Programs : Food Bank of Delaware

May 17, 2018

Walmart Foundation donates $60,000 towards Backpack Program

We can’t do what we do without the support of a caring community. With one in six Delaware children living in poverty, it truly takes a village to raise a…

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…

May 15, 2018

Food Bank of Delaware Offers Free Monthly Food Relief to Senior Citizens

The Food Bank of Delaware, in partnership with the state of Delaware, has free monthly food boxes through the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) to eligible Delaware senior citizens who…

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…

April 2, 2018

WIC Mobile Clinic at the Food Bank of Delaware

By Lynaida Diaz, WIC Outreach Coordinator Women, Infant, and Children Special Supplemental Nutrition Program, better known as WIC is now mobile! Delaware’s ONLY mobile WIC clinic is here! Delaware’s WIC…

March 20, 2018

Celebrating CACFP at Heritage Elementary

Last week was National CACFP Week! What’s CACFP? It’s the Child and Adult Care Food Program. We are proud to serve as a sponsor for this important USDA-funded/Delaware Department of Education-administered program….

February 21, 2018

$tand By Me ® offers free financial counseling; learn to budget, save

It’s that time of year when people start thinking about taxes, and tax preparation and payment can become additional stresses when people are worried about how to buy heating oil,…

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…

February 13, 2018

Resolutions 2018, Oh My!

By Lisa Grinnage, $tand By Me Financial Coach It’s hard to believe, but January is over, and February is halfway through! How are you coming along with your New Year’s…

January 23, 2018

Food Bank of Delaware celebrates second culinary graduation at Ferris School

Six students successfully completed the Food Bank of Delaware’s culinary training program at the Ferris School. Their accomplishments were celebrated today at a luncheon honoring the students. Today’s graduation ceremony…

Stories for Programs

Walmart Foundation donates $60,000 towards Backpack Program

Partner Spotlight: Eisenberg Elementary School

Food Bank of Delaware Offers Free Monthly Food Relief to Senior Citizens

Make healthy food choices; try new foods

WIC Mobile Clinic at the Food Bank of Delaware

Celebrating CACFP at Heritage Elementary

$tand By Me ® offers free financial counseling; learn to budget, save

Closing the “SNAP Gap” in Delaware

Resolutions 2018, Oh My!

Food Bank of Delaware celebrates second culinary graduation at Ferris School