BALTIMORE, Md. (March 2, 2010) - Sixteen residents from Maryland traveled to Jamaica Valentine's weekend not for romance but certainly out of love. They went to build a school in an impoverished village. Since 1999, this group of committed donors has raised money to build homes and schools with the international relief and development organization Food For The Poor. Their efforts have improved the health and living conditions of many throughout Jamaica and Haiti...

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COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 1, 2010) - Just a few days away from its first fundraiser, the Boca Grande Friendship Village committee has met its first important milestone. They have raised more than $100,000, enough for Food For The Poor to begin constructing the first phase of the planned community in Pierre Payen, Haiti...

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COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 19, 2010) - Most of the people in Pierre Payen, Ravine Seche, Haiti are living in overcrowded mud huts with thatch roofs. Others have settled in concrete structures with rusted and leaky roofs. The Boca Grande Friendship Village committee wants to improve the living conditions for them by funding the development of a new community...

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COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 12, 2010) - Laura Levy, popular online food blogger of www.LaurasBestRecipes.com, wants you to watch, vote and help raise money for Haiti. Levy hopes to tally up the most votes in this latest online recipe competition, sponsored by Campbell's Soup Company and www.GoodBite.com. If she wins, she'll donate her entire prize earnings to her favorite charity, Food For The Poor...

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Over the past month, Food For The Poor has been able to provide relief to Haiti through the acquisition and delivery of more than 7,100 tons of food, medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, building materials and other goods to support the victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake. The 359 containers have provided lifesaving goods to those suffering from the effects of the earthquake. The people of Haiti have been provided with more than 20 million meals from the rice, beans, canned goods and water shipped into Haiti. Food For The Poor was able to immediately respond to their needs because there were goods in the Port-au-Prince warehouse, containers already in the port, and more containers on the way when the earthquake hit...

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COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 10, 2010) - Thanks to the generosity and unwavering support of the South Florida community, Food For The Poor's New Hope, New Beginnings gala on Saturday, Feb. 6, raised funds to build more than 150 concrete housing-units for Haiti's earthquake victims...

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Santos Maria, a mother of seven, sobbed as she spoke about her family. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she said, "There are days we eat and days we don't. Whatever money we have, we buy rice and beans."

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Lent is a time to reflect on Christ's sacrifice and His ultimate victory over death. This Lent,give a gift to celebrate Christ's resurrection by providing lifesaving food to hungry children in the Caribbean and Latin America...

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COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 2, 2010) - A passionate group plans to build a brand new village in Pierre Payan, Haiti, just two hours north of the devastated capital, Port-au-Prince. This group is made up of about two dozen Boca Grande residents, an island located on the west coast of Florida, mid-way between Sarasota and Ft. Myers. The village in Haiti will consist of 80 concrete homes, a water treatment facility, a community center and a vocational school...

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COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 3, 2010) - Palm Beach philanthropists Robert G. and Arlette Gordon (Honorary Chairpersons) joined Andres and Cathie Fanjul (Ball Chairpersons) and Paul Marino (Event Chairman) on stage at Food For The Poor's seventh-annual Fine Wines & Hidden Treasuresgala on Jan. 28 to urge friends and guests to send crucially needed relief supplies, and to help rebuild Haiti...

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COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 2, 2010) - Taiwan and Food For The Poor are leveraging their strong partnership to provide food for the earthquake-stricken people of Haiti. Two hundred tons of rice will arrive on Friday, and another shipment of 200 tons is scheduled to be delivered in April...

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COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Feb. 2, 2010) - To date, Food For The Poor has purchased, packaged and shipped more than 3,100 tons of emergency relief to the earthquake victims in Haiti. The agency has been working there for more than 24 years and plans on providing humanitarian aid to the country as long as it is necessary, and is now focused on providing relief, and rebuilding homes and schools...

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COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 27, 2010) -"We learned today that the search has ended for the missing students and faculty members traveling with us to Haiti on our "Journey of Hope." Our hearts go out to all of the families, and to our family at Lynn University. Along with them, our hearts are broken. We started praying for them before their journey even began, and we have prayed for them each day since their journey started. Read Full Statement Here

Living in abject poverty in Guyana - one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere - can rob a person of their ability to dream. In contrast, Joe and Judy Roetheli's big dreams helped them achieve success and replace once crumbling shacks, and cries of suffering, into self-sustaining villages and tears of joy in that same country.

"After we sold the company [Greenies®], we had money to provide help for other people," said Judy Roetheli. "It makes you feel good when you can help people achieve their dreams through your dreams."

Joe Roetheli and his oldest son, Steffan, traveled from Kansas City, Mo. to Guyana, Jan. 14-19 to dedicate the New Haven Village and... Read More

Proceeds from Food For The Poor's New Hope, New Beginnings gala at the Boca West Country Club on Saturday, Feb. 6, will go directly to meet the dire housing needs of Haiti's earthquake victims.

Angel Aloma, Food For The Poor's Executive Director, and Calvin Hughes, master of ceremonies for New Hope, New Beginnings, will share stories from their personal journeys to Haiti immediately following the devastating earthquake. Hughes, an Emmy Award-winning newscaster, has traveled to Haiti with Food For The Poor to witness the plight of the destitute, and has just returned from reporting on the earthquake's aftermath.

Food For The Poor has worked in Haiti for more than 24 years, and... Read more

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 25, 2010) - "There is hope in the wake of tragedy, triumph in the face of adversity for the survivor, survivor..." Those lyrics from "Survivor" were written by Glacia Robinson to comfort another country at another time, but now the singer/songwriter wants to use those lyrics to reach out to the people of Haiti. She is partnering with Food For The Poor to reach out to the survivors who are left to pick up the pieces of their broken country and rebuild, once again....

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COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 16, 2010) - In an effort to get as many aid items into Haiti as quickly as possible, Food For The Poor is directing food, water and medical supplies into the Dominican Republic to be sent over the border and into the hands of the hurting Haitian people.

The charity also will be sending pallets of critically needed medical items by air directly into Port-au-Prince on Sunday....

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COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 15, 2009) - Food For The Poor's Missions and Travel Director, Leann Chong, is recovering in a Dominican Republic hospital after being pulled from the rubble of a hotel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday morning. Chong had lain trapped for 17 hours beneath 3-feet of concrete, chin tucked and face to the floor, since the 7.0-magnitutde earthquake hit the struggling country on Tuesday evening.

Chong was on the second floor of the Hotel Montana in Pétionville at the time of the quake. She was in Haiti leading a mission trip, which included 12 students and two faculty advisors from Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla...

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Lynn University is providing the following photo for media use. This photo is believed to have been taken on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 at a Food for the Poor Haiti Warehouse and Feeding Center. This is a candid photo snapped just before a posed group shot (which has not yet been located). This is the only photo we have at this hour that contains all 14 members of the Lynn "Journey for Hope" group. If additional photos become available, those will be passed along as well...

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Our team from Florida is in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and reported back. Staffer Chris Frosch reported this morning (January 15) that there is dust, debris and "dead bodies everywhere," and little or no cell phone service. Tens of thousands of people are camped out in public parks because of the aftershocks. The team is staying at a Haiti staff member's house. "Last night we all slept in the cars because it was not safe to sleep inside," Frosch said.

Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, has been hit hard by the earthquake. "This is Haiti times 100. People are looking for lost relatives... it's chaos," said Frosch.

This afternoon, our Food For The Poor warehouse in Haiti loaded a 10,000 gallon water purifier into a truck to donate to the International Red Cross..... Read more