Salisbury, Md. (Monday, November 19, 2018) – Just in time for Thanksgiving, the Harry K Foundation and Perdue Farms, in partnership with the Food Bank of Delaware, distributed 500 “Thanksgiving for All” meal boxes and Perdue chicken roasters to schools supported year-round through the Harry K Foundation.

 School officials picked up the boxes on Friday, Nov. 16 from the Food Bank’s Milford Branch for distribution to pre-identified families at risk of going without a Thanksgiving meal.

 The boxes will enable families to enjoy a hot holiday meal. Boxes were filled with traditional holiday staples including stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, canned vegetables, pumpkin, pie crust, a roasting pan and more. A Perdue chicken roaster completed the holiday meal. 

 “There should not be any hunger in our state,” said Keswani. “We are proud to partner with Perdue and the Food Bank of Delaware to brighten the holiday season for families in need. Five-hundred families will have a holiday meal thanks to the “Thanksgiving For All “initiative.”

"The Harry K Foundation’s support of “Thanksgiving For All” is part of a larger year-round commitment to ending hunger. Since the partnership with the Food Bank began in 2014, the Foundation has donated more than $690,000 to children’s nutrition programming at the Food Bank of Delaware.

 “Everyone deserves to have an opportunity to gather around the table with family on Thanksgiving,” said Food Bank of Delaware President and CEO Patricia Beebe. “We are thankful for the support of the Harry K Foundation and Perdue to ensure that 500 families have this opportunity without worry of how they’ll provide a holiday meal.”

 “At Perdue, we believe in that in a country as rich in resources as ours, no one should go hungry,” said Kim Nechay, executive director of the Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation. “It means so much to us at Perdue to join the Food Bank of Delaware and the Harry K Foundation again this year to provide holiday meals for families in Kent and Sussex counties who may not have had one without our help. That is the true meaning of giving back in our community.”

 To round out the holiday season, Harry K, Perdue and the Food Bank of Delaware will partner again to provide 500 Christmas meal boxes to families in December.

 About the Food Bank of Delaware

The Food Bank of Delaware distributes millions of pounds of food and grocery products each year through its network of 536 hunger-relief program partners throughout the state and also provides thousands of meals a month for children through the After-School Nutrition Program, the Summer Food Service Program and the Backpack Program. The Food Bank’s hunger-relief programs directly provide for Delawareans at risk of going without meals each year. The Culinary School at the Food Bank of Delaware, the Food Bank’s workforce development arm, provides training for adults interested in careers in the food service industry. For more information about the Food Bank of Delaware, visit www.fbd.org or call (302) 292-1305.

 About the Harry K Foundation

The Harry K. Foundation has been committed to the belief that “no child in Delaware should go to bed hungry." Founded in 2013, this nonprofit organization has been opening food pantries to address their “H4 Initiative” to Help Harry Halt Hunger. Currently the Foundation sponsors 31 pantries, 509 children for the Backpack Program and a community baby pantry. From Wilmington to Delmar and from Seaford to Rehoboth the Harry K. Foundation is bringing food security to the needy.

 About Perdue Farms
We’re a fourth-generation, family owned, U.S. food and agriculture company. Through our belief in responsible food and agriculture, we are empowering consumers, customers and farmers through trusted choices in products and services.  

The PERDUE^® brand is the number-one brand of fresh chicken in the U.S., we’re the largest producer of organic chicken in the U.S., and Perdue AgriBusiness is an international agricultural products and services company. As we approach our 100^th anniversary in 2020, our path forward is about getting better, not just bigger. We never use drugs for growth promotion in raising poultry and livestock, and we are actively advancing our animal welfare programs. Our brands are leaders in no-antibiotics-ever chicken, turkey and pork, and in USDA-certified organic chicken. Learn more at www.perduefarms.com. 

 About The Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation
The Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Perdue Farms, was established in 1957 by company founder Arthur W. Perdue and is funded through the estates of Arthur W. Perdue and Frank Perdue. As part of our belief in supporting the communities where and with whom we do business, the Foundation provides grants on behalf of Perdue Farms in communities where large numbers of our associates live and work. At Perdue Farms, we believe in responsible food and agriculture^®.