Party Rental Ltd.
“We partnered with our clients, supplying rental equipment for a wide variety of events, including cock- tail parties, dinners and more throughout the week of the Democratic National Convention,” noted Caroline Ramos, director of marketing and communication for Party Rental Ltd.
Each individual event required its own special timing, venue guidelines or security restrictions, so Party Rental Ltd. listened closely and worked with clients to come up with solutions.
“We also kept a very close eye on road closures and traffic, getting creative with routing and scheduling our deliveries and pickups… to make sure we could get them everything they needed,” said Ramos.
“Lastly, our clients were working around the clock leading up to their events, so we made sure we were flexible and ready to help however we could.”
The Party Rental Ltd. team diligently prepared for the DNC in the weeks leading up to it, and all that
preparation paid off, said Ramos. “Our clients got what they needed and the week was an overall suc- cess… It is a testament to how well everyone worked together throughout the week.”
DNC Food Rescue
The preliminary numbers from the DNC Food Rescue program show that it was a huge success during the week of the convention. The program was organized by Alyson Platzer, food access manager for the city of Philadelphia Mayor's Office of Commission Empowerment, and a team of professionals from: SHARE Food Program; Philabundance; the Hunger Coalition; Food Connect; a host of hotels, meeting venues and restaurants from around the city; along with other concerned citizens and volunteers.
The Conference Center at CHF (Chemical Heritage Foundation) was involved in this program, and Lou Marrocco, CMP SEPC, director of The Conference Center at CHF, expressed a great deal of optimism for how this type of program could positively impact those in need if it were to be con- tinued on an ongoing basis.
“If continued year-round,” Marrocco said, “it could do so much good for the community and those in need. We now have hope in how we can use these food resources from hotels, restaurants meetings and events to feed the hungry of our great city and have this idea spread throughout the coun- try.”
The following totals for the DNC Food Rescue program were amassed over a period of just eight days of events surrounding the DNC.
App Stats: 291 total (233 for iOS, 58 for Android) Food donation in pounds: 11,239 Meals donated: 9,366 New Interested Recipients: 79 Cities requesting app in their area: 7-10 other cities request for similar service Average donation size: 50lbs (*removing outliers) Average delivery time (pickup to drop off): 32 minutes Drivers on standby throughout the week: 26 drivers of four-door sedan, pickup trucks, SUVs, minivans, cargo vans, and large palletized trucks
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