improvement and existence of mankind.
a. Improve adult/youth education
b. Bring the community together
c. Encourage employment
d. Provide information to the local community through workshop
e. Provide interface with government as specified in the article of
incorporation of the Pocomoke Self-Help Program, Inc. (Section 1.1)
Delmarva Peninsula. The county covers 475 square miles, Berlin, Ocean City,
Ocean Pines, Snow Hill and Pocomoke, Md. are the five townships. There are
40,000 people in Worcester County and the average wage for entry-level
production workers is at $5.50 per hour according to the Worcester County
Economic Development Office. Tourism is the basis for Worcester County Economy;
the county population during summer months reaches more than 300,000 on weekend,
mostly concentrated in the resort town of Ocean City. The program is in place in
Pocomoke City, Md. and when it becomes fully operational it will spread
throughout the county and neighboring Counties. The 1990 Census reported that
Pocomoke' population is a little over 5,000. Worcester County's Initiative To
Preserve families reported that females head 41% of all household in Pocomoke
City, MD.
