Tag: Food for the Poor

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Haiti deserves a break

April 19, 2024
Sheila Evans
Profiles

Ben and Louise Scott are not preachers; they are business people. Ben was a very successful owner of multiple franchises with McDonald’s Restaurants until his retirement in 2001. They know who has...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Many thanks to all who helped Hope for Haitians committee exceed their 2021 goal

Dear Editor and friends of the Boca Grande Hope For Haitians Committee, We’ve exceeded our goal! On behalf of the Boca Grande Hope for Haitians Committee, the people of Haiti, the most impoverished...

Hope For Haitians reception going virtual this year, working to make lives better in Savann Kabrit, Haiti with more supplies

January 8, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
News

STAFF REPORT – For the first time in 12 years, the Boca Grande Hope For Haitians reception at The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club in Boca Grande is going virtual. The annual in-person fundraiser was...

Hope for Haitians committee moves forward to help Savann Kabrit

STAFF REPORT – Weeks after the 11th annual Boca Grande Hope For Haitians reception in Boca Grande, on February 4, a deadly pandemic has emerged. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) has taken root and is...

11th annual ‘Hope for Haiti’ reception in Boca Grande

January 31, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

STAFF REPORT – The Boca Grande Hope For Haitians Committee agreed to fund 150 homes in the remote area of Savann Kabrit, Haiti, over a three-year period. Thanks to the generosity of Ben and Louise...

Ed Raine to speak at annual homes for Haiti reception

January 24, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

STAFF REPORT – Fundraising for 50 new homes for Haiti will continue with the Boca Grande Hope For Haitians annual cocktail and hors d’oeuvres reception at the Gasparilla Inn Beach Club, in Boca...

Final phase in Savann Kabrit, motivation for Boca Grande Hope For Haitians

November 15, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The Hope For Haitians Committee along with their partners, Food For The Poor, are preparing for the 11th annual Boca Grande Hope For Haitians cocktail and hors d’oeuvres reception. The...

Boca Grande donors committed to transforming the lives of the people of Savann Kabrit in Haiti this year … can you help?

January 12, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

Ben Scott, Co-Chairman of Boca Grande Hope For Haitians, returned late last year with Food For The Poor to Haiti, where thousands have been helped by Boca Grande’s kindness. The Boca Grande Committee...

Boca Grande Food for the Poor event to feature many fine auction items

February 3, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

This is one of the works by Fritz Rock a well-known visual artist who was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 1944 and died in 1976. The painting was donated for auction by Paul and Lorraine Hiznay for...

Hope for Haitians committee thanks community

Ben and Louise Scott are the chairmen of Boca Grande’s Hope For Haitians Committee, which is currently fundraising to build its fourth village in Haiti with Food For The Poor. The new village...