March 27, 2015
Backpacks are a hit at Reily Brown Elementary School
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator More than half the students at W. Reily Brown Elementary School get a backpack full of weekend meals to take home with them each Friday. Dr. Wendy Whitehurst, the school’s assistant principal, said the school on Dover’s south side, has been participating in the Food Bank of Delaware’s Backpack Program…
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February 11, 2015
Partner Spotlight: Backpack Program at G.W. Carver Center
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator Many of the participants in the Food Bank of Delaware’s Backpack Program are in elementary and middle school. However, at the G.W. Carver Center in Frankford, there are 58 high school students enrolled in the Advanced Preliterate English Language Learners (APELL) program who are grateful to receive the weekend supply…
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February 9, 2015
Partner Spotlight: After-School Nutrition Program at Gauger Middle School’s 4-H Program
By Kim Turner, Communications Director Every weekday morning, a group of dedicated volunteers work alongside Food Bank of Delaware staff in both Newark and Milford to prepare healthy after-school meals. Volunteers spend each morning bagging sandwiches and other items and loading individual-sized milk cartons and fruit into coolers. A fleet of drivers deliver the meals and snacks to after-school programs…
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