March 28, 2018
Giant Food donates $75,000 and 200 hams just in time for Easter
Just in time for Easter, Giant Food of Landover, Md. donated 200 hams to the Food Bank of Delaware this morning. Giant associates loaded the hams into the vehicles of three Food Bank of Delaware partners, Rose Hill Community Center, Claymont Community Center and Lutheran Community Services. The hams will be distributed by the agencies…
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March 27, 2018
Goya Foods Donates 40,000 pounds to Food Bank of Delaware as Part of Goya Gives ‘Can Do’ Campaign
Goya Foods donated 40,000 pounds of food to the Food Bank of Delaware this morning as part of the Goya Gives ‘Can Do’ campaign. The donation is part of the first installment of the 1.5 million pounds of food (1.25 million meals) raised over the course of six months that will go to Feeding America…
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March 22, 2018
Culinary School sparks pride and passion for student
Keith Loveland is determined not to let his past dictate his future. “I dreamed of being a French pastry chef,” he explains. But the birth of his first daughter when he was just 18 and a lifestyle fueled by drugs and partying delayed his dreams. Over the past 20 years, Keith has supported his family…
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March 20, 2018
Celebrating CACFP at Heritage Elementary
Last week was National CACFP Week! What’s CACFP? It’s the Child and Adult Care Food Program. We are proud to serve as a sponsor for this important USDA-funded/Delaware Department of Education-administered program. As a sponsor, we prepare thousands of meals and snacks each week for sites throughout Delaware that serve children in after-school programs. Last week we…
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March 19, 2018
Harry K Foundation and Food Bank of Delaware mark grand opening of Delaware Technical Community College food pantry
Thanks to a generous donation from the Harry K Foundation, anti-hunger advocates officially cut the ribbon on the new food pantry at Delaware Technical Community College’s Owens Campus in Georgetown this morning. The food pantry is made possible thanks to continued financial support from the Harry K Foundation. To date this year, the Harry K…
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March 14, 2018
Culinary School provides path forward for student
The Culinary School was the second chance that Jaclyn Stanley needed. She learned about the program while in a work release program through the Department of Corrections. Had it not been for The Culinary School, Jaclyn believes she would still be waiting tables and not following her goal of being a cook. “I have always…
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March 12, 2018
Culinary School Student Spotlight: Tiffany Greenfield
Tiffany Greenfield has worked in food service since she was 18. Her first job was at iHOP, and over the years, she has moved up to work in fine dining. Most recently she worked the breakfast shift at the Hilton. Tiffany’s positions have always been front of the house, but her passion has always been…
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March 6, 2018
Food Bank to offer community cooking classes
Join Food Bank of Delaware’s Executive Chef Tim Hunter for the Food Bank’s first community cooking class! Students will learn how to make basic soups and sauces in a commercial kitchen, and these skills will easily transfer to their home kitchen. Participants will take home a sauce and a soup at the end of the…
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February 21, 2018
$tand By Me ® offers free financial counseling; learn to budget, save
It’s that time of year when people start thinking about taxes, and tax preparation and payment can become additional stresses when people are worried about how to buy heating oil, food, pay the rent, and perhaps even medicine. People who deal with food insecurity, including – but not limited to – the seniors we serve…
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Closing the “SNAP Gap” in Delaware
By Ian Lawrence and Dan Jackson, SNAP Outreach Coordinators Unless Congress passes President Trump’s proposed FY 2019 budget, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will remain in their current form of an electronic benefits card, providing recipients the opportunity to choose the foods that are best suited for their households. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,…
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