October 2, 2020
Pumpkin: It’s not just for jack o’ lanterns any more
It’s officially fall, and Halloween is approaching. It’s pumpkin season! Pumpkin popularity has escalated far beyond the simple jack o’ lantern or holiday pie into a highly sought-after flavor for beverages, breakfast cereals, and all varieties of snacks. The Food Bank of Delaware’s community nutrition educators know that in addition to being decorative and tasty,…
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June 19, 2020
Remote learning options provide opportunity for SNAP educators
For almost everything these days – from getting a haircut to connecting with family and friends – there’s an old, or pre coronavirus, face-to-face way of doing things, and then there’s a new and different way. Zooming! That’s how the Food Bank of Delaware will offer SNAP education classes. SNAP is the acronym for Supplemental…
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March 26, 2020
Food Bank educators use new platforms to reach vulnerable clients
On a typical workday, Food Bank of Delaware WIC Educators Chong Yi and Alisha Beckford start their day at the Food Bank’s Milford and Newark facilities. They pack a rolling cart with ingredients needed to prepare a demo recipe, utensils, paper towels, rubber gloves, and clean-up supplies, along with recipe cards and nutritional handouts, load…
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January 28, 2020
Nudges at food pantries make healthy choices easier
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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January 14, 2020
Staff shadowing develops better relationships
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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August 27, 2019
Cooking healthy with WIC
On a recent Tuesday, nearly a dozen women, some awaiting the arrival of their babies and others with young children, gathered in a classroom of Connections in Seaford to learn how to prepare a nutritious and tasty meal using WIC foods. Through a partnership with the Food Bank of Delaware, a trained WIC nutrition educator…
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August 16, 2019
Nutritious cooking demos at the Healthy Pantry Center
The Healthy Pantry Center at our Newark headquarters has been bustling with activity since hours expanded last month. Families who visit the pantry leave with a grocery cart full of food including frozen meats, produce and dairy products. Those who visited the pantry last Friday were treated to a special cooking demonstration with Madison Hines,…
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July 30, 2019
Food Bank of Delaware provides direct relief to the community through new Healthy Pantry Center
By Kate Grabowski, Communications Intern 12.2 percent of Delaware’s population are considered food insecure. To help meet demands for healthy food, the Food Bank of Delaware recently opened its new Healthy Pantry Center at the Newark headquarters. The Healthy Pantry Center is a mini grocery store within the Food Bank’s new facility at 222 Lake…
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July 17, 2019
Kid C.H.E.F. program teaches healthy eating patterns
Learning can be fun and very tasty too! Just ask the 14 kids – ages 8 -12 enrolled in the Kid C.H.E.F. program at the Laurel Public Library. Kid C.H.E.F., one of the Food Bank of Delaware’s Child Nutrition Education Programs, promotes low-budget, healthy eating behaviors. The series of one-hour classes offers incentives for children…
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June 13, 2019
WIC cooking demonstrations help clients stay happy and healthy
By Kate Grabowski, Communications Intern Driving down Ogletown Road in Newark, you might miss the Hudson State Service Center. From the outside it may not appear as the hub of activity that it is, however it is home to one of Delaware’s WIC clinics and a slew of other social services for Delaware. Last Thursday…
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