Senator Coons Speaks at Food Bank of Delaware’s 40th Anniversary Celebration – March 26, 2021
Channel: U.S. Senator Chris Coons
Date: 2021-03-29

The Food Bank of Delaware officially turned 40 years on March 26. The occasion was marked with special remarks from dignitaries and a drive-thru birthday party to collect food for the Food Bank’s continued COVID-19 relief effort.

The Food Bank’s beginnings can be found at Westminster Presbyterian Church where Retha Fisher, director of community services, formed a Food Closet Study Committee in 1977 to help improve the church’s hunger-relief efforts. Four years later, Food Conservers was established (name later changed to the Food Bank of Delaware) and incorporated on March 26, 1981.