Stories for Volunteer

Joann Gillespie has been volunteering in the Healthy Pantry Center at our Newark headquarters for just over a month and she says she “loves it.” This dedicated volunteer can be found in the pantry once a week doing a variety of tasks including stocking shelves, assisting shoppers and more. And she does it all with…

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At the Food Bank of Delaware, we like to say volunteers are the heart and soul of our organization. Tom Hutchins of Frederica is one of those generous volunteers. He retired from the former Dover Sears store, and to fulfill obligations for unemployment compensation, he started volunteering at the Milford branch in November. Then he…

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In the world of Food Bank volunteers, Cindy Lin is a rock star. This Milford High School senior says her passion for volunteering started back in junior high as a member of the National Honor Society, and helping has been a part of her life since then. Yet one has to wonder how a scholar,…

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The Food Bank of Delaware has 536 Hunger Relief Partners, and although Epworth United Methodist Church, Rehoboth Beach, is not one of them, members of this congregation volunteer for some Food Bank of Delaware programs. They’ve also established some very successful hunger-relief efforts on their own. Their Food Rescue Program, for example, is a well-oiled…

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For the past three years, five or six members of the Lord Baltimore Lions Club arrive at the Food Bank of Delaware to volunteer for four hours on the last Friday of the month. They create weekend backpacks, sort donated food, or whatever is needed . . .  because that’s what they do. They enjoy…

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By Ashley Stahmer, Communications Intern Volunteering is nothing new for Sabrina Staten.  She has worked with the West Chester Food Cupboard and the Chester County Food Bank in Pennsylvania.  After transferring to Wilmington University to pursue her degree in marketing management, Sabrina was looking for a similar opportunity closer to home and found the Food…

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The Food Bank of Delaware today announced a $50,000 grant from the Morgan Stanley Foundation to fund its Backpack Program for preschoolers. Employees from the Newark branch volunteered at the Food Bank as part of Morgan Stanley’s “Feeding Kids Around the Clock” initiative, 24-hours of continuous employee volunteer activities around the world dedicated to raising…

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The mood was festive on Thursday at AstraZeneca as employees packed 20,000 meals for Delawareans! Thanks to a partnership with The Pack Shack, employees filled bags with the ingredients to make a delicious cheesy rice and vegetables meal! Each ingredient was carefully added to the bag using a special funnel. It was a packing party…

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By Aaron Stone, Volunteer Coordinator  Margaret Leach has always been someone who helps other people. When this retired special education teacher and active volunteer moved to Delaware last fall, she brought with her the desire to continue her volunteer activities. She became familiar with the Food Bank of Delaware through Reformation Lutheran Church in Milford….

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April is Volunteer Appreciation Month! We recently sat down with Sophia Riveros to learn more about this star volunteer!  FBD: How long have you been a volunteer at the Food Bank? SR: Having started in the fall of my junior year, I have been volunteering at the Food Bank of Delaware for two years now….

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