Good News - October 2020

33 OCTOBER 2020 www.goodnewsfl.org Good News • South Florida Edition OUT AND ABOUT Food For The Poor teamed up with four Broward County churches last month to distribute household items and other basic necessities to struggling families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Parkridge Church in Coral Springs hosted the distribution, which provided essential goods to hundreds of families who came from all over Broward. At times, the line of cars stacked up in a back-and-forth loop tak- ing up most of the field on the east side of the church. Longtime partner Matthew 25: Ministries provided a 53- foot tractor-trailer to Food For The Poor filled with personal care items such as shampoo, deodorant, razors and shaving cream, cleaning supplies, laun- dry detergent and diapers. Volunteers from Parkridge Church, the Chinese Baptist Church and the Parkridge Ko- rean Baptist Church, also in Coral Springs, and Cross United Church in Lighthouse Point loaded the goods into the vehicles of grateful families. “We are so blessed to be able to share these goods with our community and to be able to bless others,” said Pastor Eddie Bevill, of Parkridge Church. Food For The Poor prima- rily works internationally, but the charity is acutely aware of the difficulties some Florida families are having. “We’re grateful for partner- ships and generous donors who make it possible for us to provide relief to local families,” said Food For The Poor Presi- dent/CEO Ed Raine. For more information, please visit www.FoodForThe- Poor.org. Food For the Poor, Baptist Churches Distribute Aid to Struggling Families Avolunteer hands a bag of essential goods to a grateful family Saturday at Parkridge Church. Photo/ Food For The Poor Gary Gibson, FFTP's Director of Donor Relations, distributed house- hold goods. Photo/ Food For The Poor