Tim Mettey, CEO and Disaster Relief Coordinator for Matthew 25: Ministries, talks about the extension of the current longtime partnership with Food For The Poor. Here, he speaks to a group at Food For The Poor headquarters before delivering supplies to a South Florida church and outreach center. Related Item: See photos of the visit […]
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Help Food For The Poor Meet the Fight Hunger Challenge
Food For The Poor feeds hundreds of thousands a day in the 17 Caribbean and Latin American countries it serves. A donation of $14.60 will feed a family of four for a month. Rice and beans is an excellent source of protein and are the foundation for the nutritious meals Food For The Poor provides. […]
Food For The Poor and Sevenly Team Up To Feed Hungry Children in Guatemala
Food For The Poor and Sevenly.org, a cause marketing organization, joined together to raise enough funds to feed more than 1,800 impoverished children in Guatemala for two months. COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 26, 2014) – Food For The Poor and Sevenly.org have completed a one-week campaign that has raised enough funds to feed more than […]
Designer Show House Visitors Fund Five Homes in Haiti
Proceeds from the Designer Show House event will build five homes in Ganthier, Haiti. Related Item: View Photos of the Show House COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (February 26, 2014) – Almost 700 people visited Lighthouse Interiors’ “Tour a House, Build a House” Designer Show House event over the weekend, making it possible for Food For The […]
Boca Grande Committee is Impacting Lives, One Village at a Time in Haiti
Ben and Louise Scott are the chairmen of Boca Grande’s Hope For Haitians Committee, which is currently fundraising to build its fourth village in Haiti with Food For The Poor. Related Item: View Photos from the Reception COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 25, 2014) – On Thursday, Feb. 20, Ben Scott addressed Boca Grande Committee members […]
Chef Announces Dishes to Support Show House
South Florida designers are joining Bridget Conway, Principal of Lighthouse Interiors, in the design of a multi-million dollar Lighthouse Point waterfront home, Feb. 20-23, 2014. Proceeds will be used to build Food For The Poor homes in Haiti. For more information, go to foodforthepoor.org/showhouse. Related Item: See Photos of the Designer Show House COCONUT CREEK, […]
Food For The Poor Thanks its Donors for 32 Years of Love
Untitled Document This mother and her children in Guyana were provided a new home by generous Food For The Poor donors. Since the charity’s inception, more than 91,000 housing units have been built. Related Item: See Your Donations at Work COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 12, 2014) – On its 32nd anniversary of serving the poor, […]
Food For The Poor’s Building Hope Gala Builds Homes For Destitute Families in Ganthier, Haiti
NBC’s The Voice winner Tessanne Chin performs before a full house of more than 400 attendees at the Building Hope Gala. Related Items: Watch Tessanne’s Performance See Photos from the Gala COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 10, 2014) – Food For The Poor welcomed a full house of more than 400 guests to its annual Building […]
Food For The Poor’s 11th Annual Fine Wines & Hidden Treasures Gala Renovates and Expands School in Rural Jamaica
(L to R) Gala Co-Chair Arlette Gordon, National Honorary Chair Donald Trump and Gala Co-Chair Elizabeth Bowden. Photo credit: Alicia Donelan. Related Item: View Photos from the Gala Find out more about our projects COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 4, 2014) – Children living in rural Jamaica will get a new school thanks to the generous […]
Young Golfer Uses Skills on the Greens to Help the Poor
Rafe Cochran, 9, presented a $6,000 check to Food For The Poor’s CEO/President Robin Mahfood on Wednesday. Related Items: Support Rafe’s Project See More Photos of Rafe COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 29, 2014) – Rafe Cochran, 9, divides his time between his third-grade studies at Palm Beach Day Academy, in Palm Beach, Fla., and participating […]