Stories for Nutrition

August 17, 2015

Stretching SNAP budgets at the Historic Lewes Farmers Market

By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator  SNAP recipients have an opportunity to make their shopping dollars go farther at the Historic Lewes Farmers Market. SNAP is the program formerly called food…

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July 29, 2015

The Recipe Club at Camp FRESH

The Food Bank of Delaware’s SNAP-education team has been busy this summer educating children and teens up and down the state about the importance of good nutrition. Earlier this month,…

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June 29, 2015

Program Spotlight: Smart Choices for WIC

By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator How do you get kids to eat spinach? That’s a challenge that Laura McAllister seems to have conquered, not through disguise, but by employing subtle…

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June 23, 2015

Eat Smart Live Strong at Luther Towers

Today marked the last of four sessions of Community Nutrition Educator Alyssa Atanacio’s Smart Live Strong class at Luther Towers. Over the past three visits, senior citizens living in the Wilmington…

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June 22, 2015

Snack Art at Rodney Street Tennis

Today was a beautiful summer afternoon for nutrition fun in Wilmington’s Rockford Park! Alyssa Antanacio RD, our Community Nutrition Educator, spent the afternoon with kids from the Rodney Street Tennis…

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June 15, 2015

Food Bank of Delaware kicks off “Hunger-Free Summer”

We kicked off our 2015 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) with a Summer Fun Fair for kids and adults at Newark’s Dickey Park on Friday afternoon! More than 60 children…

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May 20, 2015

Senior health fair termed success; more than 200 attendees

By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator The Food Bank of Delaware’s first, but certainly not last, Health Fair could be described as a huge success, since more than 200 people came…

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April 1, 2015

Nutritious food can be fun, tasty and easy to fix!

By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator An inviting aroma of freshly-cooked food greeted guests who walked into the Milford State Service Center on Friday morning. That’s because Laura McAllister, a WIC…

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March 30, 2015

Senior Cooking Class with Chef Tim

By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator You’re never too old to learn something new, and the dozen Kent County senior citizens who participated in the Food Bank of Delaware’s Senior Cooking…

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March 11, 2015

Kickin’ it with Calcium at Bancroft Elementary

Who doesn’t want strong bones and muscles? Fourth graders at Bancroft Elementary were certainly excited about the prospect of having strong bones and muscles from consuming more calcium! A group…

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