March 17, 2016
Highmark’s Walk for a Healthy Community
By Caitlin Custer, Donor Relations Manager Grab your calendars and write us in for Saturday, June 4th! The Food Bank has been selected this year to participate in Highmark’s Walk for a Healthy Community at Bellevue State Park. This event could raise a significant amount of support for our programs and services, but we need…
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March 14, 2016
Red Clay School District teams with the Food Bank Of Delaware to help feed the hungry
By Ed Matarese, Food Sourcing Manager The Food Bank of Delaware (FBD) distributed more than six million pounds of food in Delaware in 2015 to help feed the less fortunate in our communities. The food we distributed came to us from numerous sources – corporate donations, retail and wholesale grocery stores, food drives, family and…
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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 $45,000 in support of the Backpack Program. The donation will enable the Food Bank to provide 266 children with weekend and holiday meals when school is…
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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, made possible by a building donation from Bank of America and funding from the Longwood Foundation, currently houses three charter schools in downtown Wilmington. Thanks to…
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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 to 79 local charities to feed hungry children living in neighborhoods throughout the country. The Food bank of Delaware is one of those local charities,…
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February 4, 2016
Delaware organizations encouraged to build structures out of cans to help alleviate hunger
The Food Bank of Delaware announced today that registration for the fourth annual CANgineering competition (formerly DelawareCAN) is now open. Organizations have until March 4 to register for the food drive and structure-building contest. CANgineering supports the year-round hunger relief efforts of the Food Bank of Delaware. With more than 17,000 Delawareans relying on the…
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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. . . Daily hunger. A problem for 122,000+ Delawareans E. . . Expiration dates. We check them, and recheck. F. . . Food safety. We…
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January 11, 2016
Local kids fight hunger
Helping others is nothing new for 12-year-old Jack Kohn. He’s been helping the community since he was four-and-a-half years old. In 2008, his mom, Carolyn, read him a news story about families in Delaware struggling to put meals on the table. Jack didn’t understand why families could not just open their cabinets or refrigerator to…
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December 23, 2015
2015 Year in Review
It doesn’t seem too long ago that we were putting together our 2014 Year in Review. The year has certainly flown by, and we are proud to say that we’ve had another successful year filled with accomplishments to help meet the needs of Delawareans at risk of hunger. While we would have liked to close…
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December 18, 2015
Donor Spotlight: Chris and Brandon Greenwell
By Caitlin Custer, Donor Outreach Coordinator We love when committed community members come to us with their stories of the unique ways they are helping to support the Food Bank’s mission. Our story today comes from Chris Greenwell who has found several ways to raise donations and support during the holiday season. Chris is not…
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