Organizations Partner to Keep Local Children Warm This Winter

Tweet Volunteers and donations at the event. Photo courtesy of Danielle Clark. BY: SAWYER BURKE, CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF On Saturday, Oct. 24, Operation Warm Hearts and EJ’s PJs partnered to hold a pajama drive, helping local children prepare for winter. Francis Zaklukiewicz, president of the Student Government Association, helped bring the two organizations together for the second consecutive year. Operation Warm Hearts already hosts PJs and Pumpkins, an annual community event, and Zaklukiewicz saw an opportunity to expand the initiative through an organization with personal ties to his family. EJ’s PJs, founded by Zaklukiewicz’s aunt, Patricia Poggi, is a nonprofit that collects and distributes pajamas to families in need mainly in the Long Island area. “My aunt started EJ’s PJs in Long Island, and last summer I wanted to find a way to get more involved in the community here,” said Zaklukiewicz. “I asked if I could use her marketing plan and outline to bring to St.

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