Stories for Supporters

The Food Bank of Delaware announced today $7,000  grant from The Darden Foundation to help provide hunger-relief to Delaware families. Since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, demands for the…

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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Food Bank of Delaware relied heavily on volunteers to help sort food, pack meal boxes for seniors and backpacks for kids in school. Since March…

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COVID-19 has been difficult for all of us, but especially our healthcare workers who are on the frontlines caring for sick patients. All of us at the Food Bank of…

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With schools closed and unemployment at a record high – particularly for those working in the service industries – food insecurity has become a more urgent issue associated with the…

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Despite social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Food Bank of Delaware and the people we serve are grateful that our volunteers are still willing to step up and lend…

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Bob Reilly is a familiar face at the Food Bank of Delaware’s Milford branch. He volunteers every Tuesday and Thursday, mostly assisting in the warehouse. But like most of our…

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Thanks to the generous spirit of 7-year-old Landon Jones – and the support of his parents, John and Amy, and sister and brother, the Food Bank of Delaware and the…

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Thanks to a grant from Cargill, the Food Bank of Delaware is testing the impact of nutritional nudges in choice food pantries statewide. Choice food pantries provide clients the opportunity…

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Thanks to the generosity of the Harry K Foundation, two new school pantries opened recently:  one in the Charlton School – Caesar Rodney School District – and the other in…

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Perdue Farms, along with the Harry K Foundation, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Acme, presented a brand-new refrigerated truck to the Food Bank of Delaware yesterday as…

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