June 28, 2019
Culinary School Student Spotlight: Bernard Woods
By Kate Grabowski, Communications Intern Bernard is ready to make his dreams a reality. Thanks to the training he is receiving from The Culinary School at the Food Bank of Delaware, his goals of opening a deli and starting a food truck with his sister are becoming obtainable. Already aware of the Food Bank’s mission,…
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June 27, 2019
Discover Cafe
June 26, 2019
Culinary School Student Spotlight: Jackie Joyner
By Kate Grabowski, Communications Intern After thirty years in the food business, Jackie could have never imagined she would be learning new things everyday with the help of The Culinary School at the Food Bank of Delaware. Things haven’t always been easy for this star student. With the birth of her grand kids more than…
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June 21, 2019
Food Bank of Delaware marks grand opening of new headquarters in Newark
The Food Bank of Delaware officially cut the ribbon on its new 80,000-square-foot facility in Newark this morning. The ceremony officially culminated an almost three-year project to relocate the 14 Garfield Way facility to 222 Lake Drive in Newark. “It’s a proud day for your Food Bank of Delaware,” said Food Bank of Delaware President…
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June 20, 2019
L.O.G.I.C. Student Spotlight: Devin Minter
By Kate Grabowski, Communications Intern Devin is focused on creating opportunities for a successful career in the warehousing field, and the L.O.G.I.C. (Logistics, Operations, General Warehousing, and Inventory Control) program is helping him get there. L.O.G.I.C. is part of Delaware Food Works, the Food Bank of Delaware’s workforce development program. Enrolling primarily to get OSHA-10 and…
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June 18, 2019
L.O.G.I.C. Student Spotlight: Mercedes Cherricks
By Kate Grabowski, Communications Intern Coming from working at her grandmother’s military surplus store, Mercedes could not have imagined the opportunities the Food Bank of Delaware’s L.O.G.I.C. (Logistics, Operations, General Warehousing, and Inventory Control) program could offer her. At twenty-six, with two young kids, Mercedes wanted to try something different, something she had never done…
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June 13, 2019
WIC cooking demonstrations help clients stay happy and healthy
By Kate Grabowski, Communications Intern Driving down Ogletown Road in Newark, you might miss the Hudson State Service Center. From the outside it may not appear as the hub of activity that it is, however it is home to one of Delaware’s WIC clinics and a slew of other social services for Delaware. Last Thursday…
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June 7, 2019
Now Open: The Discover Cafe at the Food Bank of Delaware
On Monday we officially opened the new Discover Cafe at the Food Bank of Delaware! The Discover Cafe is part of Delaware Food Works, our workforce development and social enterprise initiative. The Discover Cafe provides an opportunity for us to provide employment opportunities for current and past Culinary School graduates, while also generating revenue to…
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May 28, 2019
Volunteer finds reward in helping others
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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May 7, 2019
Food insecurity exists in the midst of luxury resort-area destinations
The Food Bank of Delaware relies on 536 community partners statewide to help meet the needs of food-insecure Delawareans. According to Feeding America’s 2019 Map the Meal Gap study, our state’s food insecurity rate is 12.2 percent, slightly higher than the 12 percent rate last year. One of our newest partners, Community Resource Center in…
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