COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 9, 2017) Nearly 60 fishermen in the coastal town of Trujillo, Colon, Honduras, soon will be given the opportunity for financial independence. Capstone Investment Advisors, LLC, a registered investment advisory firm in New York, will make this dream an obtainable goal. Food For The Poor was named Capstone’s charity of choice […]
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Food For The Poor Closes in on Goal to Build 1,000 Housing Units in 100 Days
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 5, 2017) Hundreds of poor families in Haiti are receiving the gift of a safe, secure home as Food For The Poor’s campaign to build 1,000 housing units in 100 days helps the country recover from the devastating impacts of Hurricane Matthew on Oct. 4. Thanks to generous donors, the charity […]
Food For The Poor Frees 313 Nonviolent Offenders in Time for Christmas
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 21, 2016) With Christmas four days away, 313 former inmates will be home with their families to celebrate, thanks to generous donors of the international relief and development organization Food For The Poor. For 18 years, the charity has secured the release of nonviolent offenders in Guyana, Haiti, Honduras and Jamaica […]
Food For The Poor: Meeting Both Physical and Spiritual Needs
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 20, 2016) One of the greatest gifts Food For The Poor donors can give destitute families is a safe and secure house, with access to clean water and a flush toilet. But every family receives another gift that is just as meaningful: their very own Holy Bible. Now, the Bible will […]
Palm Beach Donors Build School in Jamaica Through Food For The Poor
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 19, 2016) Since its founding nearly 35 years ago, Food For The Poor has counted its victories by helping one child, one family, one village at a time. Generous Food For The Poor donors will have a chance to help the charity continue that mission and help young children thrive at […]
DaVita Employees Pack School Supplies for Schools in Jamaica
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 16, 2016) Five hundred backpacks and sackpacks with supplies for students in Jamaica were carefully packed by an assembly line of DaVita teammates at Food For The Poor’s Coconut Creek headquarters Wednesday. Thirty-five DaVita staff members from all over the southeastern United States visited the charity to fill the backpacks with […]
Broward County Public Schools Respond Generously to Hurricane Matthew Relief Drive
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 13, 2016) Thanks to the generosity of Broward County Public Schools, critically needed relief supplies are on their way to Haiti to help desperate families who were victims of Hurricane Matthew. School personnel loaded a 45-foot Food For The Poor container Tuesday morning at the school district’s textbook warehouse in Oakland […]
Amerijet Partners with Food For The Poor to Build Home in Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 2, 2016) Amerijet International Inc. is helping Food For The Poor build a home for a destitute family in Haiti and provide lifesaving aid. Amerijet presented a check Wednesday morning to Robin Mahfood, President/CEO of Food For The Poor at the charity’s Coconut Creek headquarters. “Amerijet’s gift is a blessing to […]
Generous Donors Help Food For The Poor Top #GivingTuesday Goal
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 2, 2016) Generous donors propelled Food For The Poor far past its goal on #GivingTuesday and raised enough money to build homes for 142 destitute families in Haiti. Food For The Poor aimed to raise enough money for 24 homes in 24 hours on #GivingTuesday. The goal was part of a […]
Two Months After Hurricane Matthew: Rebuilding in Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 1, 2016) Thanks to generous donors, hundreds of the poor in Haiti are receiving the gift of a safe, secure home as Food For The Poor continues to help the country recover from Hurricane Matthew. Just two weeks after the storm ravaged Haiti’s southern peninsula, the charity launched a campaign to […]