In developing countries, parents often cannot afford school supplies for their children, but through our new Amazon Wish List you can help! Please visit www.dev2.foodforthepoor.org/backtoschool to shop for the school supplies that are needed by students in the countries we serve. You can choose from among several essential items, such as pencils, backpacks and notebooks. […]
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A New Kind of Retirement
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 […]
A Corporate Matching Gift Can Double Your Donation!
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 […]
Operation Starfish® Gives a Life-Transforming Gift to Food For The Poor
When Nativity Parish of Burke, Va., presented its Operation Starfish® donation to Food For The Poor last month, the check included a $155 gift from a homeless man celebrating eight and a half months of sobriety. “Part of my recovery is giving back, and I know what your parish does,” he said, as he handed […]
The Good Things You Make Possible
It’s a difficult task to properly encapsulate the scope of all that Food For The Poor does on a daily basis. There are a lot of moving parts in a lot of different places. With that in mind we made a map that we hope serves as a helpful representation of how much your generosity […]
Help a Child in Need of School Supplies
Can you imagine going back to school without pencils, notebooks or a backpack? Unfortunately, that’s the reality for so many students in the countries we help, but today you are the key to unlocking a successful school year for children in need. Click www.dev2.foodforthepoor.org/backtoschool to shop our Amazon Wish List, and you can choose from […]
Bring Christmas Joy to a Child!
You can bring Christmas joy to children in the Caribbean and Latin America by donating to our Christmas Toy Drive. It’s easy to give through our Amazon Wish List. Please visit www.dev2.foodforthepoor.org/toydrive to shop for toys, including art supplies, soccer balls and teddy bears. We will deliver the toys to children in the countries we […]
Sonali – A Champion for the Poor
Sonali Surve has been a dedicated supporter of Food For The Poor since 2013. Sonali has been collecting food to help families in need for years. Every July, she continues this tradition. Even during the hot days of summer, she relentlessly collects food items despite the challenges it can bring. Sonali has inspired people like […]
Help a Child in Need of School Supplies
It’s easy to provide school supplies for kids in need in Latin America and the Caribbean! Click www.dev2.foodforthepoor.org/backtoschool to shop our Amazon Wish List, and you can choose from among several critically-needed items, such as pencils, backpacks and notebooks. We will deliver the supplies to children in need in the countries we serve. “School supplies […]