Untitled Document COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 15, 2013) –Dust off your Derby hat and slip into your favorite pair of pumps, now is the time to register for Food For The Poor’s High Heels & Hats. The charity’s event includes a 1-mile stroll in high heels, a VIP brunch, a silent auction and an awards […]
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Boca Grande Committee to Announce Plans for Friendship Village III
Untitled Document Hope For Haitians Chairmen, Ben and Louise Scott (L), along with Food For The Poor’s Haiti Projects Manager, Beth Carroll (R), visits the Louie family in Michaud. The Louie family were relocated from a tent city and given a home in Boca Grande’s Friendship Village II. Related Information: More Photos on Facebook Watch […]
Lenten Season to Kick-Start Food For The Poor’s Operation Starfish Program
Untitled Document This workbook is a way for parents or teachers to teach children about giving selflessly and how we can make sacrifices to help the poor. Get the workbook at www.FoodForThePoor.org/starfish Related Information: Video about Operation Starfish Operation Starfish Website COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 12, 2013) – Instead of giving something up this year […]
Food For The Poor’s Building Hope Gala Raises Record Number of Roofs in Jamaica
Untitled Document Building Hope Gala committee members for 2013 include (L to R) Ronda Gluck, Becky Carlsson, Rene Mahfood, Renee Stetler, Allison Venditti, LaMae Klos, Julie Mahfood, Ronda Ellis Ged, Cathy Moabery, Traci Wilson, Robin Ranzal Knowles, Jill Perea, Pamela Matsil, Laurie Braden, Melissa Davimos, Kara Seelye, and Kelly Brauner. Committee members not pictured include […]
Palm Beach Philanthropists Continue Building in Gordon’s Village
(From left to right) Angel Aloma (Executive Director of Food For The Poor), Jenna Wolfe (co-anchor of NBC Weekend), Patrick Park (Grand Honorary Chair), Arlette Gordon and Dr. Elizabeth Bowden (Honorary Chairs). COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 30) –Palm Beach philanthropists Patrick Park (Grand Honorary Chair), Arlette Gordon and Elizabeth Bowden (Honorary Chairs), thanked attendees at […]
School in Jamaica Dedicated in Honor of Palm Beach Philanthropist
The school project was named in honor of Robert G. Gordon. Related Information: More Photos on Facebook COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 17) – Students enthusiastically waved letters that spelled out the word “Thanks” to welcome Food For The Poor representatives and the charity’s 2012 Fine Wines & Hidden Treasures Event Chairman to the Robert G. […]
Haiti Earthquake, Three Years Later: Food For The Poor and Donors are Keeping their Promise
Untitled Document A girl walks through the newly inaugurated Journey of Hope Village, outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Food For The Poor has built 3,668 two-room concrete block homes since the 2010 earthquake. Related Information: More Photos on Facebook COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 10, 2013) – It’s been three years since a magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated the […]
Reggae Entertainers Tarrus Riley and Dean Fraser To Perform at Food For The Poor’s Building Hope Gala
Award-winning reggae artist Tarrus Riley COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 10, 2013) – Award-winning reggae artist Tarrus Riley and saxophonist Dean Fraser have partnered with the South Florida-based nonprofit Food For The Poor to help build desperately needed homes for the destitute in Jamaica. Riley and Fraser will perform at Food For The Poor’s annual Building […]
Mission Group and Lutheran Coalition Bring Hope to Guatemala
Untitled Document Members of St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne, Ind., present women in Vista Bella, Guatemala, with sewing machines. COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 9, 2013) – Wearing brightly colored neon T-shirts and wide grins, members of St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne, Ind., empowered women in Vista Bella, Guatemala, by presenting them […]
Gratitude and Renewed Hope: Friendship Village Recipients Share Inspirational Stories from Haiti
Untitled Document Thanks to the generosity of the Boca Grande Hope for Haitians Committee and Food For The Poor, Darline has expanded her tiny business into a shop where she now sells a variety of items. Her business also has a small open-air restaurant where she sells dinners at night. Related Information: More Photos on […]