Poverty : Food Bank of Delaware

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…

January 30, 2019

Help is available for Delawareans struggling to afford food

While the federal government has reopened, the country’s longest government shutdown continues to impact Delawareans, including the 136,000 individuals who utilize the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to purchase food. Because…

October 26, 2018

Community food pantry helps single mom, sons get through each month

As a single mother of two sons, Brittany knows the challenges of food insecurity. The Milford resident is disabled due to mental health issues, and relies on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…

October 15, 2018

Grab and Go reaches out to hungry kids throughout the summer

When the Food Bank of Delaware white van pulls into the parking lot of Ernie’s Country Store near Woodside, there’s already one little boy leaning against the side of the…

August 9, 2018

New coupon program helps Sussex seniors get farmers’ market produce

Kathy Jackson, a Delaware Department of Agriculture Marketing Specialist, has been setting up shop at downstate senior centers and farmers’ markets to encourage low-income Sussex Country senior citizens to participate…

May 30, 2018

Mobile Pantry hits the road bringing fresh foods to Delawareans in need

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,…

May 16, 2018

Partner Spotlight: Eisenberg Elementary School

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…

February 21, 2018

Closing the “SNAP Gap” in Delaware

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…

January 17, 2018

Dispelling the myths of SNAP

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…

November 6, 2017

Let’s work for a future without hunger

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…

Stories for Poverty

Food Prescription Program helps patients recover after hospital stay

Help is available for Delawareans struggling to afford food

Community food pantry helps single mom, sons get through each month

Grab and Go reaches out to hungry kids throughout the summer

New coupon program helps Sussex seniors get farmers’ market produce

Mobile Pantry hits the road bringing fresh foods to Delawareans in need

Partner Spotlight: Eisenberg Elementary School

Closing the “SNAP Gap” in Delaware

Dispelling the myths of SNAP

Let’s work for a future without hunger