fundraise Archives - Food For The Poor

Join The Pack to Help Starving Children in Haiti

November 22, 2021March 23, 2016 Victoria Green

Katiana Antoine is a recent graduate of Florida International University. She enjoys writing and volunteering for different causes, and especially loves working with young children and youth. She is looking forward to joining us at our Join The Pack event on June 4. How often do you starve? Sounds a bit silly, but if we “starved” […]

Hungry Eyes Team Packs Meals with a Heart for Haiti

November 22, 2021July 14, 2016 Victoria Green

Food For The Poor donor and Join The Pack team captain Julie Steere shares her experience of our recent meal packing event. Nearly 300 starving children in Haiti will receive food every day for a year from Food For The Poor, thanks to volunteers who packed 101,088 lifesaving meals during the charity’s first Join The […]

Orlando Mission Traveler Shares Hugs, Toys with Peers in Haiti

November 22, 2021September 23, 2016 Victoria Green

By Michael Turnbell They may live worlds apart. But for a day, a simple soccer ball brought together Georgos Jusakos with boys his age at an orphanage in Haiti. Georgos, 13, an 8th grader who lives in Orlando, traveled to Haiti in August with his mother, Luz, and several other donors from the Orlando area […]

Our donors are super heroes!

November 22, 2021November 30, 2017 Victoria Green

One hundred homes will be built for poor families in Jamaica, Honduras and Nicaragua, thanks to the generous support of Food For The Poor donors on #GivingTuesday. Food For The Poor Executive Director Angel Aloma shares his loving gratitude: “Our donors are super heroes! Our countries are always in crisis – and not necessarily from natural […]

A Corporate Matching Gift Can Double Your Donation!

November 22, 2021February 1, 2018 Victoria Green

Imagine if your donation to Food For The Poor could feed twice as many hungry children. Last year, Food For The Poor received more than 1,100 matching gifts. If you work for a company with a matching gift program, your donation to Food For The Poor could be doubled! The impact of matching gift programs […]

Press for Progress in Honduras this International Women’s Day

November 22, 2021March 7, 2018 Victoria Green

Every woman deserves the chance to provide for her family’s needs, but in Honduras, many women live below the poverty line. This International Women’s Day, Food For The Poor is building a vocational training center called Ciudad Mujer (Women’s City) in Honduras that will offer new hope to moms like Heidi who are desperate to […]

The Secret Ingredient Is Love

November 22, 2021April 4, 2018 Victoria Green

By Donna Cleveland Who doesn’t love chocolate cake? The first time I ate a piece of Food For The Poor Executive Director Angel Aloma’s famous chocolate cake, I couldn’t resist boldly asking him for the secret ingredient. With a warm smile and a wink of the eye, he whispered, “It’s love!” When a home-cooked meal […]

A New Kind of Retirement

November 22, 2021May 4, 2018 Victoria Green

A trip to Jamaica with loving donors and retirees inspires Food For The Poor’s Director of Public Relations, Kathy Skipper. What does retirement look like to you? Is it a permanent vacation, a part-time job, volunteer work? I’m 60 now and I think a lot about how retirement might shape up for my husband and […]

Every Child Deserves a Toy!

November 22, 2021October 17, 2018 Victoria Green

Help bring Christmas joy to the children of the Caribbean and Latin America by giving new or used unwrapped toys. The easiest way to give is through our new Amazon Wish List! Please visit www.lotowordpress.com/toydrive to shop for toys, including teddy bears, soccer balls and action figures. We will deliver the toys to children in […]

Two Girls in Georgia Race to Build Greenhouses in Guatemala

November 22, 2021December 21, 2018 Victoria Green

Mothers in Georgia share how their daughters were inspired to change the lives of families in Guatemala, and the incredible lessons they learned about God’s faithfulness. Christmas greetings from Georgia!!! It is with great joy that we are writing to you today!! Earlier this month, our daughters, Sophie Mausz (age 9) and Emma Sue Loveland […]