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Despite COVID-19, Canadians Provide 7.8 Million Meals and More in the Caribbean and Latin America
December 22, 2020 13:19 ET | Food For The Poor Of Canada Inc
TORONTO, Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Food For The Poor Canada (FFPC) moved quickly in early 2020 to address the impact of COVID-19 in vulnerable Latin American and Caribbean communities. While...
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Ground-Breaking For 60 New Homes in Haiti Sparks Joy
November 04, 2020 13:03 ET | Food For The Poor Of Canada Inc
TORONTO, Nov. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Food For The Poor Canada (FFPC) board and staff were ecstatic when their longtime partner, Food For The Poor Haiti, broke ground on October 28th, on a...
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Canadians Help School To Reopen One Year After Hurricane Dorian Devastates Bahamas
August 31, 2020 19:35 ET | Food For The Poor Of Canada Inc
TORONTO, Aug. 31, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- One year after Hurricane Dorian tore through the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama in the Bahamas, one special school is preparing to re-open in September,...
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Portland Holdings and Michael Lee-Chin Partner With Food For The Poor Canada to Feed Jamaican Communities During COVID-19 Economic slowdown
June 17, 2020 16:40 ET | Food For The Poor Of Canada Inc
TORONTO, June 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Michael Lee-Chin and Portland Holdings are calling upon Canadians to join in the effort to feed vulnerable communities in Jamaica by donating to Food For...
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Food For The Poor Canada Executive Director Receives the Harry Jerome Humanitarian Award from the BBPA
June 12, 2020 17:37 ET | Food For The Poor Of Canada Inc
TORONTO, June 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On June 11, 2020 Executive Director of Food For The Poor Canada (FFPC) Samantha Mahfood was named the recipient of the Harry Jerome – Humanitarian Award...
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Food For The Poor Canada Appeals to Canadians to Help Feed 50,000 People
June 03, 2020 13:00 ET | Food For The Poor Of Canada Inc
TORONTO, June 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Food For The Poor Canada (FFPC) calls upon Canadians to join in the effort to raise $1M in a campaign to feed an additional 50,000 people in the Caribbean...
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Food For The Poor Inc. President/CEO Robin Mahfood Retires
February 26, 2020 15:52 ET | Food For The Poor Of Canada Inc
TORONTO, Feb. 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After nearly 20 years as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Food For The Poor (FFP) Inc., Robin Mahfood has retired. Under his leadership, FFP...
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Celebrating Canadians This Christmas for Their Generous Gift to Haiti
December 23, 2019 12:18 ET | Food For The Poor Of Canada Inc
TORONTO, Dec. 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Food For The Poor Canada launched the It Takes A Village to Build A Village campaign in September 2018 with the goal of building sixty homes in the village...
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Canadians Raise Funds to Build 60 Homes for the Village of Derac, Haiti
December 20, 2019 13:37 ET | Food For The Poor Of Canada Inc
TORONTO, Dec. 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Food For The Poor Canada launched the It Takes A Village to Build A Village campaign in September 2018 with the goal of building sixty homes in the village...
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Vivene Salmon Installed As the First Racialized President of the Canadian Bar Association
September 05, 2019 09:14 ET | Food For The Poor Of Canada Inc
TORONTO, Sept. 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The following is a statement from Samantha Mahfood, Executive Director of Food For The Poor Canada: I met Vivene Salmon in the summer of 2011; she was a...