November 18, 2016
Winter Wonderfest Light Spectacular to benefit local nonprofits, including Food Bank of Delaware
Make plans to attend the inaugural Winter Wonderfest in Lewes. The festival officially opens today and runs through Jan. 1. Use code FOODBANK when purchasing Light Spectacular tickets and a portion of each ticket will support the Food Bank! This offer is good all season-long! The festival promises to boost holiday spirits while helping local…
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November 17, 2016
DART Stuff the Bus and Turkey Round Up a big success, thanks to generous Delawareans
What is synonymous with Thanksgiving dinner? Turkey and all of the fixings of course! That’s for many of us, but for the 117,970 food-insecure Delawareans, a traditional Thanksgiving dinner is simply not in the budget. Thanks to the generosity of thousands of Delawareans, our state’s most vulnerable families will be able gather around next Thursday’s…
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November 15, 2016
Blue Hen Treats donates $500 in honor of fallen Wilmington firefighter
Blue Hen Treats is a local organization run by high school students. They sell dehydrated and baked goods that they prepare in the commercial kitchen of the Belvedere Fire Hall. The students are all volunteers and donate their proceeds back to Delaware nonprofit organizations that are making an impact on the community. Yesterday, five students…
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November 8, 2016
Helping the Food Bank helps your neighbors . . . not just at holiday time
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator During the holiday season, people frequently ask us at the Food Bank of Delaware, “How can I help?” There’s more than one answer to that question, and we welcome your interest and your help. How would you like to help? Some people (or organizations) prefer to donate money, while others…
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November 7, 2016
Food Lion and NFL Player Make Impact Against Hunger in Delaware
By Benny Smith, Food Lion Deborah Ali is a Wilmington, Del., grandmother who is willing to do anything to help her family. On Monday, that meant standing in line at her local Food Lion on Governor Prinz Boulevard in Delaware for three hours to get a free bag of Food Lion branded items, fresh collard…
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November 4, 2016
Delaware McDonald’s® Operator Association’s McCafé® Coffee with a Cause Program Partners with the Food Bank of Delaware
The Delaware McDonald’s® Operator Association continues its McCafe® Coffee with a Cause program in November by partnering with the Food Bank of Delaware. Every Monday, participating McDonald’s restaurants throughout New Castle and Kent County Delaware donate 50 percent of net McCafé coffee sales to a charitable organization in an effort to make a positive impact…
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November 2, 2016
Harry K. Foundation, Food Bank of Delaware mark grand opening of Delaware State University food pantry
Thanks to a generous donation from the Harry K. Foundation, anti-hunger advocates officially cut the ribbon on the new food pantry at Delaware State University this afternoon. The food pantry is made possible thanks to continued financial support from the Harry K Foundation. By year’s end, there will be 30 Harry K Foundation-sponsored school pantries…
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October 26, 2016
On a mission: 200 food banks plus 100 marathons for hunger awareness
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator The Food Bank of Delaware is grateful for every volunteer, and sometimes we get help from an unexpected place. On Tuesday, an out-of-state volunteer visited the Milford branch and worked a shift as part of her unusual and on-going mission to run 100 marathons and visit all 200 food banks…
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October 24, 2016
Halloween Blue Jean Ball rocked new warehouse
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator If you missed The Food Bank of Delaware’s Blue Jean Ball on Saturday night, sorry ‘bout your luck! It was more than a good time: everyone had a really great time, and for a very worthy cause. The Blue Jean Ball, our signature fund-raiser, helps combat hunger in Delaware with…
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October 20, 2016
Food Bank of Delaware breaks ground on new headquarters at 222 Lake Drive in Newark
More than 150 community dignitaries and supporters gathered this morning at 222 Lake Drive in Newark to officially break ground on the Food Bank of Delaware’s $10.5 million construction retrofit project. The Food Bank of Delaware acquired the new 80,000-square-foot facility in early July. 39,496-square-feet of the current warehouse will be converted, and plans call…
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