Perdue helps Georgetown, Del. community build new library

Perdue Farms has donated $30,000 to help the Friends of the Georgetown Public Library build a new library in Georgetown, Del. The donation will help the library better serve the area’s growing population, including the Hispanic community.

The larger facility will enable librarians to plan programs around the needs and interests of the community. Plans are underway to provide Georgetown’s Hispanic community with English language tapes and instructions provided by volunteers from the Friends of the Georgetown Library. Members of the English-speaking community will also be able to use language tapes to study Spanish. A study room will bear the name of Perdue Farms, a name familiar to many of many of the community’s Hispanic members who work at the company’s Georgetown food plant.

Perdue also supports home ownership and adult literacy programs
As part of its support of the Live Your Near Your Work program in Georgetown, Perdue partnered with DSHA, NCALL Research, Fannie Mae Delaware and Citizens Bank to develop Finanzas, a bilingual financial literacy program. Finanzas allows workers to receive comprehensive financial counseling at their workplace during work hours, with no loss in pay. Classes are offered in Spanish and English at Perdue’s Georgetown plant.

Perdue Farms was also named Delaware “Community Educator of the Year” for its adult literacy programs – including English as a Second Language classes – provided at its Milford, Del. food plant.