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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October 21, 2020
Summer hockey camp scores big for hungry Delawareans
Thank you to Sussex Academy freshman Callie Short for her recent $500 donation to the Food Bank of Delaware. This 14-year-old resident and her 12-year-old brother, Brenner, raised the funds by hosting two summer field hockey camps in the backyard of their Lewes home. Campers brought their own equipment; Callie provided the training and the…
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October 20, 2020
Culinary School grads overcame COVID challenges
Training for a different career, learning new skills, going to school in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic was a bit overwhelming to say the least, but today four determined students graduated from the Food Bank of Delaware’s Culinary School in Milford. Members of the 28th graduating class, Shane Jarrell, Stephanie Kemp, Bradford Marx, and…
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October 9, 2020
Food Bank of Delaware holiday food drive goes virtual
Amid the pandemic, the Food Bank of Delaware announced today that its annual holiday food drive has gone virtual. To maximize resources, ensure driver and donor safety and collect much needed resources for Delawareans struggling with hunger, this new interactive virtual food drive fundraising tool will allow donors to create a personalized virtual food drive…
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October 5, 2020
Hope through SNAP Outreach
By Debbie Manina, SNAP Outreach Coordinator Self doubt, unstable, unsecured, shaky, unsteady, weak, frail, fragile. What do all these words have in common? They are words that describe insecurity. As one of the Food Bank of Delaware’s SNAP Outreach Coordinators, I have seen firsthand the economic devastation that COVID-19 has caused so many families. Since…
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October 2, 2020
Pumpkin: It’s not just for jack o’ lanterns any more
It’s officially fall, and Halloween is approaching. It’s pumpkin season! Pumpkin popularity has escalated far beyond the simple jack o’ lantern or holiday pie into a highly sought-after flavor for beverages, breakfast cereals, and all varieties of snacks. The Food Bank of Delaware’s community nutrition educators know that in addition to being decorative and tasty,…
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