Stories for Poverty

The Food Bank of Delaware’s mobile pantry travels up and down the state bringing fresh and nonperishable foods to Delawareans in need. Last week the mobile pantry visited Main Towers, a senior living community in the heart of downtown Newark. When you think of Main Street, Newark, most think of a bustling college town and…

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Attending school and thriving does not come easy for many Delaware children, especially children living in poverty. For thousands of children, excelling in school is the least of their worries when home life is less than ideal. Many of our children are sleeping on floors in motels, living in households destroyed by opioid addiction, taking…

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By Ian Lawrence and Dan Jackson, SNAP Outreach Coordinators Unless Congress passes President Trump’s proposed FY 2019 budget, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will remain in their current form of an electronic benefits card, providing recipients the opportunity to choose the foods that are best suited for their households. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,…

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By Ian Lawrence, SNAP Outreach Coordinator One of the most commonly circulated myths about the SNAP program is that food benefits are only available to non-working populations. During outreach events and presentations, our SNAP Outreach team regularly encounters hard-working, industrious, yet poverty-stricken individuals who do not believe that they are eligible for SNAP simply because…

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By Patricia Beebe President and CEO, Food Bank of Delaware This op-ed appeared in The News Journal on Sunday, November 5, 2017. In my role as CEO of the Food Bank of Delaware, I observe daily our staff and hunger relief partners working tirelessly towards our vision of a hunger-free Delaware, distributing over 8.1 million…

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Southern Delaware is known for its scenic – and upscale – resorts where million dollar homes have become the norm, and where exclusive – and expensive – dining opportunities abound. Yet not quite 30 miles west of Lewes is a community that has been mired in poverty for decades, but it’s hidden behind cornfields and…

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The Food Bank of Delaware tackles the problem of food insecurity in many ways, and one of them is offering support in financial literacy. In addition to providing weekend backpacks for hungry children and offering mobile pantries to impoverished neighborhoods, we provide help in securing SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – formerly known as food…

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West of Georgetown and just east of Bridgeville is the unincorporated community of Coverdale Crossroads, a rural poverty-stricken neighborhood. On Wednesday, March 29 the Food Bank of Delaware’s mobile pantry truck made a stop at the neighborhood community center. Students from Woodbridge High School’s Community in Schools program assisted in distributing 30 pounds of shelf-stable…

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Food Bank of Delaware SNAP Outreach Coordinators, Dan Jackson and Ian Lawrence, have recently spent a significant amount of time conducting outreach sessions at senior centers and senior housing units throughout the state of Delaware. The results of this outreach campaign have been overwhelmingly successful, but have also induced the realization that there are a…

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The food pantry at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Dover has been serving the community for years, so many years that coordinator Kathy Lessard has lost count, but she knows it’s been more than 40 years. The pantry is now located in an easily accessible building situated behind the church and rectory; Kathy says it…

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