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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November 15, 2016
Blue Hen Treats donates $500 in honor of fallen Wilmington firefighter
Blue Hen Treats is a local organization run by high school students. They sell dehydrated and baked goods that they prepare in the commercial kitchen of the Belvedere Fire Hall. The students are all volunteers and donate their proceeds back to Delaware nonprofit organizations that are making an impact on the community. Yesterday, five students…
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November 14, 2016
Culinary School heats up long-time passion for cooking
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator Nelson Porto’s passion is cooking, and it has been for at least a few of decades. But this former IT professional was reluctant to combine business with pleasure, if you will. For nearly as many years, he worked in the technology field and kept the food preparation at home. “I…
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November 9, 2016
Culinary School Spotlight: Shawn Cowan
Cooking may have just saved Shawn Cowan’s life. Housed at a level four correctional facility in Wilmington, Shawn Cowan saw a flyer for The Culinary School at the Food Bank of Delaware. He didn’t pay much attention to it at first until a fellow inmate went through the training program. The two talked, and when…
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