September 24, 2020
Food Bank, Amazon partnership helps family facing food insecurity
Like many of the people served by the Food Bank of Delaware, the COVID-19 pandemic is quite real and personal for one family. At the time of her phone interview, Sally – not her real name – was anxiously awaiting her COVID test results. Her father, who resides in her household, had tested positive for…
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September 9, 2020
Highmark Delaware Donates $125,000 to Food Bank of Delaware’s Delaware Food Works Workforce Development Initiative
Highmark Delaware presented the Food Bank of Delaware with a $125,000 donation this morning to support the organization’s workforce development initiative, Delaware Food Works. Through Delaware Food Works, the Food Bank provides workforce development training to Delawareans in the areas of food service and warehousing/logistics through The Culinary School and L.O.G.I.C. (Logistics, Operations, General Warehousing…
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September 2, 2020
Amazon, Food Bank delivery provide lifeline to caregiver, elderly dad
Cecilia never expected to need assistance, but she’s had to reach out for help. Now a resident of the Bear area of New Castle County, she left New Jersey and the job she held for 25 years to care for her elderly father two and a half years ago. During that time, her health insurance…
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August 27, 2020
New partnership with Amazon: food delivery benefits most vulnerable
The Food Bank of Delaware distributes emergency food to Delaware residents through drive-thru Healthy Pantry Centers at both the Newark and Milford sites. But what if a client does not have access to transportation and can’t use this service? Thanks to a new partnership with Amazon, these clients can have food boxes delivered to their…
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‘You don’t have to be uncomfortable to go to the Food Bank,’ client says
Ashley – not her real name—knows that she can rely on the Food Bank of Delaware, and not only for food. The Food Bank staff create a positive and safe environment for people they serve, she says. She should know: this Wilmington resident has needed food assistance off and on for about three years. Ashley…
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June 15, 2020
Hungry Delaware residents will get fresh, quality food
Delaware residents needing the Food Bank of Delaware for assistance will receive quality fresh food, thanks to a federal coronavirus food assistance program called Farmers to Families. The program started May 15 and runs through June, but a 6-month extension is anticipated, according to Chief Operations Officer Trevor Turner. The boxes contain fresh produce, protein…
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June 8, 2020
COVID pandemic boosts demand for SNAP benefits at the Food Bank
The time reference for many conversations these days is indicated by before – or after – the COVID-19 pandemic. Before mid-March, Food Bank of Delaware SNAP Outreach Coordinators Lisa Gibbs (pictured right) and Debbie Manina (pictured left) fielded about 11 or 12 inquiries each day from people who wanted to apply for the state’s Supplemental…
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March 26, 2020
Food Bank educators use new platforms to reach vulnerable clients
On a typical workday, Food Bank of Delaware WIC Educators Chong Yi and Alisha Beckford start their day at the Food Bank’s Milford and Newark facilities. They pack a rolling cart with ingredients needed to prepare a demo recipe, utensils, paper towels, rubber gloves, and clean-up supplies, along with recipe cards and nutritional handouts, load…
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February 21, 2020
Generous grant provides weekend meals for young students
At the Food Bank, we call the tightly stocked plastic bag “Backpacks” because this bag of weekend meals fits discreetly inside a student’s backpack. Each bag contains shelf-stable, nutritionally balanced food for children to take home on weekends and school vacations when other resources may not be available: cereal, juice, a variety of microwavable entrees,…
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January 14, 2020
Staff shadowing develops better relationships
The idiom, “walk a mile in my shoes,” has been attributed to several cultural origins, and it even became the title of an Elvis Presley song. Although the Food Bank of Delaware’s President & CEO Patricia Beebe didn’t quote song lyrics in her late October internal email, she encouraged Food Bank staffers to develop a…
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