July 7, 2016
Our future home at 222 Lake Drive
By Patricia Beebe, President and CEO If you have visited the Newark warehouse recently, you may have noticed a large green “for sale” sign in our front yard! Yes, our 42,500-square-foot facility at 14 Garfield Way is for sale, and we will be moving our entire operation in the future! We made a BIG announcement…
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May 24, 2016
Culinary Student Spotlight: Leathia Cooper
By: Lindsey Hargett, Communications Intern When Leathia Cooper left her full-time job as a correctional officer to pursue her love of cooking, she did not know what expect, but she was ready to take a leap of faith. She enrolled in The Culinary School at the Food Bank of Delaware in September of 2015. “I…
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May 20, 2016
Culinary Student Spotlight: Otis West
By: Lindsey Hargett, Communications Intern When Otis West enrolled at The Culinary School at the Food Bank of Delaware in February he did not expect to learn so much in such a short amount of time. “I have always had a passion for cooking and I really wanted to do something I enjoyed. I heard…
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May 18, 2016
Post Internship, Pre-Real World: Intern Experience at the Food Bank of Delaware.
By: Lindsey Hargett, Communications Intern I started my internship here at the Food Bank in January unsure of what to expect; I was the new girl joining a team that had been working together for a long period of time. I was a nervous about fitting in and doing a good job, but I could…
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May 16, 2016
Culinary Student Spotlight: David Faison
By: Lindsey Hargett: Communications Intern David Faison, who goes by Faison, dreams of owning his own line of food trucks across Delaware. To make that dream a reality, he enrolled in The Culinary School at the Food Bank of Delaware. “I have always enjoyed cooking, but I wanted to take it further. I wanted to…
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May 6, 2016
Culinary students to cater Accelerate Delaware launch party
A major component of our 14-week training program, The Culinary School, is to provide students with hands-on experience to prepare them for employment in the food service. Next Saturday night, they’ll get just that. Students from the Newark class will cater next weekend’s Accelerate Delaware launch party. The big evening takes place on Saturday, May…
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May 4, 2016
Smart Choices for WIC
By: Lindsey Hargett, Communications Intern WIC (Women, Infants and Children) is a supplement food program that provides healthy food for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding postpartum women and infants and children up to age five. To help families make healthy decisions on a limited budget, the Food Bank’s two WIC Food Demonstration Specialists, Ciara Martin…
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April 20, 2016
Volunteer Spotlight: Courtney Lai
By: Lindsey Hargett, Communications Intern Courtney Lai, a senior at the University of Delaware, is the newest volunteer intern at the Food Bank of Delaware. Courtney started at the Food Bank in February 2016 when she was looking for volunteer hours to satisfy her degree requirements. “I have to complete 360 volunteer hours, so I…
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April 4, 2016
Partner Spotlight: Greater Wilmington Adventist Community Services
By: Lindsey Hargett, Communications Intern The Greater Wilmington Adventist Community Services, or GWACS, is a faith-based organization focused on reducing pain and suffering in a number of ways to people in need in the greater Wilmington area. GWACS is committed to helping people regain their independence in their time of need. They have been a…
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March 21, 2016
Donation Station
By: Lindsey Hargett, Communications Intern The University of Delaware Parking services has partnered with the Food Bank of Delaware to raise money to help feed the Delaware community. A blue and yellow parking meter, now called Donation Station, sits outside of the parking services office in the Perkins Student Center. This revamped meter has been…
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