July 25, 2017
Food Lion Feeds Hunger Relief Day brings in almost 25,000 pounds
Food Lion, the Delaware State Fair and the Food Bank of Delaware announced today that the sixth annual “Food Lion Feeds Hunger Relief Day” – Monday, July 24 – at the Delaware State Fair was a great success. Fair-goers donated 24,829 pounds of food that will be distributed to hungry Delawareans in Kent and Sussex…
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July 21, 2017
Student pursues passion for food with culinary training program
Nick Moore has been a student at The Culinary School in Newark for just seven weeks, and he has already found employment in the food service industry. He will be among the first to work at the new Metro Diner in Newark near the Christiana Hospital starting next week. In addition to working at the…
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July 18, 2017
Register Now for Culinary Training at the Food Bank of Delaware
The next class of The Culinary School at the Food Bank of Delaware in both Newark and Milford will begin on Monday, September 25, 2017. Applications are currently being accepted for interested students. The Culinary School at the Food Bank of Delaware has been in existence since 2002. Since its inception more than 565 students…
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July 13, 2017
Gain Free Admittance to Delaware State Fair during “Food Lion Feeds Hunger Relief Day” on July 24
Food Lion, the Delaware State Fair and the Food Bank of Delaware announced today that the sixth annual “Food Lion Feeds Hunger Relief Day” will take place on Monday, July 24 at the Delaware State Fair. Fair attendees who bring five Food Lion brand canned or boxed goods will in exchange receive free gate admittance…
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July 7, 2017
Food Access Over the Summer and Seasonal Foods
By Laura Sahd RD, Community Nutritionist Summer is the perfect season to soak up the sun, spend time with family, and get local, fresh produce for those summer night cookouts! Summer is the main growing season for Delaware farmers. Fruits and vegetables abundant during the summer months include: most berries, melons like cantaloupe and watermelon,…
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June 30, 2017
Surplus produce donations help feed Delawareans
Have surplus produce? The Food Bank of Delaware can accept it! With summer’s crop of tomatoes, cucumbers, watermelons, sweet corn and more in almost full bloom, the Food Bank of Delaware wants to remind the community that the hunger-relief organization and many of its network partners can accept fresh produce donations. 114,000-plus Delawareans depend on…
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June 29, 2017
Amazon partners with Food Bank of Delaware; offers logistic expertise as nonprofit expands
On Tuesday, Amazon operations leadership from the local fulfillment center in Middletown toured the Food Bank of Delaware, offering suggestions on the organization’s logistics and efficiencies as they prepare to move to their new location on Lake Drive in Newark. The Food Bank of Delaware partners with 575 organizations and has outgrown their current space….
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June 26, 2017
House Bill 61 passes Delaware House and Senate
With the June 30 budget deadline merely days away, some good news came out of Legislative Hall in Dover last week. After several valiant attempts in the last two sessions of the General Assembly, House Bill 61 finally passed the Delaware House and Senate! Sponsored by Representative Paul Baumbach and co-sponsored by Senators Bryan Townsend…
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June 22, 2017
Grab and Go offers free summer meal flexibility
School’s out for summer! For many kids, summer means trips to the beach and pool, but for other kids it’s a time of uncertainty. Uncertainty about where their next meal will come from. When school ends for the year, so does access to free and reduced-price breakfast and lunch programs. To help fill the meal…
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June 21, 2017
Food Bank of Delaware releases second edition of Breakfast First: A Statewide School Breakfast Report
The Food Bank of Delaware released the second edition of Breakfast First: A Statewide School Breakfast Report yesterday afternoon at Legislative Hall. Delaware senators and representatives were among the first to review the report. The second edition of the report focuses on House Bill 408, passed by the 148th Delaware General Assembly and signed into…
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