February 6, 2019
Food Prescription Program helps patients recover after hospital stay
For nearly three years, Beebe Medical Center and the Food Bank of Delaware have partnered to ensure that patients released from the hospital – including the emergency room – have adequate nourishing food. This Food Prescription Program, administered by Beebe’s Catherine Murphy, BSN, RN (pictured on the right), is part of the healthcare facility’s Community…
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November 26, 2018
WIC demo tempts moms’ taste buds, offers nutritionally sound options
The Food Bank of Delaware offers more than a hand-up to Delawareans dealing with food insecurity. Through community outreach, our trained educators provide nutrition education, including cooking demonstrations – complete with tasty samples. Earlier this month, WIC Education Specialist Chong Yi visited a pregnancy group that meets weekly at Connections’ Dover site. Connections is a…
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October 22, 2018
Biology lessons on food and nutrition fuel student videos for Food Bank use
Yes, what you eat does matter! That’s part of what students in Tiffany Haley’s 10th grade biology class at Delmarva Christian High School learned while studying macronutrients: proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. Through an ongoing partnership with the Food Bank of Delaware, the students were able to take the traditional educational process one step further. Each…
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October 18, 2018
Eating Healthy with WIC
The WIC education team at the Food Bank of Delaware presented a cooking demonstration and grocery store tour for moms participating in New Directions Early Head Start Program on Friday, October 12. According to the organization’s website, “New Directions Early Head Start is an interagency program committed to empowering and supporting low income pregnant woman,…
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October 1, 2018
WIC Education at the Glasgow Farmers Market
The WIC Education team at the Food Bank of Delaware travels throughout the state educating WIC recipients about preparing healthy meals using items on the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) food package. WIC is a nutrition education and supplemental program that provides healthy food for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women and to infants and children…
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May 25, 2018
Does Eating More Fruits & Vegetables Matter? Ask the Veggie Meter!
By Sarah Sheppard, BS-NDTR, Nutrition Programs Manager On May 23, 2018, the Food Bank of Delaware unveiled its newest tool to encourage the consumption of more fruits and vegetables – the Veggie Meter. For program participants wondering if eating fruits and vegetables will really make a difference in their diet, the Veggie Meter provides real…
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May 23, 2018
WIC Educators offer healthy food choices to the youngest Delawareans
The Food Bank of Delaware’s WIC Education Specialists take the gospel of making healthy food choices on the road, and they make the message interactive and entertaining as well as informative. These outreach programs use foods included in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) food package for pregnant and post-partum women….
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May 7, 2018
Make healthy food choices; try new foods
Food Bank educators make adventurous eating fun for kids No surprise! The kids loved kiwi and grapefruit, but a taste of fresh lemon puckered their faces. At least they tried new and different foods, and that was part of the experience. Nutrition educators from the Food Bank of Delaware presented interactive lessons about healthier eating…
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October 25, 2017
Seniors learn about healthy lifestyles, food choices in recent classes
It’s never too late to learn something new – especially health lifestyle hacks! Senior citizens can be the most enthusiastic students in the Food Bank of Delaware’s classes. In a recent class, six senior students were encouraged to make small changes in their eating and exercising habits during a four-part class called Eat Smart, Spend…
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July 7, 2017
Food Access Over the Summer and Seasonal Foods
By Laura Sahd RD, Community Nutritionist Summer is the perfect season to soak up the sun, spend time with family, and get local, fresh produce for those summer night cookouts! Summer is the main growing season for Delaware farmers. Fruits and vegetables abundant during the summer months include: most berries, melons like cantaloupe and watermelon,…
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