Untitled Document Everton Gregory, 54, and John Sobah, 58, are Jamaican fishermen who were rescued by a Colombian naval ship after drifting at sea for more than 20 days. Photo courtesy: San Andres Hoy. COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 21, 2012) – Two fishermen are expected back in Kingston, Jamaica, on Saturday, after a day on […]
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Food For The Poor Organizes Prisoner Releases, Nonviolent Offenders Freed in Jamaica, Guyana and Haiti
Untitled Document Natalie Carlisle, a Food For The Poor staff member, washed the feet of the nonviolent inmates at St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre before they were released. Related Information: More Photos on Facebook COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 17, 2012) – Hearing visitors’ voices in the corridor, anxious prisoners race to stretch their arms through […]
Atlanta Residents Travel to Haiti to Inaugurate Development Projects
Residents from the Atlanta-area communities in Grand Boulage, Haiti. Related Information: More Photos on Facebook COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 12, 2012) – Embraced by students at Lycee Charles Belair School in Arcahaie, Haiti, Paula Adesokan reflected how just two and a half months earlier she and her husband committed to fund the school’s water project […]
Building Hope Gala Committee Members Journey to Jamaica
Building Hope Gala Committee members toured the community of Canaan Heights, where they witnessed the plight of residents. Related Information: More Photos on Facebook COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 5, 2012) – Huddled inside a desperate family’s dark, dilapidated shack in Jamaica, members of the Building Hope Gala committee offered the promise of new Food For […]
Olympian Leads Food For The Poor 5K Walk/Run to Feed Record Number
Untitled Document Olympic medalist Yohan Blake, from left, Food For The Poor’s President/CEO Robin Mahfood, and ABC Channel 10 anchor Jason Martinez. Related Information: More Photos on Facebook See Video Highlights COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Nov. 29, 2012) – Approximately 700 South Floridians gathered at Quiet Waters Park in Deerfield Beach on Saturday, Nov. 17, to […]
Food For The Poor Joins the National #GivingTuesday Movement
Jolinda Wade, mother of NBA star Dwyane Wade, serves meals at Food For The Poor’s feeding program in Port-au-Prince, Haiti October 9, 2012. The programs serves 15,000 meals a day, six days a week to poor families in Port-au-Prince. Related Information: More Photos on Facebook Related Story on huffingtonpost.com Angel Aloma’s video on #GivingTuesday COCONUT […]
A Donor’s Story: Food For The Poor Shares the Gift of Giving
Mike Walker (L) helps his brother, Steven Walker (R) who had both of his legs and hands amputated this spring after contracting a life-threatening infection. Steven traveled with their mother, Barbara Gilbert, to Jamaica to help with the construction of the Celebration of Life School in St. Catherine through Food For The Poor in July […]
The WOW Factory Supports Food For The Poor’s 5K Walk/Run For Hunger
Yohan Blake is the current world champion over 100 meters. COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Nov. 8, 2012) – On Friday, Nov. 9, The WOW Factory will give thanks and donate 20 percent of the $20 admission fee to Coconut Creek-based nonprofits, including Food For The Poor. Come register for Food For The Poor’s 5K Walk/Run For […]
National FFA Donates Half a Million Meals to Haiti
Pallets of food are loaded on a container headed to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Thanks to the generosity of the National Future Farmers of America, the international relief and development organization Food For The Poor was able to ship half a million rice casserole meals to Haiti just one week after Hurricane Sandy left 54 dead and […]
Jenna Wolfe, TODAY Co-Anchor, to Headline at Fine Wines & Hidden Treasure’s Gala
Jenna Wolfe, Co-anchor of Weekend TODAY Related Information: Event page COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Nov. 6) – Jenna Wolfe, co-anchor of Weekend TODAY, will serve as master of ceremonies for Food For The Poor’s Palm Beach Gala, Fine Wines & Hidden Treasures, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at The Mar-a-Lago Club, Palm Beach. Wolfe’s participation is especially […]