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What the Food Bank of Delaware is
The Food Bank of Delaware, a member of Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization, is a statewide nonprofit agency whose mission is a community free of hunger. Originally founded in 1981 as the Food Conservers, Inc., the Food Bank of Delaware has provided food assistance to Delawareans at risk of hunger for nearly 3 decades.
How the Food Bank of Delaware is working to eliminate hunger here at home in Delaware
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Providing low- and no-cost food to qualified feeding programs throughout the greater Delaware region
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Informing the greater Delaware community about hunger issues and food security
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Mobilizing support for anti-hunger efforts
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Training and empowering under- and unemployed individuals to fill needed positions within the food service industry
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Developing and implementing statewide feeding programs to assist low-income families, individuals and children
Working with their network of community agencies
The Food Bank of Delaware distributes food to approximately 241,600 Delawareans annually through a network of 346 hunger-relief program partners:
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Nonprofit agencies
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School and childcare centers
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State agencies
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Independent living facilities
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Shelters
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Summer food service program sites
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Child & adult care food program sites
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Churches
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Senior centers
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Community centers
Who the Food Bank of Delaware helps
The Food Bank serves approximately 17,500 Delawareans in any given week:
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43 percent of households served by the Food Bank include at least one working adult
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44 percent of household members served by the Food Bank are children under 18 years old
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72 percent of clients served have incomes below the federal poverty level and are food-insecure
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15 percent of clients served are homeless
Total amount of food the Food Bank distributes annually: approximately 12 million pounds!
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