Food for the Poor, 6401 Lyons Road, Coconut Creek will be holding its Honoring Our Veterans Community Day Event on November 11 from 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. The special day will kick off at 10:30 a.m. at the charity’s Coconut Creek headquarters, 6401 Lyons Road, with a half-hour program recognizing members of local veterans organizations as well as FFTP team members who have served. Army Col. J. Frank Melgarejo Jr., Chief of the Theater Civil Affairs Planning Team South at United States Southern Command, a longtime FFTP partner, will be the keynote speaker. Other guests include Coconut Creek Police […]

Food For The Poor, 6401 Lyons Road, Coconut Creek, will be holding its Hearts United Community Day on December 3 from 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The charity will pack meal kits for 1,000 impoverished families in the Caribbean and Latin America. Join volunteers, who will pack 1,000 kits that will provide enough food to feed an average family of four for one week. In addition, FFTP is seeking food donations in precise quantities and sizes specifically selected to fit in each kit. The contents of each kit will include:   •     Vegetable oil, one 48-ounce bottle •     Corn meal, […]

Food For The Poor (FFTP), 6401 Lyons Road, Coconut Creek will be holding its Hearts United Community Day on April 15 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. The first Hearts United Community Day of 2023 will bring together volunteers from churches, schools, businesses and community groups to pack 2,000 women’s care kits that are a key part of the charity’s disaster response each year. FFTP prepositions relief kits every year to help countries and in-country partners rapidly respond to disasters such as hurricanes or earthquakes. This year, kits will be sent to the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, […]

Food For The Poor (FFTP) will be holding its Seventh Annual Rafe Cochran Golf Classic at Trump International Golf Club, 3505 Summit Blvd, West Palm Beach on May 1 from 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Rafe Cochran will host the 7th Annual Rafe Cochran Golf Classic to provide additional classroom space for 1,700 students in need at the Innswood High School in Innswood, Jamaica. The additional space is needed to create an environment that is conducive to learning. The event will be a fun outing for golfers of all ages and skill levels. Individual tickets cost $500. To RSVP, visit […]

Food for the Poor will be holding its We Are One National Celebration on September 28 at 7 p.m. This extraordinary virtual event aims to address food insecurity in the Caribbean and Latin America. The goal is to deliver 10 million meals to hungry children and families. There will be worship sung by Laura Story. To register, visit https://fundraise.givesmart.com/e/63sCVA?vid=10g6zs

Food For The Poor (FFTP) will be holding its Feed the Pack event at Advent Lutheran Church, 300 E. Yamato Road, Boca Raton on October 7 from 9 to 11 a.m., noon to 2 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. Food For The Poor (FFTP) is inviting volunteers to Join The Pack and help provide 100,000 lifesaving MannaPack rice meals for families living in poverty in Honduras. In this file photo, Linda Coello, President/Founder of CEPUDO, Food For The Poor’s trusted partner in Honduras, is all smiles after making a special trip to South Florida in 2022 to participate in […]

Food For The Poor (FFTP) will be hosting a special prayer service for Haiti at Parkridge Church, 5600 Coral Ridge Drive, Coral Springs on April 26 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The event will bring together clergy, parishioners, and dignitaries who will collectively lift their voices in an expression of hope for peace in the troubled nation. The event will include updates from Mario Nicoleau, CEO of Food For The Poor-Haiti, and from the Bitar brothers, physicians at Bernard Mevs Hospital in Port-au-Prince, who prefer not to use their first names. Nicoleau and the Bitar brothers are among the many […]

Food For The Poor (FFTP) will be holding the Eighth Annual Rafe Cochran Golf Classic at Trump International Golf Club, 3505 Summit Blvd, West Palm Beach on April 29 from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Participants will help 19-year-old Cochran raise money to fund much-needed upgrades at the Brompton Primary School in Brompton, Jamaica. This will be the seventh school in Jamaica that he has helped expand through Food For The Poor (FFTP). Proceeds from the classic will fund the construction of four additional classrooms, an administrative unit and guidance counselor’s office, and a staff restroom. Tickets cost $550. To register, […]

Food For The Poor (FFTP), 6401 Lyons Road, Coconut Creek will host Food For The Poor Day on May 7 from 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. The community is invited to join the charity for a celebration of faith and optimism. The festive day will be filled with various activities, starting with a prayer service open to all from 9 to 9:30 a.m. in the Prayer Room of FFTP’s Coconut Creek headquarters. Following the service, guests will have an opportunity to tour the building and warehouse at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., or 3 p.m. During these tours, they also will […]

Join Food For The Poor and special talented guest contemporary Christian singer-songwriter Blanca for the fifth annual NATIONAL CELEBRATION – We Are One virtual event on August 15 at 7 p.m. The goal is to deliver 10 million meals to hungry children and families. Every dollar given until midnight on August 31 will be matched with one dollar’s  worth of food, up to $500,000! Registration is free. To register, visit foodforthepoor.org/weareone24.

Food For The Poor, 6401 Lyons Rd, Coconut Creek will be holding its Hope Fest on May 3 from 12 - 4 p.m. Hope Fest is a family-friendly celebration filled with hands-on volunteer projects, and exciting activities for all ages. • Fun, games, crafts, and activities for kids • Take a behind-the-scenes tour • Create uplifting hope cards • Immerse yourself in virtual reality • Dance to music from DJ Canvas • Enjoy delicious food truck treats Please bring a canned good item as an “entry fee” to further the mission of giving back! For more information about Food For […]

Food for the Poor will be holding its United for Relief Concert at the Sarasota Fairgrounds, 3000 Ringling Boulevard, Sarasota on December 13 from 11:30 a.m.- 10 p.m. and December 14 from 11:30 a.m. - 7 p.m.  A powerful lineup of reggae legends and rising stars will come together December 13 and 14 for United for Relief, a two-day benefit concert at the Sarasota Fairgrounds to support Food For The Poor’s (FFTP) emergency response and long-term recovery efforts in Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa. The event will unite music lovers, community partners, and supporters of Jamaica during a time of deep […]