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Delaware Community Foundation Youth Philanthropy Board awards Kid C.H.E.F....
We recently received good news from our friends at the Delaware Community Foundation (DCF). Our Kid C.H.E.F. (Cooking, Healthy, Easy, Food) program was awarded $4,000 by the DCF’s Youth Philanthropy...
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JPMorgan Chase Foundation announces $125,000 gift to Food Bank of Delaware
Twenty-five students from Bancroft Elementary joined Senator Chris Coons and representatives from JPMorgan Chase, Christina School District, Children and Families First and the Food Bank of Delaware...
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Senator Chris Coons spends morning with 10 “Kid C.H.E.F.s”
Ten “Kid C.H.E.F.s” from Elbert Palmer Elementary School joined special guest “chefs,” Senator Chris Coons, and his daughter, Maggie, to learn about healthy eating. Decked out in chefs’ hats and...
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Feeding kids in Georgetown, Delaware
By Kim Kostes, Communications Director It takes an entire community to feed our children. This week I was honored to spend time with Eli Ramos. Mr. Ramos runs the Summer Nutrition Program out of the...
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Partnering with the Colonial School District to feed more Delaware families
Yesterday the Colonial School District announced that it now has six in-school pantries for district families. Colonial is the only district in the entire state with this many school pantries! We are...
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Walmart announces $79,000 gift to Food Bank of Delaware Backpack Program
We’re excited to announce that the Walmart Foundation has donated $79,000 to our efforts to provide nutritious foods to children in areas of Sussex County most impacted by Hurricane Sandy. The generous...
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ENDING HUNGER (Through Citizen Service)
The Delaware Anti-Hunger Coalition, an affiliate of the Food Bank of Delaware, announced today that registration is now live for its first ever ENDING HUNGER! (Through Citizen Service) Conference...
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Giant Food commits $300,000 over next three years to alleviate childhood...
We were honored to be amongst five Feeding America food banks attending a special announcement at Giant Food’s Tivoli Square store in Washington, D.C. yesterday. Giant has committed $2.8 million over...
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Increasing access to healthy foods for Delaware’s children
By Alina Wade, School Nutrition Coordinator As the School Nutrition Coordinator here at the Food Bank of Delaware, my goal is to partner with as many of Delaware’s non-public schools (private,...
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Food Bank of Delaware to distribute free meals to eligible children’s sites...
When school ends for the summer, so does lunch for many youngsters in Delaware. With the approach of summer vacation near, the Food Bank of Delaware is encouraging community partners to help serve free...
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Kids learn about easy nutrition with Kid C.H.E.F.!
By Mike Domkbkoski, Communications Intern One in four Delawareans depend on our network of hunger-relief program partners for emergency food assistance. In addition to meeting the immediate food needs...
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Kid C.H.E.F. at the Stevenson House in Milford
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator On a chilly January afternoon, nine teen-age guys sat around tables at the Stevenson House listening attentively as Asia Thurston reviewed sources of protein...
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Filling little bellies on the weekend with the Backpack Program
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator Last week, I had the opportunity to visit two schools that participate in our Backpack Program, and more specifically to meet the coordinators for a feature...
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Program spotlight: Cape Henlopen School District Backpack Program
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator Judy Hudson, the social worker at Rehoboth Elementary School, is the school coordinator for the Food Bank of Delaware’s Backpack Program, but she quickly...
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Partner Spotlight: Banneker Elementary’s Backpack Program
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator One mention of the Food Bank of Delaware’s backpacks brings smiles to the faces of five students at Benjamin Banneker Elementary School in Milford. Keniah and...
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LANA the Iguana
Meet LANA (Learning about Nutrition through Activities) the Iguana, the newest member of the Food Bank’s Nutrition Education team! Lana is a loveable iguana who only eats fruits and vegetables!...
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Food Bank of Delaware to serve free meals to childrens’ sites this summer
By Natosha Bratcher, Communications Intern When the school year draws to a close for the summer, so does lunch for many young children in Delaware. With the end of the school year quickly approaching...
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Food Bank of Delaware, Delaware Department of Education release Breakfast...
Educators and anti-hunger advocates gathered yesterday afternoon at Highlands Elementary School for the release of the Food Bank of Delaware and Delaware Department of Education’s Breakfast First, a...
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Summer volunteers needed
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator Volunteers are needed at the Food Bank of Delaware’s Newark and Milford facilities to help assemble and pack meals for children enrolled in various summer...
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Serving summer meals at Lingo Apartments in Long Neck
By Gwen Guerke, Communications Coordinator Summer time and the living is easy . . . or so the song lyrics go, but for some children a summer vacation from school creates food insecurity. With summer...
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