Food Bank of Delaware - Overview

Overview

Originally founded in 1981 as the Food Conservers, Inc., the Food Bank of Delaware has provided food assistance for more than 30 years to Delawareans at risk of hunger. The organization has grown from an organization that served 50 agencies out of a basement in the Northeast State Social Service Center in Wilmington to a statewide hunger-relief organization with operations in both New Castle and Sussex Counties. Today the Food Bank of Delaware is the only facility in Delaware with the equipment, warehouse and staff to collect donations from all sectors of the food industry and safely and efficiently redistribute them to those who need it most. Annually, it distributes between 7 and 10 million pounds of food from all sectors of the food industry including fresh produce, meats, beverages and snacks.

Today, through a network of more than 350 member agencies and feeding programs, the Food Bank of Delaware distributes food to approximately 90,000 people in Delaware and parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Approximately 16,400 different people per week receive food assistance through the Food Bank's network of member agencies. Agencies include food closets, churches, schools, childcare centers, senior centers, state agencies, shelters, community centers and Summer Food Service Program and Child and Adult Care Feeding Program sites.