SCI Waymart's inmate organization, WINGS, donated $300 to the Zipper Junction Project. The money will be used for the organization's holiday toy drive in Wayne and Pike counties that will benefit 700 children this year.
Zipper Junction, which will be located on approximately 350 acres in Northeast Pennsylvania, will be a creative enclave of innovation, technology, teaching, and learning that is surrounded by, blended into, and bound together by sports, fitness, theaters, arts, music, food, and entertainment; all operating within a mutually beneficial, outside-in town environment, a literal and physical open source community.In 2019, WINGS donated a total of $1,200 to Lackawanna, Wayne and Pike counties.
Craig Merkel, activities specialist and staff liaison for WINGS, presents a donation to Cheryl Duquette, a representative of the Zipper Junction Project.