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How Food For The Poor is Fighting Poverty: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 RKD Digital

Over the last month, Food For The Poor has taken great pride in acknowledging National Hispanic Heritage Month with articles about developments in the Hispanic countries where the charity works and with social media posts featuring FFTP team members of Hispanic descent and their passion for service.

National Hispanic Heritage Month: A Time of Reflection and Appreciation

October 14, 2022October 15, 2022 RKD Digital

Giving Back: Volunteers Help FFTP, Build Connections, Make Memories

August 18, 2022August 18, 2022 RKD Digital

Food For The Poor’s Volunteer Program continues to grow. Last month, more than 450 volunteers representing South Florida churches, businesses and community-minded individuals helped the charity assemble 116,640 MannaPack meals for families in need in Ukraine. Florida Atlantic University Owls women’s volleyball team was eager to pack meals at FAU Arena, its home gymnasium court. […]

A Servant’s Heart: Indiana Donor Honors Memory of His Mother with Homes in Honduras

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 RKD Digital

Longtime donor Tim Thoman was looking for a meaningful way to honor his late mother, Joyce Thoman, who died last year. He found it by stepping in to complete the funding for 20 homes in Villanueva, Honduras, for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Community Commemoration project. All 20 two-bedroom concrete homes were completed earlier this year […]

MannaPack rice meals provided to Ukraine families by Feed My Starving Children

April 18, 2022May 9, 2022 RKD Digital

As a Christian ministry, prayer is at the front and center of all that we do. We offered prayer for the people of Ukraine and we invited you to pray with us. But we also have been anxious to explore other options to help. Food For The Poor is working through Feed My Starving Children, […]

A Loving Legacy: FFTP Partner Donates Toys in Memory of Beloved Employee

November 22, 2021 RKD Digital

By Michael Turnbell Steve Bryant loved kids. That love and his passion for serving others soon will bless thousands of children in the Caribbean and Latin America. A longtime employee of Gleaning For The World, a Food For The Poor partner, Steve was especially fond of the organization’s Teddy Bear Brigade that collects stuffed animals […]

Everyday Hero: Rory Mercurio

November 22, 2021April 24, 2012 Megan

Rory Mercurio considers himself blessed to earn a living driving a van for a large hotel to New York City’s LaGuardia Airport. So much so, that he decided he would donate a portion of his tip money to help the less fortunate, rather than use it for himself. “My main motivation… was my realization as […]

The One We Touch: How a Small Crocheted Starfish Sparked a Legacy

November 22, 2021October 6, 2021 Victoria Green

By Michael Turnbell It was a chance encounter, but one that was forever impressed upon the heart of Dr. Lynne Nasrallah. Dr. Lynne, as she is affectionately known at Food For The Poor, met Filiana on a mission trip to Haiti in 2002. She was being treated for leprosy at Cardinal Leger Hospital. “I remember […]

A Friend of the Poor: Doug Bursch

November 22, 2021May 12, 2012 Robby

Doug Bursch is a man of many talents: he’s a pastor, columnist, blogger, teacher and radio host just to name a few. Doug is also a friend to the poor of Guatemala. He traveled to Guatemala with a team of radio hosts earlier this year to meet some of our brothers and sisters there. Since […]

All-Nighter for the Poor

November 22, 2021November 5, 2012 Robby

In South Florida, college students are organizing campus events to commemorate World Food Day in partnership with the international relief and development organization Food For The Poor.