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Delaware Food Bank assists federal employees and SNAP recipients
Denise Collins from Sharp Energy loads a bag of apples as part of the assembly line that serviced the food recipients.
February 18, 2019
To help meet increased demands for food assistance due to the recent government shutdown, the Food Bank of Delaware hosted a mobile pantry for SNAP recipients and federal employees Feb. 8 at Crossroad Community Church in Georgetown.
Some households will have as much as a two-month gap between benefits, according to the issuance schedule. Many SNAP recipients are likely to need help filling this gap beginning in February and extending well into March. The USDA purchased many food items from farmers due to the tariff and are distributing these items to food banks nationwide.
Volunteers from Chesapeake Utilities assisted the Delaware Food Bank with the distribution of food.
Denise Collins from Sharp Energy loads a bag of apples as part of the assembly line that serviced the food recipients.
Cartons of milk are ready to be loaded into a long line of cars.
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation’s Senior Vice President Steve Thompson loads another case of pork items into a car.
Steve Fakas, Sharp Energy director of operations, loads a full box of lentils.
Food Bank driver Donnell Fountain helps fill this back seat with food items; shown is a case of liquid eggs.
Antony Lugo, from East Shore Natural Gas, loads a box of chicken into the back seat of a car. The trunk was already full.
Cars line up as volunteers keep on loading. Over 200 vehicles passed through the line.
The Food Bank of Delaware needed several extra trucks to get the food on site.
