WILMINGTON — City Fare Meals on Wheels and the Food Bank of Delaware have each received $50,000 grants from the National Council on Aging (NCOA), which hopes to enroll 20,000 eligible older adults in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) across 13 states. The Food Bank’s strategy for the SNAP grant The Food Bank’s grant will support its ongoing SNAP …
By Shannon Simcox Organizations providing basic necessities like food, shelter, and complex therapeutic needs have long learned how to extend a dollar for their communities. But the pandemic also strained volunteer hours, exacerbating an already declining resource. Area nonprofit leaders say they are seeing community members return to donating their time, though for some, efforts are ongoing. According to the …
The Food Bank’s Cooking for a Cause is take steps to make sure last year’s online gliltches won’t happen again. It can be easier to guess Wordle on the first try than to score a table at the new Snuff Mill Restaurant, Butchery & Wine Bar in Brandywine Hundred. The intimate eatery opens reservations to the public a month in …
Versions of this social media post admonishing food bank donors to do better has been floating around Facebook for a couple of weeks. A post that’s been appearing regularly on social media admonishing people to change the way they donate to food banks has valid points, but may apply mostly to small food pantries rather than large food banks. The …
