September 29, 2020
Culinary School helps students realize their dreams
Bradford Marx arrived at the Food Bank of Delaware’s Culinary School with some prior experience in industry: he worked as a sous chef in Maryland before relocating to Lewes. The Culinary School is a 14-week program for unemployed, underemployed, reentering citizens, individuals with disabilities and those in career transition that teaches basic and high-end kitchen…
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Student grateful for opportunity to learn new skills; career goals set
Learning new skills in a new environment can be challenging on an ordinary day. Those challenges are magnified – but not impossible – during the COVID pandemic. In the end, though, the long-term benefits are worthwhile. Just ask Wayne Reed, a student in the Food Bank of Delaware’s Culinary School in Milford. The Culinary School…
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September 24, 2020
Food Bank, Amazon partnership helps family facing food insecurity
Like many of the people served by the Food Bank of Delaware, the COVID-19 pandemic is quite real and personal for one family. At the time of her phone interview, Sally – not her real name – was anxiously awaiting her COVID test results. Her father, who resides in her household, had tested positive for…
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September 22, 2020
Culinary School offers opportunity to pursue passion
To say that Stephanie Kemp is enthusiastic about her culinary school experience is an understatement. This Harrington resident is enrolled in the Food Bank of Delaware’s Culinary School at the Milford site, and due to COVID-19 restrictions the school – like other educational institutions both locally and nationally – is operating on a new model….
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September 16, 2020
Monthly Donation Program
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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