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Foodbank Culinary Program In The News

Food bank culinary program provides meals for community, training for chefs After spending years working as a direct support professional…

BackPack Program Receives Generous Grant from Walmart State Giving Program

[Hampton, VA] – May 31, 2016 – The Virginia Peninsula Foodbank is both honored and elated to receive a $25,000…

Addressing Hunger

Foodbank CEO Karen Joyner’s letter to the editor in the Daily Press, Saturday, May 14th. Click the link below.  …

Round Robin Features Tastefully Yours

Round Robin features Tastefully Yours as the place to be next week on the Peninsula. Have fun and help a…

Hot Ticket- Tastefully Yours

The 23rd fundraiser for the Peninsula Food Banks provides a fun event to help the hungry. From dancing to games…

Virginia Peninsula Foodbank hosts ‘Tastefully Yours’

HAMPTON, Va. (WVEC) — The Virginia Peninsula Foodbank is hosting an event to raise awareness and funds to provide hunger…

Culinary Program Dishes Up More Meals Through Job Training

The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City recently released an article about the Virginia Peninsula’s Foodbank’s Culinary Training Program. It…

Mayflower Marathon Food Drive is Almost Here

We are less than 48 hours from the 19th Annual Mayflower Marathon Food Drive and we are happy to be…

Programs in Action – BackPack

[gdlr_video url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vntaRu5XLds” ] We are so grateful here at the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank for your donations which provide support to…

WAVY TV Helps Feed our Community

Thanks to WAVY-TV for helping us at our latest Farmer’s Market mobile food pantry distribution. You helped to feed over…

The Great Pantry Makeover with Food Lion

First Baptist Church Morrison was a winner of “The Great Pantry Makeover”, an initiative by Food Lion to provide make-overs…

Williamsburg Health Foundation Honors Four Recipients at Awards Ceremony

Fresh, nutritious food was the focus of the Williamsburg Health Foundation’s annual awards ceremony Thursday. This is the second year since…