May 17, 2018
Walmart Foundation donates $60,000 towards Backpack Program
We can’t do what we do without the support of a caring community. With one in six Delaware children living in poverty, it truly takes a village to raise a child. We are thankful to the Walmart Foundation for donating $60,000 towards our Backpack Program for kids. With this donation, we will be able to…
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May 16, 2018
Partner Spotlight: Eisenberg Elementary School
Attending school and thriving does not come easy for many Delaware children, especially children living in poverty. For thousands of children, excelling in school is the least of their worries when home life is less than ideal. Many of our children are sleeping on floors in motels, living in households destroyed by opioid addiction, taking…
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May 15, 2018
Food Bank of Delaware Offers Free Monthly Food Relief to Senior Citizens
The Food Bank of Delaware, in partnership with the state of Delaware, has free monthly food boxes through the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) to eligible Delaware senior citizens who are at least 60 years of age. CSFP is a federal food program that is designed to improve the health of senior citizens. Food for…
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May 7, 2018
Make healthy food choices; try new foods
Food Bank educators make adventurous eating fun for kids No surprise! The kids loved kiwi and grapefruit, but a taste of fresh lemon puckered their faces. At least they tried new and different foods, and that was part of the experience. Nutrition educators from the Food Bank of Delaware presented interactive lessons about healthier eating…
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April 2, 2018
WIC Mobile Clinic at the Food Bank of Delaware
By Lynaida Diaz, WIC Outreach Coordinator Women, Infant, and Children Special Supplemental Nutrition Program, better known as WIC is now mobile! Delaware’s ONLY mobile WIC clinic is here! Delaware’s WIC program has partnered with the Food Bank of Delaware to develop a mobile WIC clinic that allows low-income residents to enroll in the WIC program….
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March 20, 2018
Celebrating CACFP at Heritage Elementary
Last week was National CACFP Week! What’s CACFP? It’s the Child and Adult Care Food Program. We are proud to serve as a sponsor for this important USDA-funded/Delaware Department of Education-administered program. As a sponsor, we prepare thousands of meals and snacks each week for sites throughout Delaware that serve children in after-school programs. Last week we…
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February 21, 2018
$tand By Me ® offers free financial counseling; learn to budget, save
It’s that time of year when people start thinking about taxes, and tax preparation and payment can become additional stresses when people are worried about how to buy heating oil, food, pay the rent, and perhaps even medicine. People who deal with food insecurity, including – but not limited to – the seniors we serve…
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Closing the “SNAP Gap” in Delaware
By Ian Lawrence and Dan Jackson, SNAP Outreach Coordinators Unless Congress passes President Trump’s proposed FY 2019 budget, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will remain in their current form of an electronic benefits card, providing recipients the opportunity to choose the foods that are best suited for their households. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,…
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February 13, 2018
Resolutions 2018, Oh My!
By Lisa Grinnage, $tand By Me Financial Coach It’s hard to believe, but January is over, and February is halfway through! How are you coming along with your New Year’s Resolutions? Maybe you didn’t set one. It’s never too late to start new habits… especially as they relate to your finances! As one of the…
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January 23, 2018
Food Bank of Delaware celebrates second culinary graduation at Ferris School
Six students successfully completed the Food Bank of Delaware’s culinary training program at the Ferris School. Their accomplishments were celebrated today at a luncheon honoring the students. Today’s graduation ceremony marks the second graduating class of this partnership with the Ferris School for Boys. The first ceremony took place in November. The students have spent…
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