March 4, 2016
Food Pantry, backpacks are a boon to Milton Elementary students
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator From Gloria Ho’s perspective, the Harry K Foundation Food Pantry in her school has been the proverbial win-win. Ho is the school social worker at Milton Elementary School (600 students in grades kindergarten through 5th grade), so she’s well aware that many of her students come from impoverished homes. In…
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March 1, 2016
Highmark Delaware donates $45,000 to Backpack Program
This afternoon representatives from Highmark Delaware and the Delaware 87ers basketball team visited the Food Bank of Delaware to present our President and CEO Patricia Beebe with a check for $45,000 in support of the Backpack Program. The donation will enable the Food Bank to provide 266 children with weekend and holiday meals when school is…
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February 24, 2016
Harry K Foundation, Food Bank of Delaware mark grand opening of Community Education Building school pantry
Thanks to a generous donation from the Harry K Foundation, anti-hunger advocates officially cut the ribbon on the new school pantry at the Community Education Building (CEB) this morning. The CEB, made possible by a building donation from Bank of America and funding from the Longwood Foundation, currently houses three charter schools in downtown Wilmington. Thanks to…
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February 19, 2016
P&G donates $10,000 to South Dover Elementary School pantry
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator Cold hands, warm hearts and food for families. On Tuesday evening, the Food Bank of Delaware brought a mobile food pantry to South Dover Elementary School, coinciding with a literacy/family night sponsored by the Communities in Schools (CIS) program. CIS is a not-for-profit program focused on drop-out prevention with school…
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February 16, 2016
File your taxes for free with MyFreeTaxesDE
By Allison Russell, $tand By Me Financial Coach Allison is a $tand By Me Coach housed out of the Food Bank of Delaware. The State of Delaware, along with United Way of Delaware and $tand By Me, has partnered with the Delaware MyFreeTaxes Coalition to offer FREE income tax preparation for federal and state income…
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February 5, 2016
FBD helps high school students, their families
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator Inside Milford High School’s comfortable Community in Schools classroom, the feng shui is geared to welcome teens: a sagging couch, a few inspirational posters, computer stations and a Harry K Foundation-sponsored Food Pantry. The pantry is actually four locked cabinets that are used to serve families in the entire Milford…
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January 21, 2016
The ABC’s of the Food Bank of Delaware
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator A. . . Apples, of course. B. . . Backpacks, nearly 6,000 every week. C. . . Culinary School. It’s our workforce development program. D. . . Daily hunger. A problem for 122,000+ Delawareans E. . . Expiration dates. We check them, and recheck. F. . . Food safety. We…
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December 23, 2015
2015 Year in Review
It doesn’t seem too long ago that we were putting together our 2014 Year in Review. The year has certainly flown by, and we are proud to say that we’ve had another successful year filled with accomplishments to help meet the needs of Delawareans at risk of hunger. While we would have liked to close…
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December 17, 2015
Harry K Foundation and Perdue Farms Sponsor Christmas Meal Box Distribution
The holiday season of giving started a bit early at the Milford branch of the Food Bank of Delaware today as representatives from 21 community organizations and school-based food pantries picked up boxes of holiday staples sponsored by the Harry K Foundation and roaster chickens provided by Perdue Farms to distribute to families in need….
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November 17, 2015
Bank of America donates $75,000; hosts Thanksgiving mobile pantry
On Friday we joined forces with the team from Bank of America and Westside Family Healthcare to hold a Thanksgiving mobile pantry outside Westside’s facility on E. 16th Street in Wilmington! The day started with remarks from our President and CEO Patricia Beebe, Chip Rossi, Delaware Market President for Bank of America, U.S. Senator Chris…
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