February 1, 2021
Treat Yourself and Help Food Bank, Delaware Food Works Programs
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, even folks who enjoy cooking a nice dinner might be seeking some variety. The Food Bank of Delaware offers solutions to that dilemma, plus proceeds benefit our agency’s workforce development programs. In addition to providing food for thousands of food-insecure Delawareans during the pandemic, the…
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January 19, 2021
Culinary School student embarks on new career after job loss
Seaford resident Endora Jefferson personifies the negative economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Until mid-October, this mother and grandmother had been employed full-time by a Georgetown industry; she lost her job last fall in a final round of downsizing. “It was devastating,” she said. Although she has been a student at the Food Bank of…
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December 11, 2020
Delicious and nourishing: Let the Food Bank help you and your neighbors
Thanks to the Delaware Food Works workforce development initiative, did you know that the Food Bank of Delaware offers three tasty ways to support our mission to eradicate food insecurity in the state? Our Holiday Cookie Sale: Support our Delaware Food Works Culinary students with our holiday cookie sale! Cookie platters include two dozen assorted…
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October 22, 2020
Delaware Food Works students celebrate graduation
Despite challenges posed by a hybrid learning model, the accomplishments of six students from the Food Bank’s Delaware Food Works training program were celebrated this morning at an outdoor socially-distanced graduation ceremony. Students successfully completed training programs in food service and warehousing/logistics. The graudates include: The Culinary School Ronika Ervin Shajuan Henry Desiree Spearman L.O.G.I.C….
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October 20, 2020
Culinary School grads overcame COVID challenges
Training for a different career, learning new skills, going to school in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic was a bit overwhelming to say the least, but today four determined students graduated from the Food Bank of Delaware’s Culinary School in Milford. Members of the 28th graduating class, Shane Jarrell, Stephanie Kemp, Bradford Marx, and…
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September 29, 2020
Culinary School helps students realize their dreams
Bradford Marx arrived at the Food Bank of Delaware’s Culinary School with some prior experience in industry: he worked as a sous chef in Maryland before relocating to Lewes. The Culinary School is a 14-week program for unemployed, underemployed, reentering citizens, individuals with disabilities and those in career transition that teaches basic and high-end kitchen…
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September 22, 2020
Culinary School offers opportunity to pursue passion
To say that Stephanie Kemp is enthusiastic about her culinary school experience is an understatement. This Harrington resident is enrolled in the Food Bank of Delaware’s Culinary School at the Milford site, and due to COVID-19 restrictions the school – like other educational institutions both locally and nationally – is operating on a new model….
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September 15, 2020
Culinary Alumni Spotlight: Anthony Perez
Anthony Perez started the New Year by attending our 14-week culinary training employment program, The Culinary School, in Newark. Little did he know that the last weeks of class would be interuppted by a global pandemic. Anthony and his classmates celebrated their graduation in July – three months late – in a socially distanced outdoor…
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L.O.G.I.C. Student Spotlight: Christine Evenson
Remote learning at the Food Bank of Delaware has had its challenges, but it’s also presented opportunities, especially for L.O.G.I.C. (Logistics, Operations, General Warehousing and Inventory Control) student, Christine Evenson. Christine lives in Milford – about 60 miles south of the Food Bank’s headquarters in Newark where the L.O.G.I.C. training program is operated. With class…
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September 9, 2020
Highmark Delaware Donates $125,000 to Food Bank of Delaware’s Delaware Food Works Workforce Development Initiative
Highmark Delaware presented the Food Bank of Delaware with a $125,000 donation this morning to support the organization’s workforce development initiative, Delaware Food Works. Through Delaware Food Works, the Food Bank provides workforce development training to Delawareans in the areas of food service and warehousing/logistics through The Culinary School and L.O.G.I.C. (Logistics, Operations, General Warehousing…
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