December 21, 2020
JPMorgan Chase Commits $100,000 to Help Local Food Bank Support Families Impacted By COVID-19 Pandemic
JPMorgan Chase is providing $100,000 to the Food Bank of Delaware to help local families who are facing food insecurity as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. In total, the firm is committing $300,000 in new philanthropic support to food banks in Wilmington, Delaware; Washington, D.C.; and Oakland, California. “So many local families have been…
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December 10, 2020
Perdue Farms $100,000 Grant Helps Fund New ‘Repack Room’ At Food Bank of Delaware And Helps Reduce Food Waste
Perdue Farms, as part of its “Delivering Hope to Our Neighbors” hunger relief initiative, has invested in a new “repack room” at the Food Bank of Delaware in Newark to help provide more protein and other nutritious food to Delawareans who face food insecurity and reduce food waste. A $100,000 grant funded by the Franklin…
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December 7, 2020
Islamic Relief USA Awards $10,000 Grant to the Food Bank of Delaware
Coons ‘grateful’ for support Islamic Relief USA has awarded a $10,000 grant to the Food Bank of Delaware, helping the large regional facility address unprecedented levels of food insecurity stemming from the novel coronavirus pandemic. “Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, food insecurity has increased tremendously in the United States. The impact of the…
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December 3, 2020
Delta Dental Community Care Foundation Marks Giving Tuesday with $25,000 to the Food Bank of Delaware
The Delta Dental Community Care Foundation announced on Tuesday that it is giving $25,000 to the Food Bank of Delaware. This announcement fell on Giving Tuesday, a global generosity movement that encourages people and organizations to do good, which has deeper resonance amid the challenges presented by COVID-19. “As a result of the pandemic, food…
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October 21, 2020
Summer hockey camp scores big for hungry Delawareans
Thank you to Sussex Academy freshman Callie Short for her recent $500 donation to the Food Bank of Delaware. This 14-year-old resident and her 12-year-old brother, Brenner, raised the funds by hosting two summer field hockey camps in the backyard of their Lewes home. Campers brought their own equipment; Callie provided the training and the…
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September 24, 2020
Food Bank, Amazon partnership helps family facing food insecurity
Like many of the people served by the Food Bank of Delaware, the COVID-19 pandemic is quite real and personal for one family. At the time of her phone interview, Sally – not her real name – was anxiously awaiting her COVID test results. Her father, who resides in her household, had tested positive for…
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September 9, 2020
Highmark Delaware Donates $125,000 to Food Bank of Delaware’s Delaware Food Works Workforce Development Initiative
Highmark Delaware presented the Food Bank of Delaware with a $125,000 donation this morning to support the organization’s workforce development initiative, Delaware Food Works. Through Delaware Food Works, the Food Bank provides workforce development training to Delawareans in the areas of food service and warehousing/logistics through The Culinary School and L.O.G.I.C. (Logistics, Operations, General Warehousing…
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August 6, 2020
Young volunteers creative – and refreshing – ways to help
We value our volunteers at the Food Bank of Delaware, and in fact we like to say that volunteers are the heart and soul of our organization. While most of our volunteers assist by packing sorting at both our Newark and Milford sites, some are quite innovative in how they help us meet the needs…
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August 4, 2020
Sweet success: Food rescue links producers to people in need
Like many Food Bank of Delaware programs, a food rescue initiative we call Sister Share is a win-win for everyone involved. Here’s how it works, explains our Food Sourcing Manager Ed Matarese: a member agency is assigned a local food outlet, typically a grocery store, and agrees to pick up and distribute donated products directly…
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July 13, 2020
Volunteer hosts food drives, lends helping hand to hungry Delawareans
Melody McNulty knows the rewards of volunteering. The Food Bank of Delaware and the people we serve appreciate that she has chosen to donate her time, energy, and talents to support our mission to eliminate food insecurity in rather non-typical ways. McNulty started volunteering, like quite a few other volunteers, during the height of the…
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