Untitled Document The New Director General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Miami, Philip T.Y. Wang, visited the Food For The Poor offices in Coconut Creek, Fla., and met with President and CEO, Robin Mahfood today. Taiwan has donated more than 2,200 tons of rice in its most recent donation to the international […]
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Find Your Stride and Help Educate Children
Untitled Document The second annual 5K Walk/Run For Education event is set to take place May 11, 2013 in Geneva, Ill. Hundreds took part in the first Hope for Haitians 5K Walk/Run For Education event in Geneva, on May 12, 2012. Money raised from last year’s event paid the tuition of children attending schools, built […]
Honor Mom, Give Gifts That Make a Difference
Related Items: More Photos on Facebook COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 25, 2013) – This Mother’s Day, make Mom proud by giving her a gift that lifts a family out of poverty in her honor. In developing countries, mothers often are the sole providers for their families and earn less than $2 a day. Share with […]
Louisville Residents Don Derby Hats and Heels to Stomp Out Poverty
An award was given to April Porterfield (right) for Biggest Hat.Photo by AE Photography l Amber Elder Related Items: More Photos on Facebook COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 24, 2013) – More than 150 Louisville residents dressed in Derby fashion to support Food For The Poor’s High Heels & Hats 1-mile stroll on April 20 at […]
Food For The Poor Releases 2012 Annual Report, Marking Another Year of Saving Lives, Transforming Communities, Renewing Hope
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 22, 2013) – Food For The Poor, named by The Chronicle of Philanthropy as the nation’s largest international relief and development agency, has issued its 2012 annual report. For 31 years, the charity’s purpose has been to save lives, transform communities and renew hope throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. Food […]
Food For The Poor Thanks Its Donors and Volunteers
FedEx contractors volunteered their time over a weekend to help with the building and the painting of six homes in the El Doradito housing village outside the city of San Pedro Sula, Honduras. FedEx built 12 two-room homes, through Food For The Poor, in the Central American countries of Honduras and Nicaragua. Related Items: More […]
Food For The Poor is Proud to Partner with TOMS
Overwhelmed by the cleanness of his new pair of TOMS Shoes, this child did not want to risk getting them dirty by wearing them. Related Items: More Photos on Facebook Learn About “One Day Without Shoes” COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 18, 2013) – Food For The Poor is proud to partner with TOMS to provide […]
FFP Board Member Appointed as Bishop of Montego Bay
Untitled Document Robin Mahfood, President/CEO of Food For The Poor, thanks Very Reverend Burchell Alexander McPherson for his service to Food For The Poor-Jamaica in a ceremony at Food For The Poor in Spanish Town, Jamaica. Fr. Burchell was appointed today by Pope Francis as Bishop of Montego Bay, Jamaica. COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 11, […]
Food For The Poor Connects Lutheran Parishes to Guatemala
Untitled Document Worshippers at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau, Mo., joined together to purchase this truck to serve the poor in Guatemala. COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 10, 2013) – Selling homemade chicken potpies, and handmade scarves and pottery, worshippers at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau, Mo., showed how $10 investments could […]
Donated Meals Meet Critical Need in Haiti
Untitled Document Larry Moore, Executive Director of Kids Against Hunger, visited the Journey of Hope Village in Croix-des-Bouquets where he helped the women in the community to prepare and distribute the rice casserole to the children attending school in the village. Related Item: More Photos on Facebook COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 8, 2013) – A […]