Jan 6, 2021
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Mrs. Pepinâs second grade class at Cameron Elementary held its annual pajama drive to benefit local at-risk youth. Rather than a traditional gift exchange, students bring in a new pair of pajamas to donate. The class collects during the month of December, and celebrates with a pajama party, popcorn, and a movie the last day of school before the holiday break. This is the 10th year of the pajama drive. This year the class, with the help of Gladstone Area Schools families and friends, collected 112 pairs of pajamas and 170 books, which will be donated through the Upper Peninsula of Michigan Chapter of the Pajama Program to the Foster Closet of Delta County and Delta County Department of Human Services, who then distribute the pajamas and books to at risk youth and those in foster care. Pepin helped establish the U.P. chapter in 2016, which provides services to all fifteen counties of the Upper Peninsula. Donations made stay in the county in which they
Book Donation Writes A New Chapter On Diversity For Youth
TIAA partners with Pajama Program, Denene Millner Books, Simon & Schuster to increase equity and representation with 5,000 books featuring characters of color
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NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ TIAA, a leading provider of secure retirements to millions of people and thousands of institutions, teamed up with publisher Simon & Schuster,
New York Times bestselling author Denene Millner and the nonprofit Pajama Program to donate 5,000 books featuring characters of color and diverse storylines to underserved children across the country.
The book donations are an extension of TIAA s Roger Reads program, led by TIAA President and CEO Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., that brings TIAA employees together to read a book on the perspectives of inclusion, race and allyship. The two-month series of powerful book club discussions garnered almost 2,000 employees in attendance. Roger