Stories for Children's Nutrition

April 28, 2016

LANA’s lessons teach kids healthy eating choices

By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator What better photo op than a class of 3-year-olds popping pieces of colorful red and yellow peppers into their mouths AND enjoying the taste? These…

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March 15, 2016

National CACFP Week

It’s National CACFP Week! Wondering what CACFP stands for? It’s the Child and Adult Care Food Program. We are proud to serve as a sponsor for this important USDA-funded/Delaware Department of…

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March 4, 2016

Food Pantry, backpacks are a boon to Milton Elementary students

By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator From Gloria Ho’s perspective, the Harry K Foundation Food Pantry in her school has been the proverbial win-win. Ho is the school social worker at…

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March 1, 2016

Highmark Delaware donates $45,000 to Backpack Program

This afternoon representatives from Highmark Delaware and the Delaware 87ers basketball team visited the Food Bank of Delaware to present our President and CEO Patricia Beebe with a check for…

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February 24, 2016

Harry K Foundation, Food Bank of Delaware mark grand opening of Community Education Building school pantry

Thanks to a generous donation from the Harry K Foundation, anti-hunger advocates officially cut the ribbon on the new school pantry at the Community Education Building (CEB) this morning. The CEB,…

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February 22, 2016

Hunger Is awards Food Bank of Delaware with $20,000 for Backpack Program

The Albertsons Companies Foundation and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) announced that Hunger Is, their joint charitable initiative to fight childhood hunger in America, awarded over $4 million in grants…

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February 19, 2016

P&G donates $10,000 to South Dover Elementary School pantry

By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator Cold hands, warm hearts and food for families. On Tuesday evening, the Food Bank of Delaware brought a mobile food pantry to South Dover Elementary…

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February 5, 2016

FBD helps high school students, their families

By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator Inside Milford High School’s comfortable Community in Schools classroom, the feng shui is geared to welcome teens: a sagging couch, a few inspirational posters, computer…

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January 25, 2016

Partner Spotlight: GW Carver Center

By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator The Harry K Foundation-sponsored food pantry at the GW Carver Center in Frankford, by pantry standards, is spacious and well-stocked. And, fortunately or unfortunately, it’s…

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January 21, 2016

The ABC’s of the Food Bank of Delaware

By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator A. . .  Apples, of course. B. . . Backpacks, nearly 6,000 every week. C. . . Culinary School. It’s our workforce development program. D….

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