Hockessin Pal Center

The Latin American Community Center in Wilmington, Del., has provided more than 35 years of service to the community. It was established in 1969 by a group of young Latinos whose parents came to the United States seeking greater opportunity to provide for their families. Its focus is to assist with the assimilation of Latinos from varying cultures into an English-speaking community. Help provided consisted of learning English as a second language, after-school tutoring and other children and youth programs, as well as family service programs to deal with the challenge of maintaining cultural pride while adapting to cultural change. The Latin American Community Center serves an average of 6,500 individuals with a staff of more than 50 bilingual employees that provide services in programs. Clients served come from Cuban, Mexican, Guatemalan, Puerto Rican, Dominican and other Central American countries.

For several decades, Kingswood has served as a prominent fixture in not just the Riverside community, but all of Wilmington.

The Edgemoor Community Center is a nonprofit, community-based, multiservice agency. The center provides a range of educational, recreational, self-enrichment and family support services. It offers preschool child care, computer tutorial, and before- and after- school care services. The center offers recreational activities, as well as organizes several summer camps, youth work programs and instructional classes. The Edgemoor Community Center serves as a venue for organizing various community programs. The center enrolls more than 80 children in early child care and over 85 children in school-age child care programs, as well as nearly 90 children in summer camps. It maintains an office in Wilmington, Del.