Funded through Nourish the American Dream 2026

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Food Bank of Delaware, Inc.

Newark, Delaware

  • Provides meals directly
fbd.org (organization website)
Awarded
$10,611
Round
Nourish the American Dream 2026
Based in
Newark, DE
Focus
Provides meals directly

In their own words

Each Backpack Program food kit costs $5.50 which includes all costs to deliver to food insecure child each week during the grant period. It costs $300 per program year to provide a food insecure child with a Backpack Program food kit on a weekly basis during the grant period. Each pack consists of four shelf stable meals and two shelf stable snacks.

Food Bank of Delaware, Inc. In their own words

Getting to know Food Bank of Delaware, Inc.

Who they are

The mission of the Food Bank of Delaware (FBD) is to inspire hope in our communities by providing food to nourish Delawareans, while collaborating on long-term solutions to hunger and poverty. The vision of the organization is a community free of hunger which we endeavor to achieve through our statewide network of over 750 community partners…

What the program does

The Backpack Program fills a gap left by the free and reduced-price lunch program when children do not have access to school meals and through afterschool programming, such as on weekends, school breaks and now over the summer as well. Each week, participating students take home a kit that contains four meals and two snacks, comprised of easy-to-prepare, child-friendly items to provide nourishment until school resumes. Children receive backpack food kits each week which are then inserted in their own backpacks by the onsite program coordinator in order to reduce any type of stigma associated with participating in the program.

Types of impact

  • People receiving regular meals
  • Meals provided
  • Organizations supported

Region of impact

Based in Newark, Delaware

Delaware

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