thanks to Bankers Healthcare Group
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Aug. 3, 2018) Dozens of Bankers Healthcare Group employees transformed their breakroom into an assembly line of school supplies as they worked in harmony to stuff 400 backpacks with notebooks, pencils and other supplies at their offices in Davie, Fla., on Thursday. The “BHG Cares Crew” beamed with pride knowing that children […]
Staff of Bankers Healthcare Group Packs 400 Backpacks for Food For The Poor
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 30, 2018) Hundreds of children in 11 orphanages throughout Guyana will have the tools they need for the start the new school year, thanks to a generous donation from Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG) to Food For The Poor. On Thursday, Aug. 2, at 2 p.m. at Bankers Healthcare Group, 10234 W. […]
FFP Thanks Donors for ‘Most Beautiful Type of Generosity’ at Luncheon
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 11, 2018) Food For The Poor thanked two of its most devoted supporters at the charity’s second Luncheon of Thanks today at the Boca Raton Marriott at Boca Center. Tom Abblett, an elder at Hammock Street Church in Boca Raton who has ardently supported the charity’s Join The Pack community food […]
Hope and Faith: Georgia Twins with Shared Goal of Helping The Poor
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (July 9, 2018) Take a giving heart, stir in love and compassion and a desire to help others and you have the ingredients to transform the lives of those in dire need. That’s exactly what Hope and Faith Sandstrom of Roswell, Ga., set out to do using their baking skills. The twin […]
Chicago Couple Builds a School in Haiti, Expanding their Daughter’s Legacy
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 25, 2018) The dream of a new school is now a reality for more than 160 schoolchildren in the new Alpha Village community in Gressier, Haiti, thanks to the generosity of a Chicago couple and the loving support of their family and friends. “We know we couldn’t do this on our […]