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Food Bank of Delaware
- Name: Food Bank of Delaware
- Address: 14 Garfield Way
- City: Newark, DE 19713
- Phone: 302.292.1305
- Website: www.fbd.org
- Contact Email: kturner@fbd.org
- Counties Served: New Castle, Kent, Sussex
- Basic Programs: Prepared Foods, Production Kitchen, Fresh Produce, Back Pack, Job Training, Kids Cafes, Community Kitchen, Salvage, Purchase Program, TEFAP, CSFP, CACFP, SFSP, Other Service : Low-cost retail food Market, Mobile Pantry, Non Food Distribution, Nutrition Education, Eligibility Counseling, After School Snacks, Food Stamps, On-Site Agency Shopping, Community Garden, Composting
- Description: Our mission is to provide nutritious foods to Delawareans in need and facilitate long-term solutions to the problems of hunger and poverty through community education and advocacy. We work to achieve this, primarily in Delaware, by: Providing low- and no-cost food to qualified feeding programs throughout the greater Delaware region; Informing the greater Delaware community about hunger issues and food security; Mobilizing support for anti-hunger efforts; Training and empowering under- and unemployed individuals to fill needed positions within the food service industry; And developing and implementing statewide nutrition programs to assist low-income families, individuals and children. The Food Bank of Delaware, a member of Feeding America, formerly America’s Second Harvest, is a statewide nonprofit agency whose vision is a community free of hunger.