Fairmont Hotels & Resorts of the western United States partnered with the Pajama Program to deliver warm sleepwear and nurturing books to children in need.
The six Fairmont properties which include the Fairmont San Francisco, the Fairmont San Jose, the Fairmont Newport Beach, the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows, the Fairmont Scottsdale and the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa collected over 2,350 pairs of new pajamas, 125 books and over $1,200 in donations from guests, employees and community members last Friday, February 13th. All of the collected items will be distributed to philanthropic organizations in each hotel's host communities. A number of the hotels encouraged community advocates' participation in the PJ Drive by hosting a drawing for a 'sleepovers' for two (one night complimentary stay), two Fairmont bathrobes, two Fairmont pairs of slippers, two Fairmont teddy bears, and milk and cookies too.
'Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is a proud sponsor of the Pajama Program's PJ Drive', says Tom Klein, Regional Vice-President of Operations and General Manager at the Fairmont San Francisco. 'Fairmont's partnership program puts a framework in place that allows our hotels to contribute to the community.'
The Pajama Program is a national non-profit organization providing comfort and love in the way of new pajamas to children-in-need and children waiting for a permanent home. They are youngsters who do not know the comforts of a mother or father to tuck them into a cozy bed and read them a bedtime story. Many have been abandoned or abused, most deprived of any love at all. 'By providing pajamas we help to create a warm and nurturing bedtime environment for vulnerable youngsters living under difficult circumstances' says Pallie Zambrano, attorney-at-law and co-president of Northern California chapter.
