June 13, 2022
Local Boy Scout selects Food Bank of Delaware Farm for capstone Eagle Scout project
Boy Scout Zach Denn and a team of mentors, including Food Bank of Delaware Agricultural Director Kyle Brolis, have spent the past year designing and implementing a 1,200-square-foot native plant garden on the Food Bank Farm. The garden consists of perennial flowers, grasses and shrubs and creates a natural landscape to provide habitat for pollinating…
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April 21, 2022
Volunteer Spotlight: Carol Boncelet
Carol Boncelet has been volunteering on the Food Bank farm in Newark for three years now. She got her start helping at the Food Bank’s old facility on Garfield Way. She has spent time in the volunteer room packing food boxes and meal kits for the children’s Backpack Program, but when she learned about the…
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February 22, 2022
Volunteer’s award benefits neighbors who struggle with food insecurity
Thanks to the generosity of Mike McGay, the Food Bank of Delaware received a $5,000 donation from Capital One, his employer. McGay was recognized as Capital One’s Northeast Volunteer Year as the most impactful volunteer in this region during virtual ceremonies last Thursday evening. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, McGay, a project manager with Agile…
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September 29, 2021
A true commitment: Newark resident lends a hand for nearly two decades
At the Food Bank of Delaware, we like to say that volunteers are the heart and soul of our organization. Last year, we had 14,912 volunteer visits for a total of 46,804 hours; that’s the equivalent of 23 full-time staff members. We certainly couldn’t provide much-need services to our neighbors without that kind of support….
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September 10, 2021
Girl Scouts create meal kits as part of service project
Here at the Food Bank of Delaware, we love when our supporters come up with creative ideas to help our neighbors in need! Alisha Beckford, one of our WIC Education Specialists, was thrilled when Kate Hamlet and Priyanka Tailor, local Girl Scouts working towards their Silver Award Project, reached out about their meal kit creation…
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June 2, 2021
Volunteer Spotlight: Lord Baltimore Lions Club
Thank you to the Lord Baltimore Lions Club members who have faithfully volunteered once a month at the Food Bank of Delaware in Milford for the past five years. Just recently, the club committed to twice monthly volunteer shifts, says the club’s first vice president John Monahan. Although the club represents Ocean View, Dagsboro, Frankford,…
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May 4, 2021
Volunteer Spotlight: Jeff Kline
The Food Bank of Delaware farm has been in operation for more than three years and we are finally enjoying the fruits of our hard labor. Farm Manager Kyle Brolis and Community Farm Program Coordinator John O’Connor are out on the farm every day planting, weeding, watering, harvesting and much more. Their work would not…
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April 23, 2021
Busy pre-med student makes time to help neighbors in need
Like many of our volunteers, Nivi already has a fully schedule, but she is committed to helping her neighbors. She is a pre-med student at the University of Delaware, and when she graduates next month she will have earned two degrees: a Bachelor of Science in medical diagnostics and a Bachelor of Arts degree in…
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April 22, 2021
Food Bank relies on committed helpers like Toby French to get the job done
Toby French knows how to mobilize volunteers, so the Food Bank of Delaware – and the neighbors we assist – are grateful for his time, expertise, and dedication. Officially, he chairs Delaware Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (DEVOAD), but he’s also a man that relishes the rewards of hands-on, face-to-face, boots-on-the-ground volunteerism – he’s an…
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April 16, 2021
Volunteer Spotlight: Brenden Darji
April is Volunteer Appreciation Month! Here at the Food Bank of Delaware, volunteers are the heart and soul of our organization. We couldn’t do what we do without them! Brenden Darji is a committed and reliable volunteer. He is heading into his third year of volunteering on the farm and has been a huge help…
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