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In time for summer, our Live Oak, Florida, team members, their families, and the broader community can now enjoy the new Douglas Park. Through the #PilgrimsHometownStrong initiative, we invested $335,000 in local park improvements.
Our Ellijay, Georgia, team partnered with Pickens High School to exhibit Pilgrim’s #careeropportunities !
We celebrated national ‘Bring Your Kid to Work Day’ at our corporate office. Kids learned all about Pilgrim's chicken, taste tested chicken nuggets, and even honked the horn in a JBS Carriers truck!
Pilgrim's to invest $1.5 million in Mount Pleasant, Texas area One of the nation's top chicken producers is investing $1.5 million into the East Texas region. Representatives with Pilgrim's say the Hometown Strong Initiative will support the community's needs, and help respond to needs resulting from the Coronavirus pandemic. Pilgrims Complex Manager Rapheal Boyd believes the Hometown Strong Initiative will invest in the region's future. "I think this Hometown Strong is a perfect avenue to provide that way to give back to our communities because it's going to have a direct impact on our team members lives," explained Boyd.
Pilgrim’s Pittsburg Team Pulls Together To Help Victims of Hurricane Laura A team member reached out to team members of the Texas Street Office in Pittsburg, Texas, last week, stating that she and her husband would be delivering supplies to the victims of Hurricane Laura on Sept. 5. Within 15 minutes, she had received a call from Live Operations Manager Joshua Griffin, who told her that he had three pallets of water from Pilgrim's (which later turned into four pallets). She also received many emails from numerous team members who wanted to offer their personal help. When everyone pulled together, the Pittsburg team was able to deliver 422 cases of water, 14 cases of Gatorade, work gloves, tarps, toilet paper, paper towels, clothes, cat food, dog food, and more than 11 large boxes full of food and toiletries to the New Hope Baptist Church in DeQuincy, La.
Pilgrim's to Invest $3.5 Million to Support Local Communities Building on its ongoing sustainability and social responsibility efforts, Pilgrim's, an American-based food company, announced plans today to invest $3.5 million in Georgia to help local communities respond to corona virus and invest in the future. "We take great pride in feeding American families every day," said Fabio Sandri, Pilgrim's Interim CEO. "We also recognize our responsibility to do more than just produce food within our communities. Hometown Strong is our way of demonstrating our commitment to the places we call home, and we are listening to local leaders to determine where help is needed most."
The Pilgrim's Moorefield Fresh Complex donated a load of fresh chicken to Mountaineer Food Bank in Gassaway, W. Va., recently. The 25,000-pound load was delivered on July 15. Mountaineer Food Bank operates in 48 counties of West Virginia, dispersing millions of pounds of emergency food each year. The recent Pilgrim's Pride donation will be essential and funneled through our Mobile Pantry Program, said Laura Phillips, Director of Community Programs for Mountaineer Food Bank. A Mobile Pantry is a drive-through distribution that the organization sets up in a parking lot, unloads pallets containing thousands of pound of food, and serves hundreds of households with the distribution. With help from a community partner and volunteers, the food bank assembles food boxes, registers households, and loads vehicles in a streamlined process that provides access to healthy and nutritious foods to the communities it serves. "We could not facilitate this without our volunteers, partners, and donors," Phillips said. "This chicken will serve approximately 4,900 households."
The Pilgrim's Learning & Development team created a coloring book for our team members' children to have some fun while they are at home. The Pilgrim's Coloring Book presents creative activities that the children and their parents can do together that are not only fun, but also educational. The coloring book includes art for coloring as well as other activities such as word searches for farm animals that focus on educating children on poultry and agriculture topics. Pilgrim's is excited to be shipping over 22,000 coloring books to our facilities across the country to give to our team members. See your local HR Department to pick up a book if you have not done so already.
In 2019, Pilgrim’s launched the Tomorrow Fund, a scholarship program to support the collegiate scholastic pursuits of our team members and their direct dependents. Our vision is to become the best and most respected company in our industry, creating the opportunity of a better future for our team members. In line with this pursuit, we established the Tomorrow Fund to help our team members achieve their dreams and create a better future for themselves and their families through education. Every year, an eligible student from each of our 33 facilities across the U.S. and Puerto Rico will be awarded a full-ride scholarship to an eligible university of their choice. At Pilgrim’s, we believe that our people are our greatest strength. The Tomorrow Fund provides Pilgrim’s an opportunity to invest in the future, support our local communities and improve the lives of our team members and their families through empowerment, education and personal growth. We are excited to award our inaugural class of Tomorrow Fund leaders with a full-ride scholarship for the Fall 2020 term.
The team at the Pilgrim’s Moorefield (W. Va.) Fresh plant recently supplied lunch to staff members at Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg, W. Va., to honor and thank their healthcare workers. On April 29, Human Resources Manager Tracy Sherman and Employment Manager Rachel Vetter joined Grillin’ Time cafeteria employees Jeff and Liz Bosseerman and Travis Fogle to deliver the meal. Grillin’ Time Cafeteria provides cafeteria services at the Moorefield Fresh plant. “We were so happy that we are in a position to help the community in this way,” Sherman said. “We honor and thank the healthcare workers for all they contribute to our community.”
