The Harry K Foundation started modestly in 2013, working to feed children in Sussex County. We have since grown to meet needs as they arise, including partnering with other organizations and creatively reaching children during the Covid pandemic, and we now feed children throughout the entire state of Delaware. A selection of some of our successes follows:
- We established and continue to fund 51 pantries and five mobile pantry desert oasis sites. We have 20 pantries in New Castle County, 14 pantries in Kent County, and 17 pantries in Sussex County.
- We fund 601 food backpacks for children to provide food over the weekends, holidays, and summer.
- The Delaware Departments of Education and Health and Human Services identify remote locations that are lacking in basic needs. We worked with the Food Bank of Delaware to implement a Mobile Pantry Program, the Desert Oasis Feeding Program, to reach children living in the areas of need.
- We provide emergency nutrition for 200 infants and toddlers each month at the Lewes-Rehoboth Community Center Baby Pantry.
- We contribute to the nutritional needs of children whose parents are part of the Warrior Community Connect, which is an organization for wounded veterans and their children in Delaware.
- In addition to donations, we actively pursue and receive grants to support our monetary base for feeding the children.
School Districts and Participating Locations
(* Denotes Mobile Pantry Desert Oasis site)
Appoquinimink
Louis L. Redding Middle School
Brandywine
Carrcroft Elementary School
Mount Pleasant Elementary School
Cape Henlopen
Cape Henlopen High School
Milton Elementary School
Capital
Campus Community Center
Capitol Community Center
Central Middle School
Del Tech Charles L. Terry Campus
Delaware State University
Kent County Secondary Intensive Learning Center
North Dover Elementary School
South Dover Elementary School
Wesley College
Caesar Rodney
Allen Frear Elementary School
John S. Charlton School
Christina
Bancroft Elementary School
Community Education Building
EastSide Charter School
Henry M. Brader Elementary School
Keene Elementary School
May B. Leasure Elementary School
Stubbs Early Education Center
The Bayard School
Colonial
Castle Hills Elementary School
Eisenberg Elementary School
New Castle Elementary School
Pleasantville Elementary School
Southern Elementary School
William Penn High School
Delmar
Delmar Middle and Senior High School
Indian River
Del Tech at Georgetown
Frankford Early Learning Center
Howard T. Ennis School
North Georgetown Elementary School*
Primeros Pasos Early Childhood Learning Center
Sussex Academy
The Rosa Health Center
Lake Forest
Lake Forest Central Elementary School
Lake Forest High School
Laurel
Laurel Elementary School
Laurel Public Library
The Laurel Fire Department*
Milford
Milford High School
Morris Early Childhood Center
Red Clay
Academia Charter School at Newark
Del Tech at Stanton
Goldey-Beacom College at Pine Creek Valley
Warner Elementary School
Seaford
Seaford Middle School
Sussex Montessori
The Seaford Church of the Nazarene*
Smyrna
Smyrna Middle School
Woodbridge
Phillis Wheatley Elementary School
The Life Center in Bridgeville*
Woodbridge Early Childhood Education Center