Shaggy (left) talks with Food For The Poor President/CEO Robin Mahfood. Shaggy, a longtime supporter of the South Florida based-nonprofit, will perform at the 20th annual Building Hope Gala on Feb. 6, 2015.
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Kingston, Jamaica – October 30, 2014: Jamaica’s Grammy award-winning reggae star, Shaggy, perform at Food For The Poor’s (FFP) 20th annual Building Hope Gala, to raise funds to build critically needed houses for poverty-stricken individuals living in Pon Batay, Haiti.
FFP’s 20th annual Building Hope Gala will be held on Friday, February 6, 2015, at Boca West Country Club in Boca Raton, Florida.
According to Robin Mahfood, FFP President/CEO, the charity organisation is elated that Shaggy has chosen to assist them in raising funds to help build permanent homes for people living in dirt-floor makeshift shacks, who lack clean drinking water and must walk miles to another community to fetch water from a well.
“Shaggy is a true friend of Food For The Poor. Thanks to Shaggy, the determination of Building Hope Gala committee members and the South Florida community, Food For The Poor is positioned to build even more homes to commemorate the gala’s 20th anniversary,” Mr. Mahfood said.
He further stated, “The gift of a safe, secure home is a tremendous blessing for a family who lives in a crumbling one-room shack, and does not know where their next meal will come from. A home offers more than shelter to a destitute family - it offers hope.”
Since its founding 32 years ago, FFP has built more than 91,000 housing units for people desperately in need of adequate shelter. At Building Hope Gala, attendees will be invited to make pledges for the construction of the houses. Attendees will also be able to bid on additional silent auction prizes, such as electronics, jewelry, vacations, golf and dining packages at Boca West Country Club, 20583 Boca West Drive, Boca Raton, Florida 33434.
Supporters can donate a Food For The Poor home in advance of the Building Hope Gala. Donors who do this, will be entered into a drawing to win two tickets to New York Fashion Week in September 2015. The winner and guest will travel to New York in style, wearing custom-made clothes, selected by an A-List wardrobe stylist. Hotel accommodations and airfare are included in the package. Each home donated between November 1 and midnight on February 25, 2015, will generate an entry for the drawing. The winning ticket will be pulled during the gala.
The Building Hope Gala committee has organised a pre-party on November 13 at Shop DNA, Royal Place, 1000 Plaza Real S., Suite E, Boca Raton, Florida 33432. A portion of the proceeds from sales will be donated to Food For The Poor. Lea Black, from the cast of The Real Housewives of Miami Season 3, will attend the event. Hillary Wallace at 888-404-4248 can be contacted for an invitation.
For additional information regarding the Building Hope Gala, sponsorship opportunities, and tickets, available at US$250 per person, please call 888-404-4248.
Created by:
Ainsworth Morris, PROComm
For more information, please contact:
Jennifer Leigh Oates
Food For The Poor Inc
Public Relations Associate
954-427-2222
jennifero@foodforthepoor.com
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