Blog : Food Bank of Delaware

November 16, 2021

Perdue Joins Food Bank of Delaware and Harry K Foundation to Deliver 450 Thanksgiving Meals to Food Insecure Families

As part of a shared commitment to help food insecure Delawareans, Perdue Farms and the Harry K Foundation, in partnership with the Food Bank of Delaware, distributed more than 450 “Thanksgiving for All” meal boxes and Perdue chicken roasters to schools supported year-round by the Harry K Foundation. Perdue’s support is part of the company’s…

November 10, 2021

Safeway Foundation’s Nourishing Neighbors Program Gives $4,290 Grant to Food Bank of Delaware

The Food Bank of Delaware recently received a $4,290 grant from Nourishing Neighbors. The grant was made possible by generous customers who visited Delaware Safeway stores during September and donated at checkout to help provide healthy breakfasts for children. As the charitable partner for Safeway we are pleased to receive all of the funds collected…

November 5, 2021

Food Bank’s Culinary School offers opportunity to realize dream

Like many students who attend the Food Bank of Delaware Culinary Schools, Smyrna resident Charles Anderson took a big leaf of faith when he enrolled for the 14-week training course in August. Moving into the food service industry signified a huge lifestyle change; Anderson spent more than 20 years in health care as a business…

November 3, 2021

Logistics/warehouse training program helps student develop skills

Aja Hunnings says she enjoys working in the warehouse. She’s worked in warehouses before, but never operated a forklift or other warehouse machinery until coming to the L.O.G.I.C. training program at the Food Bank of Delaware. Fortunately, her mom discovered the training program thanks to a Facebook Live broadcast of a past graduation ceremony. She…

November 2, 2021

Logistics training provides opportunity to restart career

Jeph Avendano discovered L.O.G.I.C. (Logistics, Operations, General Warehousing and Inventory Control) one day while looking for different food assistance programs. “I came across the [web] site for the Food Bank of Delaware. I was looking through and saw there were educational programs,” he explained. The program was exactly what Jeph needed to reenter the warehousing/logistics…

November 1, 2021

Food Bank of Delaware announces enhanced organizational restructuring and leadership promotions

The Food Bank of Delaware announced today an enhanced organizational structure and leadership promotions that will allow the hunger-relief organization to better meet the needs of food-insecure Delawareans. The new structure organizes the Food Bank into two distinct service areas – food distribution and workforce and community development. “The Food Bank of Delaware is more…

October 28, 2021

Disabled grandmother, grandchildren benefit from home deliveries

Like many of our neighbors, New Castle resident Lorraine handles daily struggles with a grateful heart and a positive attitude. Although Lorraine is disabled, at one time she drove to the Food Bank of Delaware’s Newark site – or a mobile pantry – to pick up food boxes for her household. In addition to her…

Food Bank’s delivery service helps grandmother survive

Like many of our neighbors who receive nutritional support from the Food Bank of Delaware, Tonya, who lives in the city of Wilmington, fields multiple challenges daily. She has no personal transportation; if she can’t get the bus or the bus doesn’t travel where she needs to go, she has to pay a driver. Some…

October 27, 2021

Pumpkins: The nutritious benefits

By Kirsten Torrey, UD Dietetic Intern Pumpkin flavored everything has reached quite the level of fame over the past couple of years! Some may not be aware of all the health benefits it can offer and how to nutritiously enjoy pumpkin-flavored foods. Pumpkins are a vegetable filled with many nutrients. They are low in calories,…

Lack of transportation = food insecurity for young Newark family

Like many of our neighbors, food insecurity is a constant and overwhelming concern for Sara, a single parent. New to the Newark-area, Sara is a mom to two young children, ages 6 and 4. Although she’s looking for work, transportation is a challenge. And lack of transportation means she can’t go to the Food Bank…