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 (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 […]

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, 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, 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 […]