Blog : Food Bank of Delaware

March 6, 2018

Food Bank to offer community cooking classes

Join Food Bank of Delaware’s Executive Chef Tim Hunter for the Food Bank’s first community cooking class! Students will learn how to make basic soups and sauces in a commercial…

February 21, 2018

$tand By Me ® offers free financial counseling; learn to budget, save

It’s that time of year when people start thinking about taxes, and tax preparation and payment can become additional stresses when people are worried about how to buy heating oil,…

Closing the “SNAP Gap” in Delaware

By Ian Lawrence and Dan Jackson, SNAP Outreach Coordinators Unless Congress passes President Trump’s proposed FY 2019 budget, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will remain in their current form…

February 20, 2018

Food Bank of Delaware statement in response to President Trump’s FY 19 budget proposal

The mission of the Food Bank of Delaware is to “provide nutritious foods to Delawareans in need and facilitate long-term solutions to the problems of hunger and poverty through community…

February 16, 2018

Perdue Farms donates 28,000 pounds of chicken to Food Bank of Delaware

Thanks to the generosity of Perdue Farms, Delaware families struggling with food insecurity will have access to nutritious chicken. Perdue delivered 28,000 pounds of no-antibiotics-ever chicken to the Food Bank…

February 13, 2018

Resolutions 2018, Oh My!

By Lisa Grinnage, $tand By Me Financial Coach It’s hard to believe, but January is over, and February is halfway through! How are you coming along with your New Year’s…

February 12, 2018

Delaware organizations encouraged to build structures out of cans to help alleviate hunger

The Food Bank of Delaware announced today that registration for the sixth annual CANgineering competition is now open. Organizations have until March 2 to register for the food drive and…

February 7, 2018

Help us help hungry Delaware kids

Let’s call her Miranda. She’s in 6th grade. She has three younger brothers. Her parents both work, but their paychecks often don’t stretch far enough to cover the cost of…

January 25, 2018

Perdue Farms issues ‘Drive Out Hunger’ matching grant challenge to public

The Food Bank of Delaware and The Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation — the charitable giving arm of Perdue Farms — announced a new partnership to “Drive Out…

January 24, 2018

First-ever Throwing for Hunger Winter Classic a success

Thanks to the support of Food Bank of Delaware Board Member Scott Lammers and the Wilmington Cornhole Association, the first-ever Throwing for Hunter Winter Classic held on Saturday, January 20…