February 19, 2016
P&G donates $10,000 to South Dover Elementary School pantry
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator Cold hands, warm hearts and food for families. On Tuesday evening, the Food Bank of Delaware brought a mobile food pantry to South Dover Elementary School, coinciding with a literacy/family night sponsored by the Communities in Schools (CIS) program. CIS is a not-for-profit program focused on drop-out prevention with school…
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February 5, 2016
FBD helps high school students, their families
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator Inside Milford High School’s comfortable Community in Schools classroom, the feng shui is geared to welcome teens: a sagging couch, a few inspirational posters, computer stations and a Harry K Foundation-sponsored Food Pantry. The pantry is actually four locked cabinets that are used to serve families in the entire Milford…
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February 4, 2016
Delaware organizations encouraged to build structures out of cans to help alleviate hunger
The Food Bank of Delaware announced today that registration for the fourth annual CANgineering competition (formerly DelawareCAN) is now open. Organizations have until March 4 to register for the food drive and structure-building contest. CANgineering supports the year-round hunger relief efforts of the Food Bank of Delaware. With more than 17,000 Delawareans relying on the…
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February 1, 2016
Delaware General Assembly launches 148 in the 148th
By Ed Osienski and Lyndon Yearick, Delaware State House of Representatives Every year, the Food Bank of Delaware does tremendous work soliciting donations and distributing millions of pounds of food to Delawareans in need. We are fortunate to have such an organization in our state, but the Food Bank needs help from all of us….
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January 25, 2016
Partner Spotlight: GW Carver Center
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator The Harry K Foundation-sponsored food pantry at the GW Carver Center in Frankford, by pantry standards, is spacious and well-stocked. And, fortunately or unfortunately, it’s also quite busy. This pantry serves the entire Indian River School District, and though hours are advertised from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., families can…
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January 21, 2016
The ABC’s of the Food Bank of Delaware
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator A. . . Apples, of course. B. . . Backpacks, nearly 6,000 every week. C. . . Culinary School. It’s our workforce development program. D. . . Daily hunger. A problem for 122,000+ Delawareans E. . . Expiration dates. We check them, and recheck. F. . . Food safety. We…
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January 11, 2016
Local kids fight hunger
Helping others is nothing new for 12-year-old Jack Kohn. He’s been helping the community since he was four-and-a-half years old. In 2008, his mom, Carolyn, read him a news story about families in Delaware struggling to put meals on the table. Jack didn’t understand why families could not just open their cabinets or refrigerator to…
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December 23, 2015
2015 Year in Review
It doesn’t seem too long ago that we were putting together our 2014 Year in Review. The year has certainly flown by, and we are proud to say that we’ve had another successful year filled with accomplishments to help meet the needs of Delawareans at risk of hunger. While we would have liked to close…
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December 18, 2015
Donor Spotlight: Chris and Brandon Greenwell
By Caitlin Custer, Donor Outreach Coordinator We love when committed community members come to us with their stories of the unique ways they are helping to support the Food Bank’s mission. Our story today comes from Chris Greenwell who has found several ways to raise donations and support during the holiday season. Chris is not…
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December 17, 2015
Harry K Foundation and Perdue Farms Sponsor Christmas Meal Box Distribution
The holiday season of giving started a bit early at the Milford branch of the Food Bank of Delaware today as representatives from 21 community organizations and school-based food pantries picked up boxes of holiday staples sponsored by the Harry K Foundation and roaster chickens provided by Perdue Farms to distribute to families in need….
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