Perdue Supports Project Clean Stream Initiative

As part of a commitment to protect and enhance the health of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Perdue Farms has renewed its support of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay with a $20,000 investment it its annual Project Clean Stream initiative.

Lauren Sauder, capacity building projects manager for the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay commented:

“Project Clean Stream is a community-based initiative and wouldn’t be possible without people volunteering to pick up litter before it reaches their local waterway. It is paramount to have companies like Perdue investing in this project."

“It enables the Alliance to ensure cleanup supplies remain free, lowering the barrier to environmental stewardship and enabling people to readily take local action. Perdue has become a pillar in this initiative. Thank you to the Perdue team for empowering their employees, continuing to support Project Clean Stream, and for their ongoing commitment to the Chesapeake Bay.”

The grant is funded through the Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, the company’s charitable giving partner, and aligns with Perdue’s Delivering Hope To Our Neighbors® outreach to improve quality of life and build strong communities.

Project Clean Stream is the Alliance’s annual program that links thousands of volunteers from communities and companies in the Chesapeake Bay watershed to collect trash before it reaches creeks, rivers and streams. Perdue associates have contributed many volunteer hours in cleanups across its watershed communities.

Since 2008, Perdue has provided $100,000 in financial support to Project Clean Stream, and its associates have delivered more than 24,000 volunteer hours. They are among the thousands of volunteers who participate in Project Clean stream cleanups annually throughout the watershed states of Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, and Washington D.C.

Ben Hildebrand, director of environmental sustainability for Perdue Farms commented:

“Our renewed commitment to the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and Project Clean Stream is about putting our stewardship and teamwork values in action."

"By combining financial support with the time and energy of our associates, we’re able to help protect local waterways in the Bay watershed and strengthen the communities where our associates and neighbours live, work, and raise their families.”