COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 15, 2018) The Rafe Cochran Golf Classic is on the path to becoming a South Florida tradition. Dozens of local golfers will tee up for charity for the third time on Saturday, April 28, at the Mayacoo Lakes Country Club, 9697 Mayacoo Club Drive, West Palm Beach. “It feels great to […]
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Republic Airways Joins Food For The Poor to Help Transform Lives in Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 6, 2018) Republic Airways is on a mission to make a difference. The Indianapolis-based airline is working through Food For The Poor to build a village in the community of Barriere Battant in Petit Goave, Haiti. Republic Airways CEO/President Bryan Bedford is no stranger to giving back, but it was a […]
International Women’s Day 2018: Expanding Opportunities for Women in Honduras
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 5, 2018) When a destitute mother is forced to raise her children on her own, her extreme poverty becomes a story of daily survival. Heidi is a 19-year-old single mother trying to raise her two young children in Honduras. Without any job skills, she is unable to earn enough money washing […]
Food For The Poor Honors Boca Grande Couple for Helping Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 26, 2018) Ben and Louise Scott, Chairpersons of Boca Grande Hope For Haitians, were honored by Food For The Poor with the Ambassadors For The Poor Award on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. The Scotts received the award at the ninth annual Boca Grande Hope For Haitians cocktail and hors d’oeuvres reception […]
Join The Pack Volunteers to Pack 150,000 Meals for Guatemala
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 15, 2018) Longtime partners Feed My Starving Children and Food For The Poor once again are teaming up with an army of South Florida volunteers. Their mission: To pack thousands of lifesaving meals for starving children. At this year’s Join The Pack, businesses, churches and community groups will assemble 150,000 specially […]
Building Hope Gala Donors Provide Homes for Boen, Haiti: Adam Stewart Honored with Charity’s Ambassador For The Poor Award
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 12, 2018) A crowd of 350 compassionate guests came together at Food For The Poor’s 23rd Annual Building Hope Gala on Feb. 3, united with a goal of making a difference in the lives of destitute families in Boen, Haiti. By the end of the evening, they had pledged to build […]
Dani Johnson Builds 1,000 Homes for 1,000 Families in Nicaragua
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 9, 2018) Dani Johnson, passionate about giving back, has built 1,000 homes in less than three years through Food For The Poor and her King’s Ransom Foundation. Providing safe and secure homes for some of the poorest of the poor in Nicaragua is one of Johnson’s many missions. “What Dani has […]
Food For The Poor, a Beacon of Hope for 36 Years
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 8, 2018) Since 1982, Food For The Poor donors have provided life-transforming work throughout the Caribbean and Latin American. Hundreds of thousands of the forgotten, the hungry and the poor have been blessed with a new opportunity in life, renewing that spark of hope for them and future generations. Since inception, […]
Food For The Poor Thanks Orlando-area Donors for their Gift of Compassion
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 29, 2018) Food For The Poor Executive Director Angel Aloma thanked Orlando-area donors last week for their loving kindness and the hope, compassion and generosity they have poured out to ease suffering in the countries where the charity serves. “It’s impossible to express how we feel about your loving kindness,” said […]
Building Hope Gala Donors to Continue Legacy of Giving
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 19, 2018) Over 23 years, generous donors at Food For The Poor’s Building Hope Gala in Boca Raton have changed lives and provided safe shelter for hundreds of destitute families in Haiti and Jamaica. More than 1,500 housing units have been built in the two countries. As the gala’s name implies, […]