Stories for FBD Staff

Recognizing September as Hunger Action Month, Michael, the Food Bank of Delaware’s Food Distribution Director, posted on social media explaining how he knew what it was like to be hungry and homeless – not from the distance of professional perspective – but from the trauma of his own childhood experiences. “I know what it’s like….

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For John Snarsky, joining the Food Bank of Delaware staff as Milford Operations Director feels like . . . home and family. When he came onboard in November, he brought with him nearly three decades of experience in the restaurant industry, starting as a pizza delivery guy while in college. From there he climbed the…

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Since July, the Food Bank of Delaware’s Community Engagement Coordinator Penelope Velasco has been a familiar face at our food distribution sites – both the mass distributions statewide as well as the pop-up sites that serve neighborhoods in which residents have been identified as food insecure. Velasco is part of Delaware’s 2021 Pilot Program for…

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The Food Bank of Delaware announced today an enhanced organizational structure and leadership promotions that will allow the hunger-relief organization to better meet the needs of food-insecure Delawareans. The new structure organizes the Food Bank into two distinct service areas – food distribution and workforce and community development. “The Food Bank of Delaware is more…

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After an extensive search process, the Board of Directors of the Food Bank of Delaware is pleased to announce that Cathy Kanefsky has been named the organization’s next President and CEO. Kanefsky’s first day with the organization will be May 3. Kanefsky is an experienced nonprofit executive with a passion for helping others, especially her…

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By Chad Robinson, Community Relations Director If you are like me, it is hard to remember what one year ago was like.  It is hard to remember what I was doing or what thoughts were going through my head.  It is hard to remember what my professional responsibilities were at the time or how the…

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The Food Bank of Delaware Board of Directors announced today that it has formally opened its search for a new President and CEO in partnership with executive search firm, Nonprofit Professional Advisory Group (NPAG). The search will be led by a Search Committee comprised of members of the Food Bank’s Board of Directors. “We are…

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By Debbie Manina, SNAP Outreach Coordinator  Self doubt, unstable, unsecured, shaky, unsteady, weak, frail, fragile. What do all these words have in common?  They are words that describe insecurity. As one of the Food Bank of Delaware’s SNAP Outreach Coordinators, I have seen firsthand the economic devastation that COVID-19 has caused so many families. Since…

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The idiom, “walk a mile in my shoes,” has been attributed to several cultural origins, and it  even became the title of an Elvis Presley song.  Although the Food Bank of Delaware’s President & CEO Patricia Beebe didn’t quote song lyrics in her late October internal email, she encouraged Food Bank staffers to develop a…

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By Ashley Stahmer, Communications Intern When I decided to stay in Newark for the summer for this internship, my expectations were relatively low. I thought I’d spend a few days each week organizing papers or working on spreadsheets. Instead, my experience this summer impacted me in ways I never would have expected. I owe most…

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