Have a surplus of produce from your garden? Want to share your bounty? You can donate fresh fruits and vegetables to Delawareans in need!

Produce donations to the Food Bank of Delaware, enable us to distribute fresh, local produce to Delawareans in need! We often hear from community members who indicate that accessing fresh produce is most difficult. Your donations help us get nutritious foods to those who need it most!

To ensure food safety, please be sure to follow these produce donation guidelines:

  • Wash hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and hot water before handling produce.
  • Donate only good quality, fresh produce.
  • Please do not place fresh produce in trash bags when donating. Trash bags are not graded for food and cause chemicals to leach into the food.
  • Don’t donate produce that has signs of mold, spoilage, bruising or insects. Don’t donate produce you wouldn’t buy or feed to your family.
  • If pesticides were used on the product, be absolutely certain that you have followed the instructions on the pesticide label for application and safe harvest times. If you are unsure, discard the produce in the garbage—do not compost, eat or donate it.
  • Brush off as much mud and soil as possible from the produce.
  • Don’t mix produce types. Separate each produce type into its own clean food-grade container or bag.
  • To learn more about food safety please visit www.foodsafety.gov

Have surplus produce to share? You may drop off your donations to the following locations throughout the state!

NEW CASTLE COUNTY

Newark 

Child Inc. Sparrow Run Family Resource Center
148 Flamingo Dr
Newark, DE  19713
Monday-Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Questions? Contact:
Donna Johnson
(302) 832-5451
djohnson@childinc.com

Delaware Regional Dream Center
310 Ruthar Drive, Ste 11
Newark, DE  19711
Monday and Wednesday: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (flexible)
Questions? Contact:
Matt Morrison
(302) 286-7406
dreamcenterdematt@gmail.com

Food Bank of Delaware
222 Lake Drive
Newark, DE  19702
(Enter the Food Donations door in the back of the building)
Monday-Thursday: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Redeemed Christian Church of God. Faith Chapel Inc.
8 Creek Lane
Newark, DE  19702
Monday-Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Questions? Contact:
Yinka Oshatola/ Folarin Osundina
(302) 562-3523/ (610) 931-9795
admin@rccgfaithchapel.org / folarin_osundina@comcast.net

New Castle

Community Presbyterian Curch
519 Rogers Rd
New Castle, DE 19720
Monday- Sunday: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Questions? Contact:
Fred Hanna
(732) 610-3683
rev.fredahanna@gmail.com

Rose Hill Community Center
19 Lambson Lane
New Castle, DE 19720
Monday-Sunday: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Questions? Contact:
Sheila Berkel/ Dara DuPont
(302) 656-8513
sberkel@rosehillcommunitycenter.org

Wilmington

CareVio Case Management
4000 Nexus Drive
Wilmington, DE 19803
Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Questions? Contact:
Aaron Jones
(302) 213-3357
aajones@christianacare.org

Belvedere State Service Center
310 Kiamensi Road
Wilmington, DE  19804
Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Questions? Contact:
Anthony Yeager
anthony.yeager@delaware.gov

Greenbank Church of Christ Food Pantry
511 Greenbank Road
Wilmington, DE 19808
Monday-Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Questions? Contact:
Sue Maynard
(302) 545-6170
yachtmax@msn.com

Hillcrest- Bellefonte UMC
400 Hillcrest Ave
Wilmington, DE 19809
Tuesday: 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Questions? Contact:
Jimmy Backus
(302) 383-1240
backusjw@aol.com / backuscm@aol.com

Holy Rosary
3200 Philadelphia Pike
Wilmington, DE
Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Questions? Contact:
Bill Moschelle
(302) 798-2904 Ext. 116
pmanager@hrparish.com

Joseph’s Pantry of CBE
300 West Lea Blvd.
Wilmington, DE  19802
Tuesdays: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Questions? Contact:
Kim vonWeltin
(302) 753-2162/ (302) 764-2393
josephspantry@bethemethde.org

LCS
2809 Baynard Blvd
Wilmington, DE  19802
Thursday: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Questions? Contact:
Jennifer Williams
(302) 654-8886 Ext. 111
jwilliams@lcsde.org

Ministry of Caring, Mary Mother of Hope House I
1103 West 8th St
Wilmington, DE  19806
Tuesdays: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Questions? Contact:
Khadija Robinson / Rhonda Miller / Audrey Roberts
(302) 658-8532
krobinson@ministryofcaring.org /rmiller@ministryofcaring.org /aroberts@ministryofcaring.org

Neighborhood House, Inc.
1218 B Street
Wilmington, DE  19801
Monday-Friday: 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Questions? Contact:
Kelly Lacy
(302) 658-5404
klacy@neighborhoodhse.org

New Castle SDA Church
6 N Clifton Ave
Wilmington, DE  19805
Tuesdays: 10:00 a.m.
Questions? Contact:
Joanni De Reynaga
(718) 600-9618
joa-nando123@hotmail.com

New Generation Evangelistic Church
700 Cornell Drive #E2
Wilmington, DE  19801
Saturday: 10:00 a.m.
Questions? Contact:
Linda Burton
(302) 353-1402
newgenerationevchurch@gmail.com

PHD Ministries Love In Deed Food Closet
807 E. Newport Pike
Wilmington, DE 19804
Third Thursday of the month: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Questions? Contact:
Betty Jean Moore-Thompson
(610) 800-9064
bjmtst@aol.com / phdmdeinc@gmail.com

The Salvation Army
104 West 5th Street
Wilmington, DE  19801
Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Questions? Contact:
Chrystal Kirby
(302) 472-0764
chrystal.kirby@use.salvationarmy.org

The Salvation Army Arc
107 South Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Questions? Contact:
Henry or Rodney
donna.mccullough@use.salvationarmy.org

St. Patrick’s Center
107 E 14th St
Wilmington, DE 19801
Monday-Friday: 7:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Questions? Contact:
Elizabeth Sanon
(302)-652-6219
elizabeth.sanon@stpatrickscenter.org

YMCA of Delaware
501 West 11th Street
Wilmington, DE 19802
Monday-Friday: 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Questions? Contact:
Malinda Leonard
(302) 472-9622/(302) 540-5649
mleonard@ymcade.org

YMCA Delaware
709 N. Madison St
Wilmington, DE  19801
Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Saturday-Sunday: before 8pm
Questions? Contact:
Lisa Forever
(302) 658-7110
lforever@ywcade.org

 

KENT COUNTY

Milford

Food Bank of Delaware
1040 Mattlind Way
Milford, DE  19963
(Enter the Food Donations Here door on the side of the building)
Monday-Thursday: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Milford State Service Center
Suzanne N. Moore
13 SW Front Street
Milford, DE  19963
Monday-Friday: 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 pm.
Questions? Contact:
Suzanne Moore
(302) 424-7233
Suzanne.moore@delaware.gov

SUSSEX COUNTY

Delmar

Delmar Nazareen Church
36926 Hideaway Lane
Delmar, DE
Tuesdays: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Questions? Contact:
Ivonia Brinelus
(302)  752-5137
ivoniabrinelus@gmail.com

Georgetown

First State Community Action Agency
308 North Railroad Avenue
Georgetown, DE 19947
Monday- Friday 8:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M.
Questions? Contact:
Emily Holbrook
(302) 856-7761 ext 144
eholbrook@firststatecaa.org

Millsboro

Bay Shore Food Pantry
36759 Millsboro Highway
Millsboro DE.  19966
Tuesdays: 9 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. or call
Questions? Contact:
Ricky Lecates
(302) 258-9362
ricky@bayshorecc.org