PABS PACKS
811 GLENWOOD AVENUE NO 370, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55405 pabspacks.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: WE ARE A NON-PROFIT FOUNDED BY TEENAGERS, FOR TEENAGERS, TO PROVIDE COMFORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO CHRONICALLY ILL TEENS BY DONATING CUSTOM BACKPACKS FILLED WITH SELECT ITEMS TO ENHANCE THEIR HOSPITAL STAYS.

PAB'S PACKS PROVIDES CUSTOM DESIGNED BACKPACKS FILLED WITH COMFORT ITEMS TO CHRONICALLY ILL CHILDREN WHOSE ILLNESSES REQUIRE REPEAT HOSPITAL STAYS.

IN 2018, PAB'S PACKS DISTRIBUTED 2,520 BACKPACKS TO CHRONICALLY ILL TEENAGERS THROUGH THEIR 30 HOSPITAL AND SUMMER CAMP PARTNERS ACROSS THE U.S., HAITI AND CANADA. SINCE THEIR INCORPORATION, PAB'S PACKS HAS PROVIDED A TOTAL OF 5,330 BACKPACKS, DOUBLING THEIR REACH IN 2018. WITH THE HELP OF OVER 400 VOLUNTEERS TO HELP PACK, SHIP AND DELIVER BACKPACKS, PAB'S PACKS ALSO LAUNCHED A TEEN AMBASSADOR BOARD, A UNIQUE LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE-LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR TEENS IN THE TWIN CITIES. IN ADDITION, THE PAB'S PACKS FOUNDERS RECEIVED A PRESTIGIOUS JEFFERSON AWARD FOR THEIR SERVICE AND THE ORGANIZATION WAS SHOWCASED AS A MINNESOTA WILD CHARITY OF THE MONTH IN NOVEMBER. PAB'S HOSTED ONE FUNDRAISING EVENT THIS SUMMER, SOLD CUSTOM PAB'S MERCHANDISE AT SCHOOLS AND EVENTS, AND PARTICIPATED IN GIVEMN'S GIVE TO THE MAX DAY WHERE THEY RAISED MEANINGFUL FUNDS. PAB'S PACKS MAINTAINED THEIR CORPORATE RELATIONSHIP WITH MORRIE'S AUTOMOTIVE GROUP AS WELL AS ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS WITH BUILD A BEAR FOUNDATION, AMERICAN LEGION CHILD WELFARE FUND AND MANY LOCAL PRIVATE FAMILY FOUNDATIONS.

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