December 5, 2016
Culinary School Spotlight: Mary Calderoni
Students that attend The Culinary School at the Food Bank of Delaware come from diverse backgrounds. Mary Calderoni is no exception. Mary has spent most of her adult life working in the mental health field. She holds a BFA in Sculpture and Interrelated Media from the Massachusetts College of Art. She later transferred her art…
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December 2, 2016
Thanksgiving For All benefits thousands of Delaware families
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator Thanks to the generosity of sponsors, Chesapeake Utilities, Bank of America First State Orthopedics, Communities in Schools, Palmer Home Foundation, Giant Food, Dover Police Department, DART First State, iHeartRadio and Trinity Transport, coupled with donations from schools, businesses, civic organizations and other local donors, the Food Bank of Delaware was…
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Creating a Bold Future for Delaware
By Patricia Beebe, President and CEO This op-ed originally appeared in The News Journal on November 16, 2016 The Food Bank of Delaware needs your assistance now more than ever to complete our Creating a Bold Future Campaign. Together, we can create a community free from hunger. To do this, however, we must invest in…
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December 1, 2016
Food Bank of Delaware Receives Grant from Red Nose Day to Support Children at Risk of Hunger
The Food Bank of Delaware announced today that it will use a $10,989.94 grant received from the Red Nose Day Fund to support children at risk of hunger through its Backpack Program. This latest contribution from Red Nose Day will impact 59 children in need in the First State. These children will receive weekend and holiday…
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November 30, 2016
TD Charitable Foundation surprises Food Bank with $80,000 donation
What a surprise we received last Tuesday – just in time for Thanksgiving! Renee Roberts and Dave Hargadon from the TD Charitable Foundation dropped by the Food Bank with a special gift of $80,000! It’s not every day that a donor drops by with a surprise check for such a significant amount! Patricia Beebe, our…
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November 29, 2016
Culinary School Spotlight: Cleon Stewart
At first, Cleon Stewart applied to The Culinary School at the Food Bank of Delaware as a way out of the Delaware Department of Correction’s Plummer Center. “But I got accepted and just fell in love with it,” he said. Now in week seven of training, Cleon is learning as much as he can under…
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November 21, 2016
Trinity Logistics assures residents will have a great Thanksgiving dinner
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator Thanks to a partnership between Trinity Logistics in Seaford, Perdue, and the Food Bank of Delaware, 315 families will be able to celebrate Thanksgiving over a bountiful holiday meal. Trinity Logistics specializes in freight shipping, supply chain technology and logistics services, but during the holiday season their employees and their…
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November 18, 2016
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation donates $26,500 and 1,000 meals towards Food Bank of Delaware “Thanksgiving for All” food distribution
Thanks to a $26,500 donation from Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (“Chesapeake”) and the generosity of its employee volunteers who helped distribute 1,000 Thanksgiving meal boxes, more Delaware families will be able to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner this year. Over the past five years, Chesapeake has donated $122,000 to ensure that Kent and Sussex County residents have access…
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Winter Wonderfest Light Spectacular to benefit local nonprofits, including Food Bank of Delaware
Make plans to attend the inaugural Winter Wonderfest in Lewes. The festival officially opens today and runs through Jan. 1. Use code FOODBANK when purchasing Light Spectacular tickets and a portion of each ticket will support the Food Bank! This offer is good all season-long! The festival promises to boost holiday spirits while helping local…
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November 17, 2016
DART Stuff the Bus and Turkey Round Up a big success, thanks to generous Delawareans
What is synonymous with Thanksgiving dinner? Turkey and all of the fixings of course! That’s for many of us, but for the 117,970 food-insecure Delawareans, a traditional Thanksgiving dinner is simply not in the budget. Thanks to the generosity of thousands of Delawareans, our state’s most vulnerable families will be able gather around next Thursday’s…
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