Stories for Hunger-Relief Partners

On a recent October morning, orange cones set in place by the college’s public safety officers cordoned off a parking lot at Delaware Technical Community College’s Georgetown campus to provide adequate space for an important project:  a mobile pantry. Students and staff had access to a scheduled food distribution through a partnership with the Food…

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Calvary Church in Dover has been serving the hungry in Kent County for 43 years. Under the leadership of Benevolence Director, Margaret Young, Calvary Church is a lifeline for so many individuals, including 92-year-old Lois. “They assist with everything in my life,” she points out. “Every aspect of my life they have assisted. I never…

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Hundreds of people served by the Rose Hill Community Center in New Castle will benefit from a generous $5,000 donation from Croda to support the center’s food party. A portion of those funds will be used to purchase a freezer for the agency, with the remaining money going toward food purchases. Sheila Berkel, the agency’s…

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What started as a trial – the Food Bank of Delaware providing vegetable starter plants to community partner agencies – is obviously a success, even this early in the growing season. The Food Bank’s Community Farm Manager Kyle Brolis said kale, chard, chives, oregano, parsley, cabbage, and watermelon seedlings were provided to partner agencies in…

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Thanks to a grant from Cargill, the Food Bank of Delaware is testing the impact of nutritional nudges in choice food pantries statewide. Choice food pantries provide clients the opportunity to choose foods that are best suited for their household versus receiving a prepacked bag or box of food. Nudges are defined by Feeding America…

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It takes an entire network of partners to distribute more than 8.6 million pounds of food to Delawareans in need each year. Thanks to partnerships with 509 organizations up and down the state, the Food Bank of Delaware is getting food into the hands of those who need it most. One of those partners is…

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Department of Health and Social Services employees joined together with the Food Bank of Delaware, legislators and other volunteers to distribute 30,000 pounds of non-perishable food, fresh produce and dairy products to Delawareans in need during a drive-through event yesterday at DHSS’ Herman Holloway Campus near New Castle. The food was made available through the…

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The legend – and mission – of Anne Paladino lives on as her community continues to support her legacy, the Lake Forest Church Association Inc., known as the Harrington Food Pantry. The food pantry is one of the Food Bank of Delaware’s 506 Hunger Relief Partners who receive 916,000 visits each year. Through the month…

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Thanks to the generosity of the Delaware KIDS Fund, a Harvey Hanna charitable fund, Richey Elementary School in Newport opened its new school pantry last school year. “After our initial visit to Richey Elementary School, we learned about the percentage of students at Richey in need,” said Ryan Kennedy, Executive Director of the Delaware KIDS…

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The Food Bank of Delaware relies on 536 community partners statewide to help meet the needs of food-insecure Delawareans. According to Feeding America’s 2019 Map the Meal Gap study, our state’s food insecurity rate is 12.2 percent, slightly higher than the 12 percent rate last year. One of our newest partners, Community Resource Center in…

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