September 6, 2016
Partner Spotlight: Lutheran Community Services Choice Pantry
Lutheran Community Services’ (LCS) new client-choice pantry opened its doors to the community in February 2016, but this nonprofit is no stranger to providing emergency food services to Delawareans in need. In fact, LCS provides emergency food through 15 food programs in New Castle and Sussex Counties. The client choice pantry is located within the…
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August 1, 2016
Libraries’ summer outreach offers lunch, learning and more for kids
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator Libraries have evolved into community centers. Yes, they are still a place to find books and magazines, but thanks to supportive directors, some libraries offer free lunch to their youngest patrons through the Food Bank of Delaware’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). One in five children in Delaware live in…
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June 28, 2016
Partner Spotlight: Cedars Church of Christ
By Kim Turner, Communications Director The Cedars Church of Christ food pantry located in the Prices Corner area is run by Ed and Sue Maynard and a dedicated group of volunteers. It takes a lot of man power to make this successful pantry run. Ed and Sue are at the church five days a week,…
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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 stations and a Harry K Foundation-sponsored Food Pantry. The pantry is actually four locked cabinets that are used to serve families in the entire Milford…
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October 20, 2015
Food Bank of Delaware Helps Feed More Community Members in Need Thanks to $23,500 Grant from BJ’s Charitable Foundation
The Food Bank of Delaware has been awarded a $23,500 grant from BJ’s Charitable Foundation to support agency capacity building and provide more meals for the more than 122,000 food insecure Delawareans. After helping to expand capacity in 2014 for more than 400 feeding pantries and programs that resulted in over 10 million more pounds…
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July 20, 2015
Mobile pantries offer food, education to community-based sites
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator Sussex County residents who took part in the Food Bank’s Kraft Mobile Pantry held at Casa San Francisco left with big smiles and plenty of food for their pantries and freezers. And they were very, very grateful! Casa San Francisco in the heart of Milton is a 12-bed homeless shelter…
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July 15, 2015
Partner Spotlight: Calvary Assembly of God
By Kim Turner, Lynda Pusey and Chris Willis Last month we visited Calvary Assembly of God two times to see firsthand the impact the church is making on the Dover community. Under the leadership of Margaret Young, a dedicated group of volunteers ensure that the church’s monthly mobile pantries and senior meal box distributions run…
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March 27, 2015
Backpacks are a hit at Reily Brown Elementary School
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator More than half the students at W. Reily Brown Elementary School get a backpack full of weekend meals to take home with them each Friday. Dr. Wendy Whitehurst, the school’s assistant principal, said the school on Dover’s south side, has been participating in the Food Bank of Delaware’s Backpack Program…
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February 11, 2015
Partner Spotlight: Backpack Program at G.W. Carver Center
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator Many of the participants in the Food Bank of Delaware’s Backpack Program are in elementary and middle school. However, at the G.W. Carver Center in Frankford, there are 58 high school students enrolled in the Advanced Preliterate English Language Learners (APELL) program who are grateful to receive the weekend supply…
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February 9, 2015
Partner Spotlight: After-School Nutrition Program at Gauger Middle School’s 4-H Program
By Kim Turner, Communications Director Every weekday morning, a group of dedicated volunteers work alongside Food Bank of Delaware staff in both Newark and Milford to prepare healthy after-school meals. Volunteers spend each morning bagging sandwiches and other items and loading individual-sized milk cartons and fruit into coolers. A fleet of drivers deliver the meals and snacks to after-school programs…
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