BackPack Pals Get Help from Holiday "Elves"
Employees from Silver Jeans Co. make quick work of helping needy children in the SOMA community.
Just in time for the holidays this week, some helpful elves visited the Rent Party Pantry BackPack Pals program. Employees of Silver Jeans Co. spent Thursday morning packing and delivering backpacks with food to needy students in the South Orange - Maplewood School District. Launched in 2011 by Rent Party founders David Wagner and Chris Dickson, the program bridges the gap in nutrition for kids who qualify for subsidized school lunches, by providing a weekend's worth of healthy, nourishing food. "We're grateful to have been able to help out," said Doreen Panzer, Silver Jeans president of sales. A Maplewood resident, Panzer has long admired the good works of Rent Party and BackPack Pals. She spearheaded the morning as a team building and …
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