July 30, 2018
Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation Partners with Feeding America® to Fight Child Hunger in Delaware
The Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation presented the Food Bank of Delaware with a donation of $10,000 at last Monday’s Food Lion Feeds Hunger Relief Day at the Delaware State Fair. In addition, 29,099 pounds of food were collected at the gate. With a donation of five Food Lion brand canned or boxed goods, fairgoers…
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July 6, 2018
Volunteer Spotlight: Sabrina Staten
By Ashley Stahmer, Communications Intern Volunteering is nothing new for Sabrina Staten. She has worked with the West Chester Food Cupboard and the Chester County Food Bank in Pennsylvania. After transferring to Wilmington University to pursue her degree in marketing management, Sabrina was looking for a similar opportunity closer to home and found the Food…
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June 26, 2018
DelTech’s Owens Campus pantry meets students’ needs: food to eat
Patrice Winder, left, Delaware Tech’s Assistant Director of Student Affairs, and Gail Charrier, Acting Dean of Student Affairs, say students having been visiting the newly opened food pantry. For a new food pantry, the Harry K. Foundation-sponsored school pantry at Delaware Tech’s Owens Campus has been relatively busy. That’s not good news. It indicates there…
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June 22, 2018
Planting seeds of hope at Chase
A dedicated group of employees from Chase, led by Leepika Dhillon, Mike Murphy and Noel Smyth, are doing their part this growing season to make a difference and provide fresh, organic produce to Delawareans in need through an employee-run garden on the property of Chase’s Wilmington and Newark campuses. The team of volunteers has been…
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June 6, 2018
First year tax check-off is a big success; donations boost Food Bank
Thanks to the generosity of Delaware residents, the Food Bank of Delaware realized $22,276 this year through an income tax check-off. Those funds will help provide 27,859 meal boxes for seniors and backpacks to 5,775 children throughout the school year. Residents would not have had this opportunity to help if it were not made possible…
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June 5, 2018
Food Bank of Delaware Announces Corteva Agriscience™ Support for New Farm at 222 Lake Drive
The Food Bank of Delaware officially announced the new Corteva Agriscience™ Farm this morning at the organization’s future home at 222 Lake Drive in Newark. Thanks to a $400,000 donation originally from DuPont and now from Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, the Food Bank of Delaware has begun to lay the roots on a…
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June 1, 2018
Food Bank of Delaware Receives Morgan Stanley Grant to Expand Program Delivering Nutritious Meals to Children and Families
The Food Bank of Delaware today announced a $50,000 grant from the Morgan Stanley Foundation to fund its Backpack Program for preschoolers. Employees from the Newark branch volunteered at the Food Bank as part of Morgan Stanley’s “Feeding Kids Around the Clock” initiative, 24-hours of continuous employee volunteer activities around the world dedicated to raising…
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May 22, 2018
Letter Carriers pick up 119,000+ pounds of food through Stamp Out Hunger
By Caitlin Custer, Donor Relations Manager Saturday May 12, 2018 was the National Association of Letter Carriers’ 26th annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive! Once again, the Food Bank of Delaware was honored to be one of the recipients of the drive which is our biggest one-day drive of the year! In addition to their…
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May 21, 2018
AstraZeneca employees pack 20,000 meals for Delawareans in need
The mood was festive on Thursday at AstraZeneca as employees packed 20,000 meals for Delawareans! Thanks to a partnership with The Pack Shack, employees filled bags with the ingredients to make a delicious cheesy rice and vegetables meal! Each ingredient was carefully added to the bag using a special funnel. It was a packing party…
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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 child. We are thankful to the Walmart Foundation for donating $60,000 towards our Backpack Program for kids. With this donation, we will be able to…
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