September 15, 2020
Culinary Alumni Spotlight: Anthony Perez
Anthony Perez started the New Year by attending our 14-week culinary training employment program, The Culinary School, in Newark. Little did he know that the last weeks of class would be interuppted by a global pandemic. Anthony and his classmates celebrated their graduation in July – three months late – in a socially distanced outdoor…
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L.O.G.I.C. Student Spotlight: Christine Evenson
Remote learning at the Food Bank of Delaware has had its challenges, but it’s also presented opportunities, especially for L.O.G.I.C. (Logistics, Operations, General Warehousing and Inventory Control) student, Christine Evenson. Christine lives in Milford – about 60 miles south of the Food Bank’s headquarters in Newark where the L.O.G.I.C. training program is operated. With class…
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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 28, 2020
Growing Community From Seed
Today we feature a guest blog from Tess Beardell, the Local Farm Intern at West Side Grows Together. West Side Grows Together participated in this year’s Harvest 2020 campaign, a partnership with the Food Bank of Delaware, Delaware Center for Horticulture and Pennsylvania Horticultural Society! Nestled in among the 8th and 9th blocks of North…
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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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August 26, 2020
Online Nutrition Materials
August 18, 2020
Culinary students get a taste of kitchen life during ‘lab’ experience
Under the watchful eyes of Chefs Tish and Tim, small groups of students enrolled in the Food Bank of Delaware’s Culinary School in Milford and Newark practiced their knife skills on Monday. During the semester’s first two-hour lab session at the Milford site, the students finessed the proper techniques required to chop peppers, potatoes, apples,…
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August 17, 2020
Same message, different experiences in times of COVID
Since mid-March, the impact of COVID-19 has changed nearly everything, and the annual Migrating to the Kitchen Day at the Food Bank of Delaware’s Culinary School in Milford is no exception. In previous summers, a group of about 20 students enrolled in the federally funded Title 1-C National Migrant Education Program experienced the opportunity to…
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