April 5, 2018
Volunteers fuel the Food Bank’s mission
IBy Aaron Stone, Milford Volunteer Coordinator April is Volunteer Appreciation Month! Last year we had more than 16,000 volunteer visits with 40,007 hours donated. This is the equivalent of 19 full-time staff members. We can’t serve Delawareans in need without the support of committed volunteers! Geri Crippen, a Milford resident, started volunteering at the Food…
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April 4, 2018
Culinary School grad enjoys sweet confectionary challenges
Just six months after graduating from the Food Bank of Delaware’s Culinary School in Milford, Meg Thompson uses her passion for baking every day in her workplace: Dover Downs Hotel & Casino. Thompson, a Dover resident, is also a full-time mom and an international opera singer. She’s a creative person, and Chef James Kaiser Jr….
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April 3, 2018
Volunteer Spotlight: Carlos Vergara
April is Volunteer Appreciation Month! Last year we had more than 16,000 volunteer visits with 40,007 hours donated. This is the equivalent of 19 full-time staff members. We can’t serve Delawareans in need without the support of committed volunteers! While Carlos Vergara has only volunteered at the Food Bank for close to two months, he…
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April 2, 2018
WIC Mobile Clinic at the Food Bank of Delaware
By Lynaida Diaz, WIC Outreach Coordinator Women, Infant, and Children Special Supplemental Nutrition Program, better known as WIC is now mobile! Delaware’s ONLY mobile WIC clinic is here! Delaware’s WIC program has partnered with the Food Bank of Delaware to develop a mobile WIC clinic that allows low-income residents to enroll in the WIC program….
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March 30, 2018
300 Volunteers “Clear the Aisles” at 222 Lake Drive to “Raise the Roof”
Before roof replacement work can begin at 222 Lake Drive next week, 300 volunteers helped sort and box 90-plus totes of nonperishable donations at the “Clear the Aisles to Raise the Roof” event yesterday. The food was stored at our future home due to space limitations at the current facility at 14 Garfield Way. Throughout…
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March 29, 2018
Culinary School teaches job, life skills too
The Food Bank of Delaware’s Culinary School is giving Stephanie Woomer not only new career opportunities, but also a fresh start in life. Woomer moved back to Delaware from Maine in September to help with her family. She decided to become part of the community here, and when she went online to sign up as…
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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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