The Food Bank of Delaware and Bayhealth joined to provide food boxes for patients and staff dealing with food insecurity. “We really became aware of the need and joined forces during COVID,” said Bayhealth’s Volunteer Service Manager Carrie Hart. She cited a recent experience with two patients, a father and his son who is a…

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Thanks to monthly Food Bank of Delaware mobile pantries and a well-stocked campus food pantry, students at Goldey-Beacom College find help dealing with food insecurity. Food insecurity on college campuses is recognized as an issue by the Feeding America network, the Food Bank of Delaware, and our partners including colleges, like Goldey -Beacom College. Located…

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As if life weren’t challenging enough for Aisha – not her real name, she knows that she’s resigned to coping with the recent cut to her SNAP benefits. The COVID emergency supplement attached to the SNAP – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program formerly known as food stamps – expired March 1. A 15 percent decrease in…

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Bright and early on a sunny March Monday morning, vehicles lined up in the parking lot of Crossroads Community Church west of Georgetown . . . hundreds of drivers willing to wait two hours before the official opening of the Food Bank of Delaware’s mass food distribution. They were in place an hour prior to…

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Students at our Culinary School in Milford learned to make donuts – from scratch — at the hands of a champion pastry chef on Wednesday. SoDel Concepts corporate pastry chef Dru Tevis demonstrated how to create the taste-tempting treats while answering students’ questions. He also provided students with opportunities to handle the dough, fry the…

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