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Carper visits Milford food bank facility
Sen. Tom Carper and Food Bank CEO Cathy Kanefsky walk through the 35,000-square-foot warehouse, which will nearly triple the food bank’s current storage capacity. The building also contains refrigerator and freezer space. The facility will also include gardens for growing fresh vegetables, a pavilion for events and a full kitchen, where the food bank will train people in culinary skills. RYAN MAVITY PHOTOS
September 6, 2023
U.S. Sen. Tom Carper took a walking tour of the new Food Bank of Delaware location Sept. 1, as it nears completion in Milford.
The 67,000-square-foot, $34 million facility is expected to be finished in the fall, with operations formally beginning in January. Part of Carper’s reason for visiting was because some of the funding for the facility was provided through the federal American Rescue Plan Act, a 2021 bill intended to speed up the recovery of the American economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which Carper supported and voted in favor of. All in all, the Food Bank received $13 million from the act, $6 million of which went to building construction and the rest toward purchasing food.
Prior to his tour of the Food Bank of Delaware’s new Milford facility, Sen. Tom Carper, right, took time for a photo with Food Bank Vice President of External Affairs Chad Robinson and CEO Cathy Kanefsky.
The exterior of the Food Bank of Delaware building in Milford.
Work continues at the loading dock area of the Food Bank of Delaware building in Milford.
The inside of the 35,000-square-foot warehouse.
Wrapping up the tour are (l-r) Trevor Turner, Cathy Kanefsky, Sen. Tom Carper and Chad Robinson.
