Good News - October 2018

South Florida families can combine their passion for the poor with their love for the sea to help fishermen in Haiti through Food For The Poor. This fall, the charity will sponsor a family-friendly day of fun on the water to raise funds for fishing villages in Haiti that were damaged by Hurricane Matthew in October 2016. The 3rd Annual Hope Floats Kids’ Dock Fishing Tour- nament & Family Night will begin at 4 p.m. Sunday, October 14, at the Sailfish Club of Florida, 1338 N. Lake Way, Palm Beach. Guests will enjoy a fishing tournament for kids on thedocks, adocktail party for adults followed by a family barbecue dinner and a dive-in movie for children. Hurricane Matthew bar- reled across the country’s south- ern peninsula on Oct. 4, 2016, with Category 4-strength winds of 145mph. The storm flattened homes and crops, damaged fishing villages and schools, swept away livestock and cut off transportation. Themost severe damage was in the south and the rehabilitation of the fishing villages there has been com- pleted. Now, attention is turning to repairing fishing villages in the north. For more information, call Marni Wyman at 888-404-4248 or email at marniw@food- forthepoor.com . PalmBeach Donors Raise Funds to Restore Fishing Villages in Haiti ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & !sgviaSatrxE n )+)+ + +#*+)# $*) +) + ,#* * ))* #)* ) +)# * # "% '# %#"# " " #$ () # !"#$%'(() ""!"#) , "!"#$)%&()+ Hope Floats committee Co-Chairs Amy and Ryan Bridger are pictured at last year's event. Photo/Food For The Poor Lexi Cornall pulls a 14-inch Pork Fish to win the Biggest Fish award at Food For The Poor's 2nd Annual Hope Floats in October 2017. The charity will hold the 3rd Annual Hope Floats on Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Sailfish Club of Florida in Palm Beach. \Photo/Food For The Poor Palm Beach County