Blog : Food Bank of Delaware

July 9, 2025

Partner Spotlight: Our Daily Bread

What started with a handful of volunteers serving hot dogs and sandwiches on a street corner has blossomed into a thriving community meal operation serving nearly 50,000 meals annually in…

Irrigation Innovation: Volunteer helps grow more than just vegetables

At the Food Bank, we like to say volunteers are the heart and soul of everything we do—and it’s absolutely true. They are the quiet force powering our mission every…

Partner Spotlight: Providing Hope and Healing at AtTAcK Addiction

In AtTAcK Addiction’s storefront nestled in Glasgow’s Peoples Plaza shopping center, lives are being changed, hope is being restored, and community is being built. A partner agency of the Food…

July 2, 2025

Food Bank of Delaware Announces New Board Members

The Food Bank of Delaware announced two new board members and its officers for the 2026 fiscal year. New board members are: Julie Miro Wenger, Executive Director, Delaware Food Industry…

June 30, 2025

Delaware unites nutrition, healthcare to tackle chronic disease

In Delaware, a new vision for health is taking root — one that begins not in the doctor’s office, but at the dinner table. Through the statewide Food is Medicine…

June 27, 2025

Food Bank of Delaware accepting fresh produce donations from backyard gardeners and farmers

The Food Bank of Delaware is calling on backyard gardeners across the state to join in the fight against hunger by donating surplus fruits and vegetables from their summer harvests….

June 12, 2025

Summer volunteers needed at Food Bank of Delaware in Milford

Summer time and the living is easy? Maybe in song lyrics, but not for families who rely on free or reduced-priced meals during the school year. With schools closed for…

May 28, 2025

The Pentecostals’ tradition is built on feeding people

The Food Bank of Delaware’s network of partner agencies is the boots on the ground helping to meet the needs of the community. Tucked just west of Dover, there’s a…

May 22, 2025

Hopes and Dreams offers food, safe haven, and more

Thanks to our community partners, we’re more accessible and able to assist neighbors in need in their own community. Hopes and Dreams, a Brandywine Counseling Center, located on West Division…

May 21, 2025

Child hunger and learning: Perspectives from Delaware educators

Whether in schools close to the Delaware beaches or urban settings like Wilmington, many students in Delaware don’t have reliable access to good food, and educators say that can affect…