Meet Our Team: Terri-Ann Brown
This is the first in an occasional series of posts profiling Food For The Poor employees. Jamaica-born mom, Terri-Ann Brown, is Food For The Poor’s Training and Organization Development Specialist. She...
View ArticleAn Enduring Commitment
One of the things that I have found most inspiring since coming to work at Food For The Poor is our donors’ dedication. I have heard many stories about individuals or groups who have traveled to Haiti...
View ArticleFather William Beers Speaks for the Poor
When Father William Beers speaks on Sunday, in a different church each week, he doesn’t use prepared remarks. Rather, he draws on his 17 years of experience as a speaker for Food For The Poor, and from...
View ArticleJimmy’s Story: How a Little Boy Touched a Mission Traveler’s Heart
Jack Osborne traveled to Jamaica with a Food For The Poor mission group in July. Here, he shares his story. One day during our Mission Trip, while visiting the people of Jamaica, my life was affected...
View ArticleVolunteers sew “pillowcase” dresses for Haitian orphans
When Susan Doellinger learned that her husband, Pastor Paul Doellinger, was traveling to Haiti with Food For The Poor, she wanted to make a contribution, to help children in need. In a recent...
View ArticleWe Can Help You Plan for Your Future
There are many creative ways to support the families that Food For The Poor serves. With thoughtful planning, you can make a gift that benefits your family as well as those in dire need in Latin...
View ArticlePennsylvania girl collects shoes, sports equipment for orphans in Guyana
When 6-year-old Brooke Pasquinelli of Greenberg, PA, saw a story on TV about children sending shoes to orphans in need, she paid close attention. Brooke’s mom, Melissa, says that Brooke was inspired by...
View ArticleFinding the Truth About Haiti
Before I left on my first Mission trip to Haiti with Food For The Poor, my coworkers had plenty of advice, musings and experiences to share with me. They told me everything from the mundane (don’t...
View ArticleA Mother Continues the Work Her Son Started
On January 16, 2014, Rosemarie Smith helped build a purple house in Jamaica. She worked alongside family, old friends and new ones, to build the house on the one-year anniversary of her son Kyle Good’s...
View Article“He Has Provided Me a Way to Provide for Others”
Each weekend, members of Food For The Poor’s Speakers Bureau – Catholic and Episcopal priests and Lutheran pastors – travel to churches around the United States, sharing our mission. They speak from...
View ArticleTheir Lives Are a Gift
One of FFP’s planned giving advisors, Via, traveled to Haiti last year, and she sent back this reflection. When we were kids, food was scarce. With eight hungry mouths to feed my mother struggled to...
View ArticleFFP Staff Profile: Helping Transform Lives
In October of 2014, after having worked at Food For The Poor for just under three years, Natalie Hurtubise joined FFP’s Projects department as the Project Manager for Guatemala and El Salvador. “This...
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Students Learn the Stories Behind Our Photos
On January 13, 40 third grade students from Palm Beach Day Academy in Palm Beach, Florida, visited Food For The Poor’s Coconut Creek headquarters. Four years ago, the school began a partnership with...
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Rising Together: Food For The Poor Honors Women
By Michael Turnbell People and organizations around the world will celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women in honor of International Women’s Day on March 8. Food...
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Join The Pack to Help Starving Children in Haiti
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...
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Mission Trip to Haiti: Gathered Up by Their Love and Joy
Fr. Tony Palazzolo, a Food For The Poor Speaker, recently returned from leading a Mission trip to Haiti, and he shared his reflections on the experience. This was one of the most memorable Mission...
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Sisters Reunited
Before they were reunited at an Angels Of Hope orphanage in Guyana, Devine and her sisters had little hope for the future. The girls were physically abused by their parents and often witnessed them...
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Food For The Poor Partners Provide Earthquake Relief to Ecuador
As Ecuador continues to recover from the April earthquake, longtime Food For The Poor partner Hormel Foods is providing essential food assistance. The charity will ship: 16 pallets of SKIPPY® peanut...
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Earthquake Survivor Surprises FFP Leader With In-Person Thank You
By Michael Turnbell It was a day Nelcia Laventure has dreamed about since she was a child, living in Food For The Poor’s Maison d’Amour orphanage in Haiti. She wanted to meet the man behind the charity...
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Hungry Eyes Team Packs Meals with a Heart for Haiti
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...
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