December 4, 2018
Backpacks help get Head Start students through the weekend
The Food Bank of Delaware’s hunger relief efforts positively impact some of Delaware’s youngest citizens. Thanks to a $75,000 grant from the Morgan Stanley Foundation we are now able to provide food through our Backpack Program to preschool-aged children. Currently 441 children are participating at 12 sites. One of those sites is the Lincoln Head…
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November 19, 2018
Harry K Foundation sponsors Thanksgiving meal box distribution
Just in time for Thanksgiving, the Harry K Foundation distributed 500 Thanksgiving for All meal boxes and Perdue roaster chickens on Friday to schools supported year-round through the Harry K Foundation. School officials picked up the boxes from the Food Bank’s Milford Branch for distribution to pre-identified families at risk of going without a Thanksgiving…
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November 2, 2018
University of Delaware Softball team “Trick or Treats So Others Can Eat”
This morning, members of the University of Delaware softball team pulled up to the Food Bank in a pick-up truck filled with bagged food donations. The team delivered 650 pounds of food that they collected on Halloween night during their annual Trick or Treat So Others Can Eat community food drive. The team dressed up…
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October 24, 2018
Islamic Relief USA donates $25,000 to Food Bank of Delaware’s Backpack Program
To help address childhood hunger, Islamic Relief USA presented the Food Bank of Delaware with a $25,000 donation for the Backpack Program this afternoon. In addition to supporting the program financially, representatives from the organization also volunteered to assemble bags. The Backpack program provides food to children in need for weekends and holidays when school…
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October 22, 2018
Biology lessons on food and nutrition fuel student videos for Food Bank use
Yes, what you eat does matter! That’s part of what students in Tiffany Haley’s 10th grade biology class at Delmarva Christian High School learned while studying macronutrients: proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. Through an ongoing partnership with the Food Bank of Delaware, the students were able to take the traditional educational process one step further. Each…
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October 18, 2018
Perdue AgriBusiness Donates 100 Tons of Organic Compost to Support Food Bank of Delaware Farm
One hundred tons of Perdue AgriRecycle’s microSoft Compost® will help the Food Bank of Delaware transform a once neglected and empty lot in the Pencader Corporate Complex into a farm producing nutritious food for the community. PerdueAgriRecycle delivered the first 50 tons of organic compost this morning to the Corteva Agriscience Farm at the Food…
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October 12, 2018
Food Bank of Delaware Receives $75,000 Grant from the Walmart Foundation to Support SNAP Education and Outreach
The Food Bank of Delaware today announced a $75,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation to help fight hunger in Delaware through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) education and outreach. SNAP is the largest federal program dedicated to providing aid to millions of low-income individuals and families in food insecure communities. Yet, 17 percent of Americans…
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October 5, 2018
Ten years later, food drive still going strong
As a result of the economic downturn of 2008 and the number of Delawareans in need of services, the Food Bank of Delaware joined forces with United Way in 2008 to launch Delaware Does More, a campaign to bring in additional resources for our neighbors in need. The outpouring from the community was simply amazing….
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September 14, 2018
Walmart Foundation and Food Bank of Delaware present St. Patrick’s Center with refrigerated van donation
Representatives from the Food Bank of Delaware officially passed off the key to a brand-new refrigerated van to the St. Patrick’s Center at a special presentation this morning. Thanks to a $75,000 donation from the Walmart Foundation to Feeding America, the largest domestic hunger-relief organization, the Food Bank of Delaware purchased a brand-new refrigerated van…
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August 3, 2018
Food Bank of Delaware receives $7,000 from the Darden Foundation
The Food Bank of Delaware announced today a $7,000 grant from The Darden Foundation to assist in their efforts of providing help to people facing hunger. The generous unrestricted grant will allow the Food Bank to allocate funds in areas the community needs the most, such as food for children and seniors. “One in eight…
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