With only a month remaining, now is the time to register for Food For The Poor’s 5K Walk/Run For Hunger. Sign up online to stomp out hunger alongside Jamaican Olympic medal winner Yohan Blake on Saturday, Nov. 17, at 7 a.m. at Quiet Waters Park in Deerfield Beach, Fla.
Register to participate in the charity’s 5K Walk/Run online at www.FoodForThePoor.org/walk. While on the website, take advantage of free fundraising tips designed to help you reach your fundraising goal by sharing your ideas with family, friends, co-workers and contacts.
Cost of registration is $20 for adults and $15 for children ages 6-10. There’s no fee for children 5 and under. The registration cost includes a T-shirt for the first 1,500 who sign up. There will be refreshments, live music, balloon artists, face painters and more at this family event. Registration starts at 6:30 a.m., the run/walk begins at 7 a.m. and the awards ceremony is at 8 a.m.
“I know what it is to be hungry and so I respect what they are doing,” said Blake, nicknamed “The Beast” by his teammates. “Food For The Poor is one of the most important charities in the Western Hemisphere.”
Proceeds from this year’s 5K Walk/Run will raise money to purchase food to feed destitute families in the Caribbean and Latin America. A generous donor has agreed to match every dollar raised with an additional dollar’s worth of food.
Participants are also encouraged to bring cans of food to the 5K Walk/Run to benefit needy families in South Florida. Requested Thanksgiving-themed sides include canned corn, sweet potato, green beans, pumpkin and cranberry sauce.
“We want to help spread Thanksgiving blessings to needy families in our community, too,” said Robin Mahfood, Food For The Poor’s President/CEO. “With local food pantry shelves practically empty, we want to be able to bring the community together to address the need."
Jason Martinez, co-anchor for WPLG-TV ABC Local 10 Morning News and Local 10 News at Noon, will join Blake at the walk/run. Martinez traveled to Jamaica in August to cover the island-nation’s 50-year anniversary of independence. While in Jamaica, Martinez saw the poverty firsthand.
Medallions will be given to top finishers of each age group. Food For The Poor’s 5K Walk/Run will be timed by Accuchip Timing on a certified course in Quiet Waters Park.
The 5K Walk/Run is presented by Winn-Dixie. Event sponsors are Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, Corner Bakery Cafe, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, PNC, Polyglass, Runners Edge, Sun Sentinel, TeamReliv, WATA, Wells Fargo, and World of Beer.
Yohan Blake limited edition commemorative WATA bottles will be distributed at the walk/run.
There will be several opportunities to help and have fun before the walk/run.
• On Sunday, Oct. 28, bring your friends to Bru’s Room in Coconut Creek to register for the walk/run and to watch the 1 p.m. kickoff of the Miami Dolphins v. New York Jets. Win prizes, and play the Quarterback toss game at Bru’s Room, 5460 W. Hillsboro Blvd., Coconut Creek, Fla.
• Winn-Dixie, the event’s presenting sponsor, will host a wine sampling compliments of Barefoot Wine & Bubbly on Friday, Nov. 2 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Invite your friends and teammates to stop by to learn more about the nonprofit, and win prizes at Winn-Dixie, 5600 West Sample Road, Margate, Fla.
• On Friday, Nov. 9, The WOW Factory will give thanks and donate 20 percent of the $20 admission fee to Coconut Creek-based nonprofits. Come enjoy the attractions and play unlimited video games while benefiting charity from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at The WOW Factory, 5891 Lyons Road, Coconut Creek, Fla.
• Tickets to the Miami Dolphins v. Seattle Seahawks game on Sunday, Nov. 25, can be purchased for $45. A percentage of the ticket sales through the nonprofit will be contributed to the walk/run’s final donation tally. To order tickets, or to request additional information, please send an email to events@FoodForThePoor.com.
Food For The Poor, named by The Chronicle of Philanthropy as the largest international relief and development organization in the nation, does much more than feed millions of the hungry poor in 17 countries of the Caribbean and Latin America. This interdenominational Christian ministry provides emergency relief assistance, clean water, medicines, educational materials, homes, support for orphans and the aged, skills training and micro-enterprise development assistance, with more than 96 percent of all donations going directly to programs that help the poor.
Contact:
Jennifer Leigh Oates
Food For The Poor
Public Relations
954-427-2222 x 6054
jennifero@foodforthepoor.com
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Friday, August 13, 2010
Taiwan ICDF Honors Commitment to Nonprofit
The government of Taiwan, through their International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF), has partnered with Food For The Poor to outfit schools and orphanages in Haiti with 1,020 computer workstations.
The Taiwanese embassy will work closely with the international relief and development organization to select schools that are eligible to receive the computer workstations. Recognizing that education and technology are crucial to break the cycle of poverty, the Taiwan ICDF has pledged technical support, and to develop grade-level specific software to assist teachers and students in the classroom.
In addition to educational supplies, Taiwan ICDF also is donating much-needed rice. At one time, Taiwan ICDF shipped 40 containers of rice a month to Food For The Poor-Haiti for distribution. Through this joint initiative, hundreds of thousands of school children and adults in the most destitute areas of the Haiti were provided life-saving food.
Since the catastrophic Jan. 12 earthquake, Food For The Poor continues to feed an ever-increasing number of Haitians who are in desperate need of assistance. Joint initiatives with Taiwan ICDF include in-country production of food through agriculture, farm-raised fish and livestock breeding – self-sustainable initiatives that teach people how to earn a living.
A Taiwan ICDF tilapia expert worked with Food For The Poor this year to increase the production of tilapia and basa in Haiti. These fish ponds both eliminate hunger and provide an entire village with a sustainable source of food and income. Currently there are more than 30 ponds in Haiti.
“The Taiwan ICDF humanitarian commitment to Food For The Poor on behalf of the poorest of the poor has been an incredible blessing to millions,” said Robin Mahfood, President/CEO of Food For The Poor. “We are extremely grateful to the people of Taiwan and Taiwan ICDF for all they have done to help our poorest brothers and sisters.”
In October 2009, Taiwan ICDF delegates traveled to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to meet with Food For The Poor’s President/CEO and Executive Director to discuss opportunities for future partnerships. During the trip, Taiwan ICDF delegates rolled up their sleeves to help serve some of the more than 15,000 hot meals that are cooked and distributed at Food For The Poor’s warehouse and complex, six days a week. Delegates also visited Food For The Poor-sponsored schools, orphanages and handicapped homes.
Taiwan ICDF cooperates with Food For The Poor in agriculture, aquaculture and animal husbandry projects in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua.
Food For The Poor, the largest international relief and development organization in the nation, does much more than feed millions of hungry poor in 17 countries of the Caribbean and Latin America. This interdenominational Christian agency provides emergency relief assistance, clean water, medicines, educational materials, homes, support for orphans and the aged, skills training and micro-enterprise development assistance, with more than 96 percent of all donations going directly to programs that help the poor.
For more information, please visit www.FoodForThePoor.org.
The Taiwanese embassy will work closely with the international relief and development organization to select schools that are eligible to receive the computer workstations. Recognizing that education and technology are crucial to break the cycle of poverty, the Taiwan ICDF has pledged technical support, and to develop grade-level specific software to assist teachers and students in the classroom.In addition to educational supplies, Taiwan ICDF also is donating much-needed rice. At one time, Taiwan ICDF shipped 40 containers of rice a month to Food For The Poor-Haiti for distribution. Through this joint initiative, hundreds of thousands of school children and adults in the most destitute areas of the Haiti were provided life-saving food.
Since the catastrophic Jan. 12 earthquake, Food For The Poor continues to feed an ever-increasing number of Haitians who are in desperate need of assistance. Joint initiatives with Taiwan ICDF include in-country production of food through agriculture, farm-raised fish and livestock breeding – self-sustainable initiatives that teach people how to earn a living.
A Taiwan ICDF tilapia expert worked with Food For The Poor this year to increase the production of tilapia and basa in Haiti. These fish ponds both eliminate hunger and provide an entire village with a sustainable source of food and income. Currently there are more than 30 ponds in Haiti.
“The Taiwan ICDF humanitarian commitment to Food For The Poor on behalf of the poorest of the poor has been an incredible blessing to millions,” said Robin Mahfood, President/CEO of Food For The Poor. “We are extremely grateful to the people of Taiwan and Taiwan ICDF for all they have done to help our poorest brothers and sisters.”
In October 2009, Taiwan ICDF delegates traveled to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to meet with Food For The Poor’s President/CEO and Executive Director to discuss opportunities for future partnerships. During the trip, Taiwan ICDF delegates rolled up their sleeves to help serve some of the more than 15,000 hot meals that are cooked and distributed at Food For The Poor’s warehouse and complex, six days a week. Delegates also visited Food For The Poor-sponsored schools, orphanages and handicapped homes.
Taiwan ICDF cooperates with Food For The Poor in agriculture, aquaculture and animal husbandry projects in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua.
Food For The Poor, the largest international relief and development organization in the nation, does much more than feed millions of hungry poor in 17 countries of the Caribbean and Latin America. This interdenominational Christian agency provides emergency relief assistance, clean water, medicines, educational materials, homes, support for orphans and the aged, skills training and micro-enterprise development assistance, with more than 96 percent of all donations going directly to programs that help the poor.
For more information, please visit www.FoodForThePoor.org.
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