OUR PARTNERS

HELPING LIFEPAK GAIN MOMENTUM

LifePak is all about teamwork and helping others. Applying these ideas to our strategy, we’ve been able to establish strong relationships with local area schools and organizations wanting to help make a difference in their communities. 
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In 2019, the LifePak Founders began meeting with principals of both public and private schools presenting their ideas. Their first presentation was to Melanie Schulte, the then principal of Frankford Middle School, where they all met. She liked the idea of students learning to give back and help those in need. From there, other schools followed. The response was highly positive. 

The other facet of LifePak that resonated with the various heads of schools was the leadership component. LifePak gives students opportunities to participate and actively serve those in need. As students gather, conduct donation drives, build LifePaks, and distribute them; they’re becoming more aware of those experiencing homelessness and they’re growing and learning how to treat others with dignity and respect.  

SCHOOLS

Bringing Schools On Board. To date, LifePak has signed up six schools for donation drives and LifePak builds. Each has a sponsoring organization within the school that hosts the drives, such as the National Honors Society, Interact Club, and StuCo. One school even created a LifePak Club.
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In some schools, the faculty and administrators have gotten involved too. For their in-service days, they build LifePaks and distribute them in areas where they live. 
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To make it easy, LifePak provides a toolkit of supplies for all its partnering schools that includes posters, back-pack flyers, morning announcements, banner ads for the school’s internal digital media, and donation boxes for collecting clothing. 

ORGANIZATIONS

As the harsh realities of the pandemic sank in, a couple of organizations reached out to LifePak to partner with them. These organizations played a critical role in keeping LifePak alive and active in the communities they serve, while much had completely shut down around them. 

Passing Hats’ mission is to bring warmth and comfort to every cancer patient through a hat knitted with love. Because they were no longer able to give their creations to cancer patients during Covid-19, they asked to partner with LifePak to bring warmth to those who are homeless. For the past two years, they’ve donated close to a hundred knitted wonders each winter season. Hands 'N Motion is another organization who we've aligned with that are creating knitted wondered for those in need.
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Jesuit’s Ranger Trap & Skeet Team contributes winter hats, gloves, scarves, and coats during the Holidays too.
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The costliest elements in the LifePak bag are the nutrition bars and $5 meal gift cards. LifePak is currently looking for partners that will donate power bars for their LifePaks. They hope to raise enough funds to buy more meal gift cards for their LifePak builds.

LifePak has been working with Cooking for the Crowd for two years. On the second Saturday of every month, they prepare and serve sixty meals. This includes a hot entrée, a dessert bar, orange, and a bottle of water for those in need.