COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 3, 2018) A young golfer is giving new meaning to the adage to “do what you love.” Rafe Cochran is using his love for the sport to transform the lives of those in need, something he’s been doing for the past five years. And he’s only 13. Thanks to Rafe’s talents, […]
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Food For The Poor’s 2017 Annual Report: Feeding, Sheltering and Transforming Lives of Families
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 30, 2018) Food For The Poor, one of the largest international relief and development organizations in the United States provided nearly $900 million in aid in 2017. The charity built 7,582 housing units for families in need of safe shelter, and implemented income-generating projects giving poor families the ability to break […]
Volunteers Pack 150,120 Meals to Help Children in Guatemala
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 26, 2018) The scene inside Advent Lutheran Church’s gymnasium last week could warm any heart: More than 550 volunteers donated precious time in their busy lives to feed starving children in Guatemala. As a result, 411 children potentially could receive food every day for a year, thanks to Food For The […]
Make Mother’s Day More Meaningful with a Gift That Changes Lives
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 11, 2018) Try going a single day without clean water. What most people can easily obtain with the twist of a tap is considered a precious gift by the poorest of the poor. For Mother’s Day, what if instead of flowers or jewelry, you provided lifesaving water to quench a child’s […]
Two Palm Beach County Students Have One Goal, Helping the Poor in Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 5, 2018) Two Palm Beach Day Academy students recently visited Haiti for the first time with Food For The Poor to meet families they helped through their passion to give back. Rafe Cochran, 13, began making a name in the golfing world at the age of 6. When he was 9, […]
Republic of China (Taiwan), Food For The Poor Sign Agreement for Rice Donation to Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 5, 2018) In Haiti, rice is life. Soon, lifesaving shipments of rice will be on their way to feed Haiti’s hungry poor, thanks to the kindness of the Republic of China’s (Taiwan) Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) represented by Cheng-Hao Hu, the ambassador to […]
Join The Pack 2018: Corporate and Community Groups to Pack 150,000 Meals for Guatemala
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 3, 2018) If MannaPack rice meals have a secret ingredient, it is “love,” says one of the volunteers who has helped pack the meals. It is because of that love that Donna Cleveland is excited about returning to action at Food For The Poor’s third Join The Pack event April 20 […]
Hurricane Maria, Six Months Later: Donors Respond to Dominica’s Need for Repairs to Homes and Schools
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 28, 2018) The scars of Hurricane Maria still are evident in Dominica where a patchwork of blue tarps dots the landscape. Food For The Poor donors have continued to send critical aid to the island to help those struggling without food, water and basic necessities. The future also looks brighter for […]
Second Chances are Changing Lives of Nonviolent Prisoners
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 28, 2018) The lives of nonviolent prisoners are being transformed, thanks to the loving support of Food For The Poor donors who believe in second chances. Dozens of men and women jailed in Caribbean and Latin American prisons are finding freedom this Easter season. Food For The Poor has paid the […]
Hurricane Maria, Six Months Later: FFP Remains Persistent in the Recovery Effort in Puerto Rico
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 20, 2018) Families in Puerto Rico still are struggling to recover from Hurricane Maria, six months after the Category 4 storm devastated the island. Jose and his wife, Marisa, lost everything they owned during the storm and then they lost their jobs. They live in their car. But thanks to the […]