Food Bank of Delaware

On a hot July morning, the line at the Claymont Community Center Community Market stretched out the door.

Inside, volunteers and staff moved quickly, stocking shelves, greeting neighbors and helping families select fresh produce, bread and other groceries. For Barbara Boese, who coordinates the pantry with a small team of staff and volunteers, busy mornings have become...

When Julio Rodriguez (pictured center with members of his team) enrolled in our L.O.G.I.C. (Logistics, Operations, General Warehousing and Inventory Control) training program, he wasn’t completely new to the warehouse.

He already had experience operating some equipment, but after stepping away from the industry to pursue other jobs, including delivery work, Julio saw L...

For Janesa, learning to cook started with family.

When Janesa became a mom, she wanted to make sure she could prepare good meals for her daughter as she grew.

“I started cooking because of my family,” she said. “I wanted to be able to know what I was doing by the time it was time for her to eat what I’m eating.”

At home, Janesa learned by searching for re...

On a July afternoon when the temperature climbed to a broiling 100 degrees, a neighbor—let’s call her Rosie—pulled into the parking lot of the Capitol Park neighborhood community center in Dover. She had just finished working as a home health aide.

Still wearing the shirt with her company’s logo, she stepped just inside the door. With her hands clasped in prayer, she p...

The Food Bank of Delaware celebrated the completion of a new rooftop solar array at its Milford facility, an investment in sustainability that will reduce operating costs while helping the organization provide more food and services to Delawareans facing hunger.

Made possible through a $1,017,000 grant from Energize Delaware, the new system features 719 rooftop solar p...