FED UP
Food Equity Delivers Unlimited Potential
(FED-UP)
The WRK Group’s FED-UP program has several community-centered initiatives that aim to increase food security and ensure all residents and community members have the ability to thrive.
Everyone should have regular access to nutritious food items. Unfortunately, we know that our community is located in an area that doesn’t provide easy access to local grocery stores. To address the needs of the Riverside community, the FED-UP program has several initiatives. If you or your family need immediate food assistance, please use these resources:
The Warehouse hosts the Plenty Pantry, a FREE food pantry for Delaware residents. The pantry partners with the Food Bank of Delaware to supply families with fresh and shelf-stable food items, produce, and household cleaning supplies. Plenty is open every Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and every Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The WRK Group now offers two community refrigerators that are FREE and open to the public, 24/7. Refrigerators are stocked every day except Sunday with fresh fruits and vegetables. Refrigerators are located:
Kingswood Community Center
(2300 Bowers Street)
The Warehouse
(1121 Thatcher Street)
FED-UP runs a hydroponic farm that grows fresh greens and vegetables that go directly to Riverside residents through our pantry and community refrigerators. We have the potential to grow 4,500 pounds of produce in our farm per year!
Kingswood Community Center has partnered with the Food Bank of Delaware to provide a FREE, monthly, truck-to-trunk food distribution. Located in Kingswood’s parking lot, food is placed directly into your vehicle’s trunk – you don’t even need to leave your car! Check our events page to find the dates of each distribution.
Our newest program is FED-UP's Snack Bags! Modeled on the amazing Backpack Program from the Food Bank of Delaware, this new initiative will provide meals and snacks daily for all the youth in The Warehouse.
FOOD INSECURITY FACT
- “Poverty [or low income] affects health by limiting access to proper nutrition and healthy foods; shelter; safe neighborhoods to learn, live, and work; clean air and water; utilities; and other elements that define an individual's standard of living.” - American Academy of Family Physicians
FOOD INSECURITY FACT
“Poverty [or low income] affects health by limiting access to proper nutrition and healthy foods; shelter; safe neighborhoods to learn, live, and work; clean air and water; utilities; and other elements that define an individual’s standard of living.” – American Academy of Family Physicians
FED UP
Food Equity Delivers Unlimited Potential (FED-UP)
The WRK Group’s FED-UP program has several community-centered initiatives that aim to increase food security and ensure all residents and community members have
the ability to thrive.
Everyone should have regular access to nutritious food items. Unfortunately, we know that our community is located in an area that doesn’t provide easy access to local grocery stores. To address the needs of the Riverside community, the FED-UP program has several initiatives. If you or your family need immediate food assistance, please use these resources:
The Warehouse hosts the Plenty Pantry, a FREE food pantry for Delaware residents. The pantry partners with the Food Bank of Delaware to supply families with fresh and shelf-stable food items, produce, and household cleaning supplies. Plenty is open every Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and every Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The WRK Group now offers two community refrigerators that are FREE and open to the public, 24/7. Refrigerators are stocked every day except Sunday with fresh fruits and vegetables. Refrigerators are located:
Kingswood Community Center
(2300 Bowers Street)
The Warehouse
(1121 Thatcher Street)
FED-UP runs a hydroponic farm that grows fresh greens and vegetables that go directly to Riverside residents through our pantry and community refrigerators. We have the potential to grow 4,500 pounds of produce in our farm per year!
Kingswood Community Center has partnered with the Food Bank of Delaware to provide a FREE, monthly, truck-to-trunk food distribution. Located in Kingswood’s parking lot, food is placed directly into your vehicle’s trunk – you don’t even need to leave your car! Check our events page to find the dates of each distribution.
Our newest program is FED-UP's Snack Bags! Modeled on the amazing Backpack Program from the Food Bank of Delaware, this new initiative will provide meals and snacks daily for all the youth in The Warehouse.
FOOD INSECURITY FACT
- “Poverty [or low income] affects health by limiting access to proper nutrition and healthy foods; shelter; safe neighborhoods to learn, live, and work; clean air and water; utilities; and other elements that define an individual's standard of living.” - American Academy of Family Physicians
