December 7, 2020
Islamic Relief USA Awards $10,000 Grant to the Food Bank of Delaware
Coons ‘grateful’ for support Islamic Relief USA has awarded a $10,000 grant to the Food Bank of Delaware, helping the large regional facility address unprecedented levels of food insecurity stemming from the novel coronavirus pandemic. “Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, food insecurity has increased tremendously in the United States. The impact of the…
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WHAT AN AMAZING REPONSE! WE HAVE SOLD OUT! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
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December 3, 2020
Delta Dental Community Care Foundation Marks Giving Tuesday with $25,000 to the Food Bank of Delaware
The Delta Dental Community Care Foundation announced on Tuesday that it is giving $25,000 to the Food Bank of Delaware. This announcement fell on Giving Tuesday, a global generosity movement that encourages people and organizations to do good, which has deeper resonance amid the challenges presented by COVID-19. “As a result of the pandemic, food…
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November 19, 2020
Pregnant, breast-feeding teen moms get support from the Food Bank
Quality nutritional education is key to healthy mothers and infants Teen moms-to-be, as well as those who are new moms, can find educational and parenting support from the Delaware Adolescent Program, Inc. – DAPI, and the Food Bank of Delaware is part of the service support team, providing nutritional education to keep moms and their…
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November 9, 2020
Demand for Backpacks grows with COVID-19 pandemic numbers
The Food Bank of Delaware’s Backpack Program – or student weekend meals – continues to provide sustenance for Delaware children living with food insecurity through each stage of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Despite distribution and supply chain challenges, coupled with an increasing need, more backpacks continue to reach children statewide, according to the Food Bank’s…
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November 2, 2020
Thanksgiving Sale
October 30, 2020
First Chance Awards: Individuals, organizations lauded for ‘extraordinary work’ during pandemic
Delaware’s First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney and members of the End Childhood Hunger Task Force announced recipients of First Chance awards, recognizing individuals and organizations who helped feed students statewide when school buildings closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic from mid-March through June. For some districts, those closures extended into the fall and are continuing….
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October 29, 2020
H.E.L.P. (Honoring Experience, Launching Possibilities)
Do you have experience with food insecurity and poverty? Share your story! We are seeking the leadership of experts in lived experience of hunger or poverty whose voices are underrepresented in the anti-hunger movement. Participants will be problem-solvers who share their experience about poverty and food insecurity with their community and elected officials. We’re looking…
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October 22, 2020
Delaware Food Works students celebrate graduation
Despite challenges posed by a hybrid learning model, the accomplishments of six students from the Food Bank’s Delaware Food Works training program were celebrated this morning at an outdoor socially-distanced graduation ceremony. Students successfully completed training programs in food service and warehousing/logistics. The graudates include: The Culinary School Ronika Ervin Shajuan Henry Desiree Spearman L.O.G.I.C….
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