COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 9, 2016) – Nearly 300 starving children in Haiti will receive food every day for a year from Food For The Poor, thanks to volunteers who packed 101,088 lifesaving meals during the charity’s first Join The Pack event Saturday at Advent Lutheran Church in Boca Raton. More than 500 volunteers from […]
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First-Grader Making a Big Difference for Children in Guatemala
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 6, 2016) One morning on her way to school, 7-year-old Campbell Jane Ismert, known as CJ to her family and friends, overheard a heartbreaking story that inspired her to make a difference. Her local radio station 94.9 KLTY featured representatives from Food For The Poor, an international relief and development organization, […]
Food For The Poor Reaches a Celebratory Milestone in Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 2, 2016) Food For The Poor is celebrating three decades of loving service to the people of Haiti, a ministry that began in 1986 with a response to a plea for help for families in Cite Soleil. Thirty years later, hundreds of thousands of lives have been changed for the better […]
Government of Taiwan Donates Rice to Food For The Poor
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 2, 2016) As Haiti endures its worst food crisis in more than a decade, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is donating 3,380 metric tons of rice to the country this year through Food For The Poor. That is the equivalent of 169 tractor-trailer loads of rice. The generosity of Taiwan’s donation […]
Abandoned Property is Given New Worth with Food For The Poor
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 31, 2016) Gifts of kindness can sometimes come from unexpected places. Food For The Poor recently received a donation of nearly a dozen wooden pallets stacked with boxes filled with thousands of new toys and toy bracelets, hundreds of pairs of new shoes, and even bundles of adult diapers. Steve Braswell, […]
Mission Possible: Volunteers Join The Pack to Help Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 25, 2016) – Nearly 500 volunteers of all ages from various churches, businesses and organizations will become friendly rivals for a day on June 4 in Boca Raton to raise money and package 100,000 lifesaving meals for starving families in Haiti. The Join The Pack event will be at Advent Lutheran […]
Hope For Haitians 5K Walk/Run will Provide 250 Children with Scholarships
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 12, 2016) Nearly 250 participants took part in the fifth annual Hope For Haitians 5K Walk/Run for Education in Geneva, Illinois on May 7, raising enough to send 250 children in Haiti to school for a year. In addition to paying for the students’ tuition, the event proceeds also will cover […]
Boca Grande’s Hope For Haitians Reaches Fundraising Goal for Sixth Village
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 4, 2016) The Boca Grande Hope For Haitians committee is happy to announce that they have reached their fundraising goal of 27 homes to complete Friendship Village VI, in Gressier, Haiti. “We are very thankful to the donors who stepped in to provide Hope For Haitians with the additional funds needed […]
Louisville’s Southwest Church Helps Children in Guatemala and Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 4, 2016) Many members of Southwest Church live in poverty with immense needs and seemingly little to give. Yet when challenged to help Food For The Poor bring relief to families with struggles much bigger than theirs, they raised enough money to help more than 100 children. It all started when […]
Minnesota Teen Fundraises for Homes for Families in Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 3, 2016) Eighteen-year-old Brooke Salfer, who attends Pine Island High School in Pine Island, Minn., is less than a month away from graduation. As Brooke prepares for the next chapter in her life, she reflected recently on how a mission trip to Haiti last summer, and a chance meeting with a […]