February 16, 2016
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By Allison Russell, $tand By Me Financial Coach Allison is a $tand By Me Coach housed out of the Food Bank of Delaware. The State of Delaware, along with United Way of Delaware and $tand By Me, has partnered with the Delaware MyFreeTaxes Coalition to offer FREE income tax preparation for federal and state income…
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February 12, 2016
Culinary Spotlight: Andrew Morley and Cocina Lolo
Prior to enrolling at The Culinary School, Andrew Morley (right in photo) sat behind a computer selling car insurance. “I was just going through the motions,” he said. “Graduate from high school, graduate college (he has a degree in English), get a job at a big company, sit at a desk behind a computer.” It wasn’t…
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February 10, 2016
Volunteer military team helps children’s backpack program
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator A group of 15 representing Dover Air Force Base volunteered yesterday at the Food Bank of Delaware’s Milford branch. With big smiles and helping hands, they packed backpacks for one of our children’s nutrition programs, and unanimously agreed they had a great time doing it. One in five Delaware children…
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February 5, 2016
FBD helps high school students, their families
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator Inside Milford High School’s comfortable Community in Schools classroom, the feng shui is geared to welcome teens: a sagging couch, a few inspirational posters, computer stations and a Harry K Foundation-sponsored Food Pantry. The pantry is actually four locked cabinets that are used to serve families in the entire Milford…
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February 4, 2016
Delaware organizations encouraged to build structures out of cans to help alleviate hunger
The Food Bank of Delaware announced today that registration for the fourth annual CANgineering competition (formerly DelawareCAN) is now open. Organizations have until March 4 to register for the food drive and structure-building contest. CANgineering supports the year-round hunger relief efforts of the Food Bank of Delaware. With more than 17,000 Delawareans relying on the…
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February 3, 2016
Culinary School Spotlight: Brandon Spencer
Owner Brian Ashby opened 8th & Union Kitchen in Wilmington last spring – just in time for Culinary School graduate Brandon Spencer to begin work. Known by fellow class 39 classmates as Spence, the opportunity to attend the 14-week training program was exactly what he needed. “The Culinary School helped me out a great deal,”…
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February 1, 2016
Delaware General Assembly launches 148 in the 148th
By Ed Osienski and Lyndon Yearick, Delaware State House of Representatives Every year, the Food Bank of Delaware does tremendous work soliciting donations and distributing millions of pounds of food to Delawareans in need. We are fortunate to have such an organization in our state, but the Food Bank needs help from all of us….
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January 25, 2016
Partner Spotlight: GW Carver Center
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator The Harry K Foundation-sponsored food pantry at the GW Carver Center in Frankford, by pantry standards, is spacious and well-stocked. And, fortunately or unfortunately, it’s also quite busy. This pantry serves the entire Indian River School District, and though hours are advertised from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., families can…
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January 22, 2016
Culinary Alumni Spotlight: Lavenia Johnson
Ready for a change, Lavenia Johnson pulled out her smart phone and filled out the online application for The Culinary School right from her desk at a local financial institution. She says the decision to pull out her phone and apply was one of the best decisions she’s ever made,”It’s so crazy because prior to…
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January 21, 2016
The ABC’s of the Food Bank of Delaware
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator A. . . Apples, of course. B. . . Backpacks, nearly 6,000 every week. C. . . Culinary School. It’s our workforce development program. D. . . Daily hunger. A problem for 122,000+ Delawareans E. . . Expiration dates. We check them, and recheck. F. . . Food safety. We…
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