Food For The Poor Brightens The Lord’s Place With Donations

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Dec. 10, 2009) – The South Florida-based nonprofit Food For The Poor donated 94 cases of Minute Maid orange juice and an artificial, decorated Christmas tree on Tuesday to The Lord’s Place in West Palm Beach.

Through the years, Food For The Poor and The Lord’s Place have changed many lives. Both organizations know the importance of food, housing and an education. The absence of just one of life’s basic needs can be detrimental. 

“We pray this donation will help those who rely on The Lord’s Place to start the day a little brighter, knowing they are remembered,” said Angel Aloma, Food For The Poor’s Executive Director. “It is a privilege to give back to the Palm Beach community.”

In addition to Food For The Poor’s international mission, the organization also supports many South Florida organizations, including Blessings Food Pantry at Christ Church, Chris Evert Children’s Hospital, New Hope Charities, The Center for Family Services of Palm Beach County, The Lord’s Place, The Salvation Army shelter, Women in Distress, and United Overcome Church.

Food For The Poor’s seventh annual Palm Beach gala will be held Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, at The Ritz-Carlton. The Fine Wines & Hidden Treasures event is chaired by distinguished Palm Beach philanthropists – Robert G. and Arlette Gordon (Honorary Chairpersons), and Andres and Cathie Fanjul (Ball Chairpersons). To purchase tickets online, or for more information please visit, http://www.foodforthepoor.org/palmbeach. Proceeds will benefit Gordon’s Village, in Jamaica.

The Lord’s Place, Inc. is a nonprofit, nonsectarian, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to breaking the cycle of homelessness by providing innovative, compassionate, and effective services to men, women and children in our community. The Lord’s Place is one of South Florida’s most innovative, cost-effective and successful shelter programs, offering homeless families and individuals a new beginning.

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, Latin America and the United States. 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, http://www.foodforthepoor.org.