Blog : Food Bank of Delaware

July 25, 2017

Food Lion Feeds Hunger Relief Day brings in almost 25,000 pounds

Food Lion, the Delaware State Fair and the Food Bank of Delaware announced today that the sixth annual “Food Lion Feeds Hunger Relief Day” – Monday, July 24 – at…

July 21, 2017

Student pursues passion for food with culinary training program

Nick Moore has been a student at The Culinary School in Newark for just seven weeks, and he has already found employment in the food service industry. He will be…

July 18, 2017

Register Now for Culinary Training at the Food Bank of Delaware

The next class of The Culinary School at the Food Bank of Delaware in both Newark and Milford will begin on Monday, September 25, 2017. Applications are currently being accepted…

July 13, 2017

Gain Free Admittance to Delaware State Fair during “Food Lion Feeds Hunger Relief Day” on July 24

Food Lion, the Delaware State Fair and the Food Bank of Delaware announced today that the sixth annual “Food Lion Feeds Hunger Relief Day” will take place on Monday, July…

July 7, 2017

Food Access Over the Summer and Seasonal Foods

By Laura Sahd RD, Community Nutritionist Summer is the perfect season to soak up the sun, spend time with family, and get local, fresh produce for those summer night cookouts!…

June 30, 2017

Surplus produce donations help feed Delawareans

Have surplus produce? The Food Bank of Delaware can accept it! With summer’s crop of tomatoes, cucumbers, watermelons, sweet corn and more in almost full bloom, the Food Bank of…

June 29, 2017

Amazon partners with Food Bank of Delaware; offers logistic expertise as nonprofit expands

On Tuesday, Amazon operations leadership from the local fulfillment center in Middletown toured the Food Bank of Delaware, offering suggestions on the organization’s logistics and efficiencies as they prepare to…

June 26, 2017

House Bill 61 passes Delaware House and Senate

With the June 30 budget deadline merely days away, some good news came out of Legislative Hall in Dover last week. After several valiant attempts in the last two sessions…

June 22, 2017

Grab and Go offers free summer meal flexibility

School’s out for summer! For many kids, summer means trips to the beach and pool, but for other kids it’s a time of uncertainty. Uncertainty about where their next meal…

June 21, 2017

Food Bank of Delaware releases second edition of Breakfast First: A Statewide School Breakfast Report

The Food Bank of Delaware released the second edition of Breakfast First: A Statewide School Breakfast Report yesterday afternoon at Legislative Hall. Delaware senators and representatives were among the first…