DART Stuff the Bus effort collects 4.5 tons of food
Delaware Transit Corporation announced that DART’s Stuff the Bus COVID-19 Relief Efforts Food Drive collected 4.5 tons, or 9,097 pounds, of food.
The week-long food drive took place June 22-26 at the Safeway stores in Rehoboth and Dover, and ShopRite stores upstate.
The Food Bank of Delaware will distribute the donated food through its hunger-relief partners to Delaware residents in need of food assistance.
John Sisson, DTC CEO, said, “I’m proud of our employees, business partners, bus riders, and the community, along with Safeway and ShopRite, whose generous donations will help out their fellow Delawareans in need of food assistance.”
Chad Robinson, Food Bank of Delaware community relations director, said, “The Food Bank of Delaware is so thankful to our friends at DART First State and DelDOT for stepping up during this time of unprecedented need. While we are all familiar with the Stuff the Bus at Thanksgiving time, the outpouring of support we saw in this COVID-19 edition was amazing. The donation of over 4.5 tons of food last week will go out to support the needs of thousands of food-insecure Delawareans suffering during this time. We are grateful for this ongoing partnership and look forward our annual Stuff the Bus again in the fall.”
Donations were received from the general public, as well as businesses and organizations throughout the entire state, including employees from DART and DelDOT, which filled three 28-foot paratransit buses with nonperishable food. DART’s partner, Sharp Energy, donated over $2,000 worth of food, which was loaded onto a DART propane autogas paratransit bus.
DART partnered with The Vault 103.5/106.1 FM, part of The Voice Radio Network, and extends thanks to its staff and listeners for helping make Stuff the Bus in Rehoboth a great success.
