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Lynn University students rough it, paying tribute to friends’ legacies and the poor

April 14th, 201109:58 AM ET

By Food for the poor

For the third year, Lynn University's Students For The Poor slept, ate and studied on the university's lawn inside tents and a structure that portrays housing built by Food For The Poor in developing countries. By sleeping outside and limiting themselves to one meal of rice and beans a day the week of April 4-7, they brought attention to deplorable...
Haiti Village Celebrates the Lives of 14 Lynn University Mission Members

July 23rd, 201002:51 PM ET

By Food for the poor

Food For The Poor has started construction on a housing village in Haiti dedicated to the 12 Lynn University students and two faculty members who were on a Haiti mission trip when the devastating earthquake struck. The “Journey of Hope Memorial Village” will offer friends and family members the opportunity to visit Haitian families like those w...
South Floridians Walk to Fight Hunger

June 17th, 201004:06 PM ET

By Food for the poor

Mark your calendars! Food For The Poor's fifth annual three-mile walk/run will be Saturday, Oct. 2, on Lynn University's campus in Boca Raton, Fla. Register online with your friends as we lace-up our shoes to feed those who are unable to feed themselves in Haiti. With your support, we can bring awareness to Haiti's chronic malnutrition problem tha...
Stephanie’s Footsteps Lead to New School in Jamaica

June 16th, 201004:21 PM ET

By Food for the poor

When Lenny and Lin Crispinelli travel to Jamaica to build a school with Food For The Poor this month, it will be a bittersweet journey to honor their daughter and to serve children such as the ones who captured her heart and energized her passion. Stephanie Crispinelli, a Lynn University student, died in the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti while on a ...
Students For The Poor live on campus for a week as a tribute to the poor

April 12th, 201001:35 PM ET

By Food for the poor

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (April 9, 2010) - Members of Lynn University's Students For The Poor will sleep outside on campus the week of April 12-16 to call attention to the deplorable living conditions of the destitute in developing countries. The goal is to raise donations to build desperately needed housing in Haiti with the international relief and de...
Lynn University students at a Food for the Poor facility in Haiti

January 18th, 201004:38 PM ET

By Food for the poor

Lynn University is providing the following photo for media use. This photo is believed to have been taken on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 at a Food for the Poor Haiti Warehouse and Feeding Center. This is a candid photo snapped just before a posed group shot (which has not yet been located). This is the only photo we have at this hour that contains all 14...
Lynn University’s 2010 Curriculum Includes Travel to Haiti and Jamaica with Food For The Poor

December 17th, 200902:11 PM ET

By Food for the poor

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (December 17, 2009) - In January, 29 Lynn University students and faculty members will step off a plane in Haiti or Jamaica as part of Lynn University's 2010 J-Term. The groups will travel Jan. 11-15 with Food For The Poor, the largest international relief and development organization in the United States. "The J-Term courses h...

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