Stories for Poverty

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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This September the Food Bank of Delaware, together with the Feeding America nationwide network of food banks, will mobilize across all 50 states in an effort to bring an end to hunger. Hunger Action Month is designed to inspire people to take action and raise awareness of the fact that 48 million Americans, including 15…

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By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator At the Food Bank of Delaware, like all businesses and agencies, we almost live and die by the numbers: how many tons of food, how many community partners, how many volunteer hours, how many dollars, how many children we serve. Sometimes we fail to notice things that can’t be counted…

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By Joanna Scatasti, Communications Intern  Local high school juniors and seniors partaking in the EDGE Honor’s Program recently got to see exactly how difficult it is to buy a nutritious meal while using the limited amount that many SNAP recipients receive. Their assignment was to buy a nutritious meal with the allotted amount of money…

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By Joanna Scatasti, Communications Intern As the cool, morning breeze brushed against my back, I swallowed my nerves and walked up to the door of the Edgemoor Revitalization Cooperative.  I typically am very uncomfortable introducing myself to people and get a case of the nerves when meeting someone new, but as soon as Chris, one…

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By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator On most days, the Food Bank of Delaware’s SNAP Outreach Coordinators might be at the library. Community libraries are a public place where these staff can meet with potential client, explain how to access SNAP benefits, and guide them through the application process. SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, is…

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