Have some extra time? Here’s how to help fellow Delawareans
Volunteers needed! Even though social – or physical – distancing is the new normal, if you are healthy it’s still possible to volunteer for the Food Bank of Delaware. Not…
Food Bank educators use new platforms to reach vulnerable clients
On a typical workday, Food Bank of Delaware WIC Educators Chong Yi and Alisha Beckford start their day at the Food Bank’s Milford and Newark facilities. They pack a rolling…
Culinary school experience helps student work toward new goals
Doreen Webb likes to say she’s the oldest student in the Food Bank of Delaware’s Culinary School class. The Seaford resident is 61 years old and a cancer survivor whose…
Culinary School offers lifeline and opportunity to under-employed
Jane Robinson is a survivor. She’s felt frustration and defeat, yet she’s persevered, and now she’s on the road to a new career at our Delaware Food Work’s Culinary School…
Generous grant provides weekend meals for young students
At the Food Bank, we call the tightly stocked plastic bag “Backpacks” because this bag of weekend meals fits discreetly inside a student’s backpack. Each bag contains shelf-stable, nutritionally balanced…
Culinary School offers valuable training in a positive environment
Growing up Tyriekus Collick got some great advice: “If you want to eat, you better learn how to cook.” So the 2018 Caesar Rodney High School graduate took those words…
Culinary training leads not only to career, but also positive attitude
For Dover resident Melissa Edge, the Food Bank of Delaware’s Culinary School offers an opportunity for a fresh start. The Dover resident’s probation officer recommended the workforce training program. When…
Nudges at food pantries make healthy choices easier
Thanks to a grant from Cargill, the Food Bank of Delaware is testing the impact of nutritional nudges in choice food pantries statewide. Choice food pantries provide clients the opportunity…
The idiom, “walk a mile in my shoes,” has been attributed to several cultural origins, and it even became the title of an Elvis Presley song. Although the Food Bank…
When Henry Harmon accepted his certificate at the Food Bank of Delaware’s Milford Culinary School graduation on Dec. 10, he told those attending “It’s been one tough road for me.” …
